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VOLUME 03 : NUMBER 24 : JUNE 28, 1985

LABATT'S 24 HOUR RELAY FOR THE LION'S SOCIETY FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN
Pledges from the 150 participating teams made a new 24 Hour Record of
approximately $425,000 being raised. VVI's No Name Runners Team members thank
all the VVI Family and Friends for their support1. Your team members were:
Steve Odwin, Dental Tech
Vera Beraldin, Friend of VVI
Bob Watt, Langara Counselling
Bill Edwards, Power Engineering
tiiani Buono, Friend of VVI
Dolores Callaghan, Counselling
Rod Montano, Friend of VVI
Norm McLeod, Printing Production
Grant Edwards, Friend of VVI
Warren Edwards, Friend of VVI

Stephanie Jewel, Administration
Allan Clarkson, Counselling
Madeline DeLittle
Rick Kirkham, Drafting
Dom Buono, Electricity Graduate
Dalton Kremer, Counselling

Josh Austin, Friend of VVI
Peter Chappel, Printing Production Grad
Trina Petrick, Dental Assisting

Scorers: Dorothy Ho, Dana Fister, Jenny Williams, Laurel Armstrong.

Support Workers: Elli Cox, Ross Carviel.
NB: Dr. Graham Burns on the Saturday indicated he was sick. The
team unanimously voted that he will have to present a medical
excuse for his absence on his return to duty.

For those who have pledged per mile, the Lion's Society will be forwarding
directly to you the total of your pledge in the near future. Again many
thanks for all of you who supported our team. Next year we are looking for

even greater participation and support from VCC.

DK

CAMPUS PRINTING
Due to staff vacations the Receiving Department has advised that for the
months of July and August, printing requests can be dropped off and/or
finished material picked up BETWEEN 10:30 and 12:00 each working day. 'The
staff will not make any deliveries at this time, making it a point to stay in
the department.

TRRM

TELEPHONE UPDATES
Having trouble reaching Financial Aide - Jenny William's local is 439'.'.

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COMMUNITY
Vancouver

Vocational Institute

FAME AT LAST
Thanks to Hilda Copson and Jeannine Van Kirkhof, the Power Sewing Department
is becoming known throughout British Columbia. About two years ago Jeannine
suggested that we expand our range of coloured smocks in the Bookstore and
there has been a constant demand ever since. The quality of the workmanship
coupled with more fashionable colours, has created an unbeatable item. Each

month we are selling approximately 100 smocks to individuals. Perhaps our
most illustrious customer was a lady of questionable reputation who bought one
to stave off the cold.

Besides individual sales, we have filled orders for businesses in Golden,
Kamloops and Victoria. Just to set the record straight - the Bookstore is not

making a large profit on smocks as they are a required item for the
Hairdressing Department. However, VVI is profiting by the increased exposure
of one of its programmes. Congratulations Hilda and Jeannine - you've created
a hit.

SS
WITH SYMPATHY
VVI administrators, faculty and staff extend their sympathies to A1 Wood of
the Welding Department. ATs father passed away Saturday, June 22nd.

RGS
GRADUATION OF DISABLED STUDENTS
Among the recent graduates of VVI's June 20 ceremony, were three hearing

impaired students and one physically disabled student. These students
graduated in the following areas:
Tom Barry - Welding Basic
John Dunn - Industrial Baking
Patricia Stewart - Data Entry
Theresa Burke-Gaffney - Junior Travel Agent

Congratulations are in order to students, instructors and staff members at VVI
for cooperating, understanding and assisting these students until their final
day of achievement.

RB
HOW TO GET ALONG AT WORK
If it rings -- put it on hold
If it clanks -- call a repairman

If it whistles -- ignore it
If it's a friend -- take a break

If it's the boss — look busy
If it talks -- take notes

If it's handwritten -- type it
If it's typed -- copy it
If it's copied — file it
If it's Friday -- forget it.

THE TYPICAL CANADIAN TEXTBOOK DOLLAR
Do you feel that textbook you're buying is incredibly overpriced1. There must
be big business and profits in the publishing industry now that some texts are
pushing the $50 mark. So who is raking in all the profits? Well ... .
Of every textbook dollar spent -

$.2!b is what it costs to manufacture the book including setting the book
into type, making plates, and printing which involves costs of paper,
printing, binding, supplementary materials etc. (Many educational
texts are highly specialized books with limited market potentials and
this pushes up the unit cost too).
$.21 is the share the bookstore gets to cover all expenses usually
including salaries, operating expenses and transportation of books to
and from the publisher. This can get especially expensive when texts
change often and back issues must be disposed of, usually at a loss.
$.11 is the publisher's general overhead and cover salaries, warehousing,
accounting, customer services and other operating expenses.

$.12 is what the author receives in royalties.
$.11 is needed for marketing the book and making .sure it is widely
distributed.
$.07 is all that copy and design editors get for making the book visually
attractive, more approachable and more understandable.

The total so far is $.87 leaving a profit of $.13 for the publisher -- but
wait because Revenue Canada hasn't been heard from yet. Taxation claims $.07
leaving only $.0b for the publisher's operating profit.
So it appears that with everyone taking their piece of the textbook dollar
that there isn't much left to get rich on. Other hidden expenses include
complentary copies (instructor's can get cppies at no charge but this still
costs money) and not all publishers will credit unsold books that are returned*
(return costs are passed on to the publisher, bookstore and student).

DO ODD

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21<: Bookstore
Share

25C Book

120 Author's
Royalty

Manufacture
These expenses include the
costs of setting the book and
its comphmentarY
supplements into type plate
making, paper, printing and
binding and delivery to the
publisher's warehouse

7C Editorial
These expenses include the
cost of acquiring
manuscripts, procuring
illustrations, and paying the
salaries of sponsoring and
copy editors and designers

This is the author's
share of every dollar

110 Publisher's
Overhead
Covers all the fixed costs of
rent, heat hydro and
generally maintaining the
publishing house

11C Publisher's Marketing
This covers the costs of salaries and travel expenses
of sales representatives, advertising and promotion
catalogues and complimentary copies

70 Taxes

60 Publisher's Profit
The publisher uses part of this
pro/it to provide capital for
market research, author
development, up grading of
customer service facilities - in
general to expand the firm's list
and to improve services

The bookstore share of the
dollar must cover the
bookstore s operating
expenses These expenses
generally cover the costs of
rent heat, hydro, accounting,
record-keeping, transportation
of books to bookstore and bact
to publisher as well as all other
expenses incurred tn ensuring
prompt and efficient service to
students and professors Also
from this 21C, the bookstore
pays staff salaries

Taken from the College Textbook Pricing 1984 Edition, Canadian Book
Publisher's Council, 4b Charles St. East, 7th floor, Toronto, Ontario, M4Y 1S2

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