Did You Know

That all revenues from MC Books & More go back to improving the facilities, student services and general operations of the College?

Besides the great customer service, this is just one more reason to shop with us.

Protect Your Textbook Investment!

What Can You Do?

WHY: For the remainder of the semester until just after Final Exams, each of the campus’ MC Books & More will be buying textbooks at retail & wholesale prices for use next semester here at MC or to be sold to a wholesale company who recycles them to other colleges and universities where they are needed.

WHAT: So…how do we know whose book is being sold? The answer is that we don’t, unless you take the following steps:

1. After you have determined that you are going to keep your purchased books, put an identifying mark (i.e. your pet’s name — never put social security #s or addresses) in ink inside all your books at a pretermined location (i.e. page 22 — never the front or back page). For example: in your Biology 101 book, on page 22, you would write “Beethoven” (your St. Bernard’s name) in red ink.
2. Make a note of your mark and location in each textbook with a list of each textbook purchased (Class, Title and author, and ISBN) and keep this list at home.
3. Keep all your personal belongings secure at all times; never leave your textbooks or backpacks, etc. unattended in a public area, especially in the library or cafeteria
4. If you do have the misfortune to lose, misplace, or have your textbooks or any personal belonging stolen while on campus, report the incident to Security immediately. Obtain a copy of the Security report and bring it with the list of textbooks missing to any of the MC Books & More locations as soon as possible after your loss.
5. The supervisor on duty at the Bookstore will take your information, including the notation regarding your identifying mark, and place this information into our Point of Sale and Text Buyback system. That way we will be able to identify your textbooks when and if someone attempts to sell the books to the store during our Buyback period. There are no guarantees, but you could get lucky and get your books returned. At the very least, you won’t be letting someone profit from your "loss of investment".

If you need more information on Buyback, Textbooks, or on any Bookstore related subject, stop by at any of the MC Books More and ask to speak to any manager or supervisor. Or contact Gale Erskine , Bookstore Services Acting Director – Montgomery College