Students taking classes on campus can purchase textbooks online and have their books boxed and ready for pick-up during Fall semester move-in weekend! There are two options for doing this: Textbook Reservations and Online Ordering. Either option will offer both convenience and time savings.
TEXTBOOK RESERVATIONS
Through our TEXTBOOK RESERVATION program, students sign up to have STORE STAFF look up their fall semester schedule, identify and pick the required textbooks, charge the books on the student-provided credit card or bookstore account, box them up, and hold them for the student to pick-up during Move-In Weekend. The deadline for Textbook Reservations is July 31st so that orders can be charged during the North Carolina Tax-Free Holiday Weekend, saving the student from paying NC sales tax on the books. By reserving books early, the student also has a greater advantage in securing less-costly USED textbooks since the supply is greater at that time.
LINK to Textbook Reservations for FALL 2011 Semester
ONLINE ORDERING
Through our ONLINE ORDERING system, students login, select the course and view the textbooks for that course. The purchase is made online at that time. Distance Education students can have their books shipped to their home address. On-Campus students can choose two convenient pick-up locations: Dowdy Student Store in the Wright Building and College Hill (large parking lot at the bottom of College Hill Drive).
To order your textbooks online, visit the Dowdy Student Store Online Textbook Ordering site.
For in-store pick-up, students must allow at least 3 business days for processing.
To take advantage of the NC Tax-Free Holiday Weekend benefit, online orders for individual books must be placed during the Tax-Free Holiday, August 5-7, 2011 (pending 2011 approval from NC legislature).