Cost of school books

topdog123

I have just come back from the school book shop with half the books I need for my daughter as she enters 5th year (Leaving Cert.). The total cost for the books was €250, I also had to queuing-up for half an hour for this pleasure! and I have to go back to the shop next week to collect the books that they did not have in stock. I was think that next year and subsequent years (other children) that I may approach the PTA to organize to buy the books from a book wholesaler for either the whole school or just for my children's year. This I hope would reduce the cost and the need to go to the book shop a number of times. Now the only thing is I do not know the names of any book wholesaler's can any body help?
Thanks skint parent.

gfmason

I ordered by daughter's books for 5th year on-line back at the end of June. It cost €5 delivery and free covering. Three days later a box arrived with everything in it. No queues, no having to go back, best €5 spent for delivery. However, with all her extras my cost came to €398.00 for the books and stationary alone.

topdog123

gfmason
Thanks for the info, but I would like to break up this cosy cartel and I bet you still paid full price! my aim is to deduce the cost for parent's.
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Ricky91t

School book scheme,School buy books in bulk,Give the required books to students,Student's pay €70 a year for this

Therefore 70x300 a year = 21000 which can buy quite a few new books!

If a school started this this year and covered the first years all the way through school,the seconds years till fifth etc they'd get a huge amount of money to buy new books

5x70 =350 x60 21000 1st year students
4x70 =280 x60 16800 2nd year students
3x70 =210 x60 12600 3rd year students
2x70 =140 x60 8400 4th year students
1x70 =70 x60 4200 5th year students

So if a school covered all the students(say 300) in the school for their reamaining years at the school it would work out at around €60000

If you divide that by €300 for the price of a set of new books after 5 year they could buy 200 new sets of book,From a shop!Whole sale purchase would increase that number of sets.

Also if you look at that,In a whole period in second level education students only spend €350 compared to around €1000 buying books separately

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Ricky91t
Good idea but it still does not answer the basic question where to get the books at wholesale prices, what I need is the names/telephone No. of wholesale school book suppliers!!!
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eoins2345

Go to www.schoolbookexchange.ie for second hand books.You end up paying around one third/half of the price

Shifty

Here is a couple of school book publishers:

http://www.folens.ie/

http://www.edco.ie/

http://www.gillmacmillan.ie/


Also have a look at the article, there might be something in it that could guide you.

http://www.independent.ie/education/back-to-school/outdo-the-publishers-cheaper-school-books-1865147.html

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Shifty
Thanks for the info. looks like I need to do more research.

thegameguy

ya in my school for 2 years you pay 120 euros for all your books good deal for sure only 2nd hand books out of the lot