general reading and reference
We combine national and local expertise to customize selections for our campus partners, reflecting their curricula as well as the wider interests of their community. Our comprehensive reference departments include attractively priced study guides such as SparkNotes and SparkCharts, exclusive reprints of classic works, dictionaries, other quick reference books and specialty reference titles in law, medicine, and other arts and sciences.
We also round out textbook offerings with a wide range of general reading titles –from books, magazines and newspapers to relevant trade publications. Plus, students and faculty have access to Barnes & Noble’s award-winning offerings such as:
- NOOK™: Our award-winning eReading products – including the all-new NOOK Tablet™, NOOK Color™ and NOOK Simple Touch™ – are the most full-featured, dedicated eReading devices on the market.
- Bestsellers: Our unique weekly National Campus Bestseller List tracks the 40 best-selling books across our campuses, so students can keep up with what’s popular among their peers.
- Bargain Books: Our bargain books – priced at up to 90 percent off – offer great value to all customers. We work with vendors nationwide to put together a diverse and engaging selection for campus bookstores.
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Textbook Rental Program
Based on student insight, we launched an innovative in-store and online textbook rental program in campuses across the nation. Since the program’s launch, more than 99 percent of students have stated they would rent from their campus bookstore again. But it’s not just students who benefit. Schools that offer rentals keep more textbook dollars on campus. More »Registration Integration
An innovative system that links the school’s course registration site with the bookstore’s website, Registration Integration lets students order textbooks online at the same time they register for courses.Cash For Books
Our Cash For Books program pays students up to 50 percent for their unwanted textbooks. On many campuses, students can even sell back their textbooks at remote buyback sites across campus at the end of the term.Competitive Price Match Program
We match any local brick-and-mortar textbook competitor’s lowest price on new and used textbooks, guaranteeing the best deal for students and ensuring that textbook sales remain on campus.Faculty Center Network
Our online Faculty Center Network (FCN) is a research database of more than 250,000 titles that faculty can explore to choose textbooks for their course curriculum. FCN also includes national textbook rankings that can be sorted according to subject or sales, cross-referenced information on comparable titles for each book and peer reviews on thousands of different titles.Course Packs/Custom Textbooks
Many faculty members today prefer creating their own textbooks, integrating their work with existing material. So we’ve partnered with XanEdu – the leading provider of course packs and custom textbooks – to offer attractive compilations, quickly and conveniently.PubIt!™
With Barnes & Noble’s PubIt!™, self-publishing is at your fingertips. The easy-to-use application allows students, faculty and other aspiring authors to publish their own works for digital publishing and distribution with no costs or hidden fees. Authors simply upload their books, set a price and track sales activity.Distance Education
Our exceptional e-commerce technology means that the world is your campus. We offer distance education students the same level of service and support as their on-campus student counterparts. So from studying abroad to learning at home in virtual classrooms, off-campus students receive materials as quickly and conveniently as possible.