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® HD+ and NOOK® HD, NOOK Simple Touch™ with GlowLight 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.FacultyEnlight
By using extensive faculty insights as the foundation, we are delivering a textbook adoption experience like no other. Our new online community, FacultyEnlightsm, combines search capabilities with product reviews and an engaging way for faculty to discover, adopt and deliver their course materials.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.NOOK Press™
With Barnes & Noble’s NOOK Press™, self-publishing is at your fingertips. The innovative self-publishing platform offers students, faculty and other aspiring authors a fast, easy and free way to write, edit, collaborate and publish the highest quality eBooks and directly distribute them to millions of avid readers. 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.Student Financial Aid
We provide a sophisticated, proprietary Student Financial Aid (SFA) platform that leverages cutting-edge technology to simplify the management of financial aid transactions – making it simple for students to get the materials they need and easy for administrators to work with us. Our platform works seamlessly with every financial aid system and all types of financial aid. More »