Important Customer Advisory about Textbooks
Beginning February, we’re returning excess textbooks to publishers to prepare for our annual inventory, keeping minimal stock for current courses.
If you’ve not purchased your texts yet, we recommend you do so as soon as possible.
Textbooks Online & Booklist
Look up your textbooks using our Textbooks Online Service. Pick your courses and we'll give you your textbook list. Miss those line-ups and have them shipped directly to your door. Spring 2010 is now available & online...
For more information check out the Online Ordering FAQ.
Textbook Buying Survival Guide
We understand that buying textbooks is never going to be the most pleasant experience of your university career. But we do try to make it as painless as possible—which is one reason we’ve put together our Textbook Buying Survival Guide.
How to save money
Buy used: a used textbook saves you 25% off the new price—and you pay no GST! Hunt for the yellow “Used” sticker on the spine of books. But don’t leave it too late—there’s a limited quantity.
Buyback: at the end of term, check the online buyback list to see which of your texts are going to be used next term and you can sell back to us. You can get up to 50% of the original new price back.
How to save time
Create a custom booklist before you come to the bookstore. It makes finding your texts so much quicker and easier.
Shop early or late in day. We can’t stress this enough: in early September, it’s a zoo here between 10am and 4pm. But if you come here at 8:30am or 6pm, it’s a lot quieter and you can get your books without the teeth grinding experience of long line-ups. We’re often open till 7pm: check our extended hours here.
Get cheques pre-approved at Info Desk. Cheques are great, but they need to be pre-approved. Please note that we can only pre-approve your own cheque; third-parties (such as your parents) should consider a Gift Card instead.
Load up a Gift Card. Someone else helping out with your expenses? Get them to put the cash on a Gift Card for you to use by calling 250.721.8311. Please allow us half a day and we’ll have it ready and waiting for you here at the Info Desk.
How to avoid hassles down the road
Returns: we can only accept textbook returns if the following conditions are met.
- Books must be in mint condition.
- You must bring the original sales receipt.
Please also make yourself aware of return deadlines.
Don’t buy now for your January courses – instructors can and do change textbooks between September and the start of the Spring term.