Textbook Home
Course Textbooks Textbook Buyback Textbook Rental
Contact the Textbook Department:
Phone: 401-863-2270
Email: [email protected]
Please Note: Students purchasing their course books and course supplies at the Brown University Bookstore with their Brown ID are exempt from RI sales tax.
Course Textbooks
The Brown University Bookstore Textbook Department supplies Brown University students with the course books and materials for over 700 University classes each semester. More than 3,200 titles are stocked.
Students can now compare prices online and shop for your textbooks with one click! Find out the best prices for your textbooks, then immediately order them from the most inexpensive vendor.
The Bookstore offers an online purchase option. Books will be boxed and held for the student at the bookstore. Rentals now available on select titles.
- Brown/RISD Students: Online ordering is available up to the first day of classes.
- Please allow 1-2 business days for online orders to be processed.
- Online orders not picked up within 5 days of order date will be re-shelved.
- We do not charge your account or credit card until the order is processed.
Textbook Buyback
Buyback is not just for textbooks. Any book purchased anywhere, not just Brown University, with a Valid Guide Price from our wholesalers is eligible for buyback, all year round.
This includes:
- Hardcover books
- Paperback books
- Textbooks
- Trade Books
Students may receive up to half the price of a textbook (whether purchased new or used) at the semester-end buyback if the book is being used for the upcoming semester. If the bookstore has no need or has stock on hand, we will quote a wholesale price based on market value.
Textbook Rental
The bookstore now offers textbook rental for select titles! You can rent your textbooks online, as well as in the bookstore. Look for the rental option when reserving online or on the shelves in the bookstore.
Please Note: Not all textbooks are available for rental.
If you decide to order from the Brown Bookstore:
- Please allow 1-2 business days for online orders to be processed.
- Online orders not picked up within 5 business days of order date will be re-shelved.
- We do not charge your account or credit card until the order is processed.
Brown University Students:
- Choose 'Pick up at Store' as delivery option.
- 'Pick up at Store' orders can be picked up at the Brown Bookstore.
- Cut-off date for Brown students: First day of classes.
RISD Students:
- Choose 'Pickup at RISD-Text' as delivery option.
- 'Pickup at RISD-Text' orders can be picked up in the RISD Mail Room.
Full price of the book will be charged if it is not returned by the end of the semester.