About Lipscomb
The Lipscomb bookstore is run through the external Sodexo. Their website for Lipscomb is lipscomb.textbooktech.com.
General Questions
- How do I find my textbooks?
- How can I save the most money?
- What if I need a refund?
- Does the bookstore buy back textbooks from students?
- Does the bookstore have a website?
Reselling books
- How does the bookstore determine the price that's offered?
- Why are different prices sometimes offered for the same title?
- When do you buy back books?
- What do I need to bring with me to sell back a book?
David Lipscomb Middle & High School
- When do I need to get my child's books?
- What is included in the Rental Fee?
- What if a book is lost?
- What happens at the end of the year?
Your class schedule is the key to quickly finding the right books. Classes are listed on the bookstore’s website with the department first, then course, and finally the section. For example: AC 3303 01 (DEPT COURSE SECTION)
http://lipscomb.textbooktech.com/
Orders should be placed online and, if in stock, can be picked up the next day at the Textbook Depot on the first floor of the Bennett Campus Center. It’s important to order as early as possible to ensure your books will be available. For the Fall term, it is best to have your order placed by the first week in August. Orders for the Spring semester should be placed by the first week in January.
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How can I save the most money?
The two best ways to save money is to buy used or to rent your books. Whenever possible, we stock used books for price savings. Used books are priced at least 25% off the new book price. Rental prices average 40-60% of the new price and are available for the entire term.
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What if I need a refund?
Be sure to keep your receipt in case you need to return anything. We will be happy to give a full refund as long as we are within the first week of classes (within the first four days for summer and accelerated terms) and you have that all-important receipt.
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Does the bookstore buy back textbooks from students?
We buy back used textbooks year-round. These are not refunds, but rather the bookstore turning to current students as our first choice to purchase needed books. The price we can offer is determined by need. If we need a given book to sell on our shelves, we offer up to half of the purchase price. If the book is not being used in a future term, or if we already have too many, then we offer whatever our national wholesaler will offer. Either way, it's a great chance to get something back for those used books you no longer need.
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Does the bookstore have a website?
The bookstore is open 24 hours a day online. Textbooks and some general merchandise may be purchased online, and either shipped to you or held for pickup.
http://lipscomb.textbooktech.com/
How does the bookstore determine the price that's offered?
In a word - need. If we need a book to sell on our own shelves, we offer the most money. If we can't use the book here (either we already have all we need, or no professor is using that book next semester (we offer whatever or national wholesaler will give us for the book. Nationwide demand for a book determines what they offer.
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Why are different prices sometimes offered for the same title?
Prices vary based on demand both on campus and around the country. The best time to sell your book is as soon as you are finished with the course. The longer you wait, the less the book is worth because course material is updated often.
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When do you buy back books?
We buy books back year round.
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What do I need to bring with me to sell back a book?
Before any buyback, we are required to see a picture ID; so be sure to bring one with you. We will also need any CD's or other material that came with the book. And oh yes, we will need the book itself :). You do NOT need your cash register receipt (for refunds - yes; for buybacks - no).
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What do I need to do to get my child's books?
During the latter part of the summer (sometime in July) a link will be available on the bookstore’s website:
http://lipscomb.textbooktech.com/
Select the option for Campus School (not University). You do not need to know your child’s course schedule to reserve your rentals. After placing your rental order online, your books will be available for pickup at the Academy at a time designated on the school calendar.
What is included in the Rental Fee?
The fee will include all required textbooks and workbooks. The following items will not be included: PE Uniforms, notebooks, pens and pencils, calculators, supplies, Bibles, and study aids. These items will be available of you wish to purchase them at that time.
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What if a book is lost?
When you pick up your student's books, you will be given an itemized receipt of the books you receive. If the books are not returned or returned damaged, you will be charged the market rate for the replacement of the book plus a $25 fee per book.
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What happens at the end of the year?
All textbooks will need to be returned to the bookstore at the end of the school year (we set a return deadline of early June; earlier for seniors; call 615-966-1780 for the exact deadline). Any books not returned by that time will be replaced by the bookstore, and the replacement costs will be charged.
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