Bear Books

Bear Books is a course materials fulfillment program that lowers the cost of course materials and ensures students have their required course materials on the first day of class.

• Register for your classes and the bookstore will start preparing your course materials
• One month before classes start, you will receive an email instructing you to select your delivery preference (in-store pickup or shipped directly to you)
• An email notification will be sent when your order is ready for pickup or when it ships
• Your digital materials will be delivered for your course(s) within LMS

Currently, the program is available to all undergraduate students.

The program does not include consumables that cannot be returned and reused such as lab goggles, dissection kits, molecular model kids, engineering kits or nursing kits.

All eligible students will be automatically enrolled in the Bear Books Program.

Students can opt out of the program by clicking HERE. That’s it, opting out is simple. 

All textbooks (hardback & softback) are considered rentals under this program and are billed as a fee for the course. These fees are applied to your final bill and will show up as "E-Textbook Fee". When your bill is paid in full, you are paying for your rental textbooks under this program.

The program provides all required textbooks, lab manuals, access codes and digital textbook versions to eligible students.

Yes, the program provides you with the option to purchase textbooks at a reduced rate during the return period.

Yes, you will still be required to return continuation course textbooks. You will be issued the same title for the next semester of the continuation course.

In the event that any textbooks are not returned to the bookstore by the deadline date, a hold will be placed at the University Bookstore and/or on the student's account for any non-returned product, until the fees due to the University Bookstore are paid in full. Additionally, your information may be submitted to a collection agency to recover replacement and late fees.

The deadline to return all rental textbooks is the last day of finals. Students will receive email reminders about the rental deadline to their email address.