Michael Schwartz Library

Virtual Reference Desk: Bookstores

The CSU Bookstore is operated for Cleveland State University through an exclusive agreement with Follett Higher Education Group to provide textbooks and course materials. The university receives proceeds from all purchases at the CSU Bookstore. The proceeds are and will continue to be used to pay some of the CSU Student Center construction debt.

CSU Bookstore

CSU Bookstore homepage

Bookstores — New Titles

Amazon.com: In and out of print books, videos, and music.
Barnes & Noble: In and out of print books, videos, and music.
Books a Million: Second largest U.S. bookstore chain.

Bookstores — Out of Print

Abebooks: Great source for out-of print books.
Powell's Books: Includes new books.
Zubal Books: Located in Cleveland.

Bookstores — Textbooks

Tip: The Library's Textbook Center, located on the first floor of the Library at the Library and Research Help Desk, offers a limited selection of print textbooks required for some of the larger general education classes for each semester. Any CSU student with a valid Viking Card may borrow these textbooks to use for a 2-hour loan.

Abebooks (used textbooks available)

Bigwords.com (gives price comparisons for both buying and selling textbooks.

Campus Books(compare prices on new and used textbooks)

Chegg (sell used textbooks or rent books)

CSU Bookstore (buy or sell new or used textbooks, plus find out the required texts for CSU classes)

eCampus.com (Buy new, used or etextbooks, rent textbooks, or sell used books)

Money for Books.com (Sell used textbooks with free shipping)

Student Book Trades (Buy, sell, or trade textbooks)

Textbooks.com (buy used textbooks and digital textbooks and sell used textbooks)

Valore Books (buy and sell textbooks from many different vendors)

Bookstores — Cleveland

Yelp's listing of the best 10 bookstores in Cleveland

Directories

American Booksellers Association Member Directory: Independently owned bookstores.
The Association of American University Presses: Directory of more than 150 members located around the world.
Northern Ohio Bibliophilic Society Directory : NOBS Dealer Directory. NOBS is an association of book collectors, dealers, librarians, and others interested in promoting the production, preservation, collection, and sale of fine and antiquarian books.

Multiple Bookstores & Price Comparisons

AddALL Book Searching and Price Comparison: New titles; search for any book you want, comparing the prices and services among 41 on-line bookstores.
Alibris: Rare and used titles; online sales, textbook rentals, and used/out-of-print books, music, and movies.
Bigwords.com: Gives price comparisons for both buying and selling textbooks.
BookFinder.com: BookFinder.com searches the inventories of over 100,000 booksellers worldwide.
Bookwire: Powered by Books in Print database, Bookwire makes it easy to search and discover over 20 million book titles, including print, ebooks, audio books and more.
CampusBooks.com: Buy, rent or sell textbooks.
Direct Textbook: In addition to its own book database, Direct Textbook returns search results from more than 200 major book databases.