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For Students

Accessing Textbooks & Course Materials

Use your SOLAR account to locate course materials and purchase them through the University's online bookstore.

How do I order my textbooks and course materials from the University's online bookstore and see which books I need for my classes?

View Step by Step Instructions

Note: the bookstore receives information regarding required textbooks directly from Stony Brook University on a regular basis. If you have questions about the required book for a particular class, please ask your professor or refer to your syllabus.

Book Buyback

The bookstore buys books back all year long! For more information visit sbushopred.com

Rental Check In Due Date

Rental Check In due date is May 22, 2019

Buying Clickers

Clickers with licenses are sold in the following Campus Stores:

Shop Red West - located in the Melville Library, lower level
Shop Red East - located in Health Sciences Level 2, Room 310

Frequently Asked Questions

General Questions

Where is the bookstore?

There is no physical bookstore on Stony Brook University’s campus. Our new virtual bookstore is through Follett at sbushopred.com. If you are looking for official Stony Brook licensed apparel and merchandise or graduation gowns, please contact Shop Red West at (631) 632-6550 or visit sbushopred.com.

What is the Follett relationship and what is Follett providing?

Starting with the summer and fall 2018 semesters, Follett is the official bookstore provider at Stony Brook University. Follett is also operating all three campus stores, Shop Red West in the Frank Melville Jr. Library, Seawolves MarketPlace at the Student Activities Center (SAC) and Shop Red East on level 2 at the Health Science Center.

Shipping & Pickup

How can I get free shipping on my textbooks and course materials?

If you select store pickup when placing your order online at sbushopred.com, you will not be charged any shipping fees.

How do I know when my order will be available for pickup in store?

You will receive an email confirmation when you first place your order and then a second email when your order is ready for pickup.

What happens if my shipment is late?

After placing your order, you will receive an email confirmation. When your order ships, you will receive a tracking number via a second email. Please continue to check for updates on when your package will arrive via the tracking number provider for your shipment.

What is the phone number for the Shop Red West pickup location?

Please call (631) 632-6543 for questions regarding pickup.

Returns & Refunds

How do I make a return?

Returns can be made at Shop Red West. Please bring the original packing slip.

What is the Rental Check In due date?

Rentals are due on May 22, 2019.

For Faculty

Changes to Follett Discover URLs

The Follett Discover URLs will be changing from betterknow.com to follettdiscover.com .

What Does This Mean for Me? Do I Need to Change Anything?

When logging in through SOLAR, through the link on the FSA Bookstore website, these links will remain the same as they are today, But all users need to update their bookmarks to the new follettdiscover.com URL by December 31, 2019.

All of your username and password information will remain the same, and you will notice no change in the user experience.

Next Step:

Delete the betterknow.com link that you may have bookmarked, and add a new bookmark for the follettdiscover.com link

Questions?
Contact Angelique Hagerman @ 2058txt@follett.com

Submitting Course Materials Requisitions

Winter and Spring requisitions due October 26.

Summer and Fall requisitions due April 5.

Please keep in mind that the later you submit your order, the more difficult it will be for our course material provider, Follett, to source and secure your course material in time for the start of the semester. Timely submission helps the bookstore determine the value of the books based on their being used in the next semester. This will guide them as to the value of the books, and offer the students more at buy back time. Students will save money if more used books are available. If you will be teaching a course during the upcoming semester(s) and require books or supplies for your class(es), please remember to submit your order as soon as possible.

SUBMIT COURSE MATERIALS

Department Admins

If you are a department admin ordering course materials for your department, use the link below.

SUBMIT COURSE MATERIALS (DEPARTMENT ADMINS)

Follett Discover Video Tutorial

Watch a tutorial video on Follett Discover for faculty, the tool that you will be using to submit course materials for the upcoming semester.

Contact us if you have additional questions.

Create Custom Course Packs with XanEdu

XanEdu is a 100% custom publishing company that works with faculty and departments to save students money on the cost of their textbooks/course materials. XanEdu offers prices 25% - 65% lower than traditional publishers!

XanEdu has been producing custom course materials in higher education for over fifteen years. We understand the need for more affordable options for students.

At XanEdu, we work with you to only include only the content you choose and work to keep the cost at a price point you determine! You can choose chapters from various books, write your own content, choose replacement content from any of our hundreds of content partners, or develop a combination of all of the above!

Create a Custom Course Pack with XanEdu directly from your Follett Discover account! Select the Create Content button in your dashboard and follow the prompts.

XanEdu Highlights

XanEdu Publishing works with faculty to create low-cost, high-quality textbooks and course packs, delivered in print and digitally!

The digital text NEVER expires!
The text gets updated when you want it to: you never need to move to a new edition!
We can embed video, audio, and web links to your text!
We have no minimums on page count or adoption size!

From full textbooks, to supplementary course packs, to lab manuals, to readers, we clear copyrights, can help develop your project, or simply publish what you tell us to publish!

XanEdu Customization Options

XanEdu creates beautiful, full-color, or black-and-white traditional texts from professors’ original manuscripts or research.
XanEdu creates the same kind of traditional texts based on chapters from any other publishers, articles, and professors’ original materials, student example papers, and XanEdu content.
XanEdu creates course packs containing any sorts of materials you’d like.
XanEdu creates traditional texts or course packs from OUT OF PRINT BOOKS.
XanEdu clears copyrights—for the above, or for use on your LMS.
XanEdu provides digital access with all of the above.
XanEdu requires no minimum enrollment.

XanEdu Benefits

YOU control the cost.
YOU control the content.
YOU control how often the book revises.
YOU control how much or how little work you want to put into the process.
YOU or your department can receive a royalty.

Other Options Available

For additional custom course pack materials, please contact Follett directly at: lgassler@follett.com

Desk Copies

We are streamlining the desk copy process and providing you with the following information on how to order your own desk copy starting for the Spring 2019 semester. By ordering your own desk copy, you can control the shipping address as well as deal with a publisher one-on-one, making sure your desk copy arrives in a timely manner. Unfortunately the Bookstore Liaison's Office will no longer be ordering desk copies on behalf of professors starting Winter 2018.

You may order your desk copy in these four easy steps:

Adopt your course material via the Follett Discover Tool.
Once you have submitted the ISBN via the tool, Follett's system will give you more information about the title of the book, including the name of the publisher.
Go to the publisher's website, and find their contact information under the "Contact" tab. You may call them directly if it is major publisher, or they will be able to connect you to your own publisher representative. The publisher representative will be able to order your desk copies whenever you need them.
Make sure once you have reached out to the publisher you receive an order confirmation as you will need that confirmation number to follow up with the publisher if you have any questions regarding the desk copy. We hope you are enjoying the beginning of the Fall semester!

ORDER YOUR TEXTBOOKS

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