ACAP Learning Resources: Textbooks: Buying Textbooks

Here are some options to purchase your textbooks. You can often buy directly from the publisher, from a bookstore, or purchase secondhand. Things to consider when purchasing:

Shipping costs
How long shipping will take
Correct edition
Condition of the book - Has the book been written in? Are all the pages present? Is there anything damaged or missing?
Where the book is coming from
Exchange rate, when purchasing books in a different currency

Buying Textbooks

Many book publishers allow you to buy from them directly. Book prices and the cost and time for shipping will vary. Compare these with a local bookshop before purchasing.

Allen & Unwin
Australian Academic Press
Bloomsbury
Cambridge University Press
Website for international orders of academic publications
Cengage
Note: Don't buy the mindtap version of your text. It is not supported at ACAP.
Federation Press
Guilford Press
For purchasing within Australia, see the Woodslane online bookshop.
Jessica Kingsley
For purchasing within Australia, see the Woodslane online bookshop.
John Wiley
John Wiley also supplies books for W.W. Norton.
Kogan Page Ltd.
McGraw Hill Education
Oxford University Press
Pearson
Routledge (Taylor & Francis)
Sage
For purchasing within Australia, try Woodslane, or another recommended bookshop.
Springer
For purchasing with Australia, try Woodslane or a recommended bookshop.
Sydney University Press
Woodslane
Woodslane is the distributor for Jessica Kingsley books, Guilford Press, Sage & Springer and many other publishers.

There are many options to purchase your books from a bookstore, either in person or online. You can often purchase multiple books together to reduce shipping costs. Below are some options, but there are other bookshops throughout Australia, or your usual country of residence.

Woodslane
Woodslane is a leading distributor of allied health, psychology, education, travel and trade non fiction books in Australia.
Booktopia
Booktopia is Australia's biggest online only bookstore: selling books, ebooks, stationery, ereaders and audiobooks, delivering to every corner of Australia and New Zealand.
QBD Books
QBD Books has both an online store and physical stores throughout Australia.

Buying Textbooks Secondhand

Remember to find the correct edition and ask about the condition of the book, check the postage price and follow all the usual precautions for shopping online before making any purchases. Where possible, look at or ask for photos.

Library staff do not intervene or mediate in these transactions.

Student VIP
Student VIP offers an online marketplace for students to sell their used textbooks.
AbeBooks
AbeBooks offers used, rare and out-of-print books from independent sellers. AbeBooks is owned by Amazon.
Biblio
Biblio is an online marketplace for used, rare and out-of-print books. It is independently-owned.
ACAP Textbook Buy, Sell or Swap Page