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Our Mission… … our mission is to support the best student experience at The University of Western Ontario. To help students, faculty, and staff at Western and people in our community fulfill their educational goals and life potential, we are dedicated to providing products, services and information for their academic, professional, social and cultural needs. The Book Store is service driven and revenues support student services, facilities, and programming.

Timesaving Tip Order your course materials online at www. bookstore. uwo. ca • When you submit an online order, you will get an automatic confirmation that your order was received. • You will also get an email listing the items that you have ordered for your records. • Please include your Administrative Assistant’s name on the online order form, so that he/she will have information about your adoption.

Textbook Adoptions Ordering takes time. • Each title requires significant time to check edition status, stock availability and on-hand inventory. • About 10, 000 unique book titles are ordered for each major semester.

Textbook Adoptions Why so early? • Each term 1000 s of campuses want the same course materials at the same time. You can determine who gets their books first by ordering early. • Students want to buy books early: during Student Academic Orientation, new students ask us for their booklists.

Textbook Adoptions How can we help students save money on textbooks? • Buyback – When you order early, you enable our students to sell their textbooks to The Book Store for use in the next term. • Used Books for Sale – Students buy used books and save 25% off the original price.

Price Matters Students care. • The Book Store at Western sells textbooks at the publisher’s suggested list price.

Decision to Buy Textbook: Top Four Factors* 1. Price of the required book 2. Extent to which the instructor uses the book. 3. Extent to which assignments are based on the book. 4. Degree to which exams are based on the book. * NACS Student Watch; CCRA Textbooks Survey

What can you do to help? • Submit textbook adoption information as soon as possible. • Provide complete, accurate information. • Tell us if your textbook is required or suggested. * * Determined by how much you will use the textbook in your course.

Please note… • We do not automatically order the newest edition. We will work with faculty to supply whatever edition is desired. • Unsold textbooks are returned to the publisher each term to comply with publisher return policies.

Custom Course Books • Custom Course Books are a collection of notes, chapters, articles and lab notes compiled by you for your course. • Custom Course Books are sold at The Book Store and are available in the same location as textbooks.

Very Important • Please advise us if your enrollment significantly increases or decreases to ensure sufficient quantities for your students. • At your request, we will provide pricing information, stock status, and publisher contact information.

The Book Store at Western is your source for professional and personal retail needs at Western. Thank-you for your time.