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.

Cutting Costs and Increasing Convenience

By participating in our textbook rental program, students can save more than 50 percent off the cost of buying a new textbook. And it’s convenient – students can rent while in the store or online using their bookstore website, with the option of in-store pickup or delivery. We also help them keep track of their rentals, reminding them of upcoming rental return deadlines via email.

Keeping Sales on Campus

And students aren’t the only ones who benefit. Textbook rentals help keep valuable textbook dollars on campus. Many of our campus partners accept a variety of payment methods for online and in-store rentals, including campus debit cards and student financial aid, making payments easy for everyone involved.

 

  • 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

    Cash for BooksOur 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

    Competitive Price Guarantee 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

    Course Packs/Custom TextbooksMany 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!™

    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

    Distance LearningOur 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.