Vol. LXXXVIII, No. 46-S Wednesday, July 19, 1978 1 . 12 Pages Ann Arbor, Michigan Ten Cents plus Supplement Profs ByELIZABETH SLOWIK Some professors are picking up extra cash by selling sample textbooks they have received free and pocketing th money, a publishing industry executive said yesterday. And though the practice is no widespread at this University, it has recently grown across the country, especially in the Northeast and other parts of the Midwest. Area bookstores report they do buy some sample texts from professors. "IT IS DONE," admitted Bill McKeachie, professor of psychology and president of the American peddle books or bucks onrhptransfers to the professor," Publishers complain about *o"wner"shispi; Publsbes co plan ab ut e said. "But to be strictly legal he should be reporting the income to the e sale of promotional texts IRS. Association of Higher Education, "but I ding to the trade magazine Publishers WHEN WE SEND a copy it's so that t don't do it." Weekly. we can assist the professor in adoption don'ster d oit npne osb of the book, assist him in doing his job. sending free copies to professors, in "THERE ARE people who will go If a publisher has sent a book to him un- S hopes the instructor will select the text around the book exhibits and ask for solicited - we call this 'blind sampling' s for classroom use. Sometimes the in- free copies," added McKeachie. "If - I think there is no question of ethics s structors have requested the books, in you're collecting books just to make at all. other instances the books are un- money, I don't think that's legitimate." hIf, on the other hand, the professor solicited. But the books are always free. According to David Amerman, an has requested the book, "there I do Publishers distributed 11.7 million executive at Prentice-Hall, there is a think there's a question of ethics in- sample texts in 1976, and 3.9 million of legal side to the ethical question. volved," Amerman said. "Where a these ended up on store shelves, accor- "When we send sample copies, See PROFS, Page 10 S Israel, Egypt remain divided LEEDS CASTLE, England (AP)- Egypt and Israel sharply disagreed over the future of the Palestinians and the West Bank of the Jordan River at the opening of U.S.-sponsored Mideast peace talkeryesterday. During a coffee break in yesterday's five-hour session hosted by Secretary of state Cyrus Vance, an Egyptian spokesman told correspondents, "I don't think there's anything new we can report." THE SPOKESMAN, Hamdi Nada, said the Egyptians had accepted Van- ce's invitation "to see if there's a chan- ce to proceed," but "the gap is still very wide." Egypt is "waiting for a more positive response from the Israelis to our proposals," he added. A U.S. statement after the first session said "the exchanges were serious and straightforward," in- dicating continued disagreement. The diplomats dined together and will resume formal talks today. To ensure security, the conference is being held in a 13th-century castle surrounded by a moat 45 miles southeast of London. State Department spokesman Bod- ding Carter said the two foreign ministers, Moshe Dayan of Israel and Mohammed Kamel of Egypt, began the first round of exploratory talks with a frank examination of each country's position. "They did not evade the issues," Car- ter said. Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, however, warned there would be no fur- ther meetings between Egyptian and Israeli representatives if Israel does not respond to the Cairo proposals at the talks. SADAT'S REMARKS, broadcast by Cairo radio, were made during a press conference in Sudan, where he is to at- See MIDEAST, Page 7 tuey u piay LIeIr worIs atn ree miiuuuai Oy rPotosb Oy HNKN O'X fairs. THE BOOTHS ON East University were little more than skeletons "Everybody's talking about the Art Fair," yesterday, but by this morning they'll be full of paintings, pottery See ANN, Page 7 ,and other goodies as the four-day Ann Arbor Art Fair begins.