USM Bookstores
3 Ways To Order
Your Textbooks
- TECHNICAL YET EASY-
Shop Our Website! There is a
link over in the left hand column under Merchandise. If
you'd rather fax your order in, please print the and fax it to: (207) 780-4139.
-GIVE US A CALL-
Please have your schedule in front of you when you call.
We can take your payment info over the phone and hold on to your
paid books until you arrive, or mail them to your
home.
-COME SEE US-
As always, we love to see our customers in person.
We have three locations. The
Portland Bookstore is located in the Woodbury Campus Center on
the Portland Campus. The Gorham Bookstore is located in
the Brooks Student Center on the Gorham Campus. The
Lewiston Bookstore is located at 51 Westminster Street.
Course Numbers have three parts,
and these are what we use to find your books. A Course
number looks like this: MAT 108 G5460. MAT is the
department. 108 tells us the content or level of the
class. G5460 is the CRN, also known as a Section
Number. The letter shows which campus a class is held on,
and the number specifies exactly which section of MAT 108 to
find books from. Two classes with the same title but
different professors do not necessarily use the same
books.
Payment Options include cash, USM
Card, VISA, MASTERCARD, DISCOVER CARD, and personal checks. A picture
ID and your student ID number are required for check purchases. When
you give a card number over the phone, it is kept in a secure
area until the books are charged. We destroy the number
right afterward, and do not keep it anywhere.
Textbook
Return Policy Refunds can be obtained at any
of our three locations, as long as the books were purchased from the
USM Bookstores. Refunds are given for the current semester only, within
the stated times for the term. Traditionally,
returns are accepted within the first two weeks of classes
during the Fall and Spring Semesters. Summer Semester has
it's own return policy. A copy of the return policy should
be stapled to your receipts.
Returns must be
accompanied by a valid cash register receipt, and new textbooks may be
returned for a refund only if they are in new condition. DO NOT WRITE
IN ANY NEW TEXTBOOK OR OPEN SHRINK-WRAPPED PACKAGES BEFORE ATTENDING
YOUR FIRST CLASS! If you drop a class or otherwise decide you don't wish
to keep a book, we will be unable to refund your money for a new text
that has been marked or damaged, or a package which has been opened.
Used books must be in the same condition as when purchased.
TEXTBOOK
BUYBACK
Cash
For Books
Students with a
photo ID can bring books in anytime and try to sell them
in the Portland, Gorham, and Lewiston stores. To get the most money for them,
we recommend selling your books during
final exam week in December and May. Before the official Buyback
begins, posters will be posted around campus with the
dates. There will also be an ad in the Free
Press.
How
Much $$ Will You Get
When You Sell Back
Your
Books During Buyback?
The
amount of cash you get depends almost entirely on what books professors
have chosen to use for the following semester.
-When
a book is going to be used, we generally give 50% of the retail
price, until we've bought back enough copies. If it came
as part of a package, bring in all the pieces if you have
them.
-If
the book is not going to be used here at USM but has a national
demand, we can buy for a textbook wholesaler that will give up
to 35% of the retail price.
-If
the book is not in demand, we cannot buy it. It is a good
idea however, to hold on to these kinds of books and try them
again at the next Buyback. If the book is an old edition,
will will never be able to buy it. We always have a
donation box for no value books if you wish for your book to be
sent to a country in need.
*We cannot buy water damaged books,
instructor editions,
or books with missing
covers.
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