Our Textbook Requests Process (formerly called Textbook Adoptions)

We have developed a simple online form. All book data and email information sent via our online form will not be 'mined' or stored in any database other than our bookstore text system and email files. If you have a suggestion to make the online form better, let us know! It is our web page and we can change it!

What We Need:
This is the information that we need for successful textbook requests.

A. Course Information:
1. Course ID (Department, Course & Section Number -- i.e. Math 100--001)
2. Instructor's name, telephone number, and email address (Use STAFF' if unassigned)
3. Anticipated enrollment (Please rely on previous experience for this number)

B. Book Information
1. ISBN stands for International Standard Book Number, a 10 digit number unique to a title. (Note: some materials do not have ISBN's) THE ISBN IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PIECE OF INFORMATION WE RECEIVE!
2. TITLE
3. AUTHOR
4. ED: EDITION (1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.) (Please let us know if any current edition is suitable.) Time permitting, we will inform you of newer editions pending. We will require your verbal, handwritten, or emailed verification before ordering or buying back texts which are old editions.
5. BD: Binding (hardback, paperback, spiral, CD, etc.)
6. YR: Year of Copyright, i.e. 02 (2002)

C. Concerning book information
You ***MUST*** indicate one of the following:
1. REQUIRED: Required means a student won't have a very good chance of getting through the course without this textbook. If you are planning to inform students that tests are taken from a study guide, that study guide will probably be in high demand and should have REQUIRED status.
2. RECOMMENDED: A recommended title is one that is helpful to a student's understanding of course material, but not vital to her/his success in that course.

IMPORTANT!
Many instructors have made excellent efforts at providing special notes about their courses/books. If you have any information as to the probable demand for your course materials (needed early, specific editions or bindings, questions, etc.) please let us know!

Many instructors are now using 'disposable' texts. A disposable text is one that has a 'one time use' feature. In the past they were usually just laboratory manuals or books with removable worksheets. Many books use items such as the POWER WEB or INFOTRAC, and many of you incorporate these features into your curriculum. If that is the case with your text needs, we need to know this. If you neglect to tell us this, your students may purchase useless materials next semester. We typically do not buy back 'disposable' texts.

What happens next?
Filling out this online form sends an email to the Book Department. A confirmation page, "Text Request Successfully Sent" should appear in your browser if the form was successfully sent. From that generated email, we then enter the information into our inventory system (by hand), correcting problems where we find them. The 'Request Sent' confirmation page does not mean that your information has been entered, it just means that an email was generated and sent. Therefore, it is VERY important that you confirm our data entry process by checking our online store in about two weeks from the time of your submission. Act as if you were a customer looking for a book: choose term, department, course, then section. If the correct authors and titles are listed, then the process is complete. Please take the time to perform this step, it is vitally important.

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Final Notes
The Faculty Center Network is a great resource for faculty to review college-level textbooks and make informed decisions about textbook request. You may email forrest.halford@wku.edu for the password.

If you prefer, you may email your textbook requests to Forrest.Halford@wku.edu

The bookstore staff wishes to let each of you know that we still welcome phone calls. In an age of emails, web forms, URLs, and super efficient, lightening fast communication, we still enjoy hearing voices!