College Bookstore

Important Information About Bookstore Purchases

• Students are encouraged to place their orders online and as early as possible in order to avoid crowds and long lines.
• Students are encouraged to purchase digital materials if the option is available.
• Delivery is almost instantaneous for digital materials once payment is processed.
• Financial Aid is one of the payment options on the B&N website when students place orders at:
  https://blueridge.bncollege.com/shop/blueridge/home  

Understand your options before you purchase course material:

Unlimited Subscription Model

Some textbook publishers offer their textbooks through an “unlimited” subscription model.

If you are taking multiple classes that offer an “unlimited” subscription, it might be more cost effective for you to purchase a single “unlimited” subscription. That subscription will give you access to all of that publisher’s course material.

• Required = This is the course material that is required to successfully complete the course. If the course material also lists an “unlimited” subscription, then you could purchase a single subscription to access an electronic version of the required course material for the duration of the subscription you choose to purchase.
• Recommended = The instructor either recommends the item in addition to any material labeled required, OR, if the recommended item is an “unlimited” subscription, you can purchase a single subscription to access an electronic copy of the required course material for the duration of the subscription you choose to purchase.

Example of Course where publisher offers an “unlimited” subscription: