Textbooks
The Langara Bookstore offers all the official textbooks and course materials as required by your instructor. You can buy them in store, or purchase or access them online, or rent them. Check out your various options below:
- Used - save up to 25% over new
- Digital - save up to 50% over new
- Buyback - Students can buy new and then return for up to 50% Cash back at the end of exams during Buy Back
- Price Matching - The Bookstore price matches Amazon.ca. Terms and conditions apply
Textbook delivery & pick-up service
The beginning of a semester is a busy period for the Bookstore. Order online and select Delivery or Pickup at Langara Bookstore to get your materials. It's easy!
- Within BC is $12.99, free for orders over $300.00.
- Within Canada is $25.00, free for orders over $400.00.
- For international shipments, please contact us.
Orders are shipped via UPS. UPS cannot deliver to PO boxes. Once your order has been shipped, you will be emailed a tracking number from UPS. Any changes to your delivery should be requested through the UPS website.
Digital textbook access codes
All codes purchases are final sale and non-returnable.
Make sure you have selected the correct product for your course before purchasing.
Checkout using the eBook Shopping Cart below for digital materials is separate from the main Langara Bookstore MyCampusStore shopping cart. These purchases are processed through our distributor (Campus eBookstore Inc - CEI) therefore Langara Bookstore giftcards cannot be used for these online purchases.
If you are unable to purchase online with a credit card, please email bookstore [at] langara.ca (bookstore[at]langara[dot]ca) to discuss your options.
If you are a Future Skills Grant student, please read our instructions of how to apply the grant to your course materials.
- To easily search for your course, CTRL+F and type in the course department and number, e.g. CHEM 1234.
- At peak periods, some customers may receive an error during checkout. Please wait 5-10 minutes and try again later or come in-store to purchase a redemption code from a cashier.
- Double check that you've entered the correct email address before you submit your purchase. If you do not receive your eText instructions or access code, please check your junk/spam folder.
Price-match Amazon.ca
Langara will price match Amazon.ca to give you the best price now! See the full Terms and Conditions below.
To price match
- Take your textbook to the cashier and let them know that you would like to price match to Amazon.ca. We will match Amazon.ca prices as verified on their website.
- To price match a textbook you've already purchased, we will give you a price adjustment within 2 days of your purchase if you bring in your book, original receipt, and verification of lower price. This must be done before the last day to return/exchange.
- Verification of the lower price should be either a printout of the Amazon.ca site showing the ISBN details and the printed date (which must be dated within 2 days of the purchase date) or, a live webpage on a mobile device or computer.
Check that your textbook is eligible for price matching before you approach the cashier. Simply search using the 10 or 13-digit ISBN from the back of your textbook on Amazon.ca and make sure it's in-stock as new, sold & shipped by Amazon, and the Amazon price is lower than our retail price.
Terms and Conditions
- Applies to new books from Amazon.ca only.
- Price matching offer excludes any Amazon preferred customer pricing such as Amazon Prime, and excludes third-party sellers, affiliates of Amazon.ca, peer-to-peer marketplace and/or auction sites such as, but not limited to, Amazon Marketplace, eBay, Half.com, craigslist, etc. It also excludes rented textbooks, USED textbooks, international editions, instructor copies and digital versions, and courseware (i.e. class or lecture notes).
- Applies to purchases made in-store.
- Textbooks must be in-stock and sold & shipped by Amazon.ca. Textbooks that cannot be shipped immediately do not qualify.
- The maximum Price Match we can meet will be our cost for the book. Langara Bookstore reserves the right not to price match below cost.
- Applicable sales tax will be additional when calculating total cost.
- Customer has two (2) days from date of purchase on the receipt to apply for the price matching. This must be done before the last day to return/exchange for the term.
- Limit one price match per customer per textbook with the same ISBN.
- Applies to required textbooks only.
- Applies to same ISBN, author, title, and edition only.
Langara Bookstore reserves the right to change the details of this offer at any time.
Textbook buyback program
Sell your textbook to the Bookstore and get up to 50% back on selected titles. Books are bought on a first-come, first-served basis so please come early to have your book assessed by our sellback buyer. Our sellback buyer is a third party used book company that will be on location to purchase books for Langara bookstore, as well as books for campuses nationwide.
- Please bring your Langara ID.
- Books that are damaged or have excessive highlighting or writing in them may not be purchased.
- Loose-leaf books and coursepacks are not bought back. See our FAQ page for more details.
- Note: this is a cashless buyback - please bring a credit or debit card.
| Buyback Schedule | |
|---|---|
| August 5-8 | 9:30am - 4:00pm |
| August 11-15 | 9:30am - 4:00pm |
