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Services offered at the Co-op Bookstore are varied and growing with the needs of the community. There are even some professors ordering the material for their courses through the Co-op, exposing students to alternatives and a way to get textbooks for less than suggested retail price. Anyone can make use of our services however members benefit from the lowest possible prices we can offer. We also take individual orders, whether they are for textbooks or leisure reading material. No order is too small. We also provide a line of general school supplies, and are always taking suggestions for products people would like to see available at the Co-op. We also sell recycled paper at competitive rates.

We offer a variety of used books, both textbooks and non-academic. We have an ever-growing Used Book Consignment Service for students and community members alike, which is free, and offered at the beginning of every semester, running for a month or so. This service allows you to select the price at which you would like to sell your books, and can continue to advertise them through other means as well. We also encourage local artisans, with our initiative to sell crafts and other handmade items for students and members of the community through a special consignment service.

It’s pretty much all about students! We hire full-time students through the work-study program, and hire students no longer in school in full-time positions. The Co-op is basically a student-run initiative and non-profit business, there to offer up necessary alternatives to what has become the status quo.

Membership

Being a member of the Concordia Community Solidarity Co-op Bookstore entitles you to discounts on textbooks for classes, new books, school supplies, special book orders, snacks and gifts. Also, you will be eligible for the Co-op's Board of Directors and the right to vote at our general assemblies. Moreover, you'll be encouraging a business alternative and a student initiative.

Becoming a member of the Co-op bookstore is easy. Simply come by the store to fill out a membership form and pay $10.00. A User Membership is valid for life and is even reimbursable at any time after the purchase date. You do not have to be a student at Concordia University to be eligible. Eveyone is welcome!

You do not have to be a member of the Co-op to shop at the store or make use of the Consignment Service.

To understand how membership relates to the underlying principles of a Co-operative please visit our what is a co-op? page.

Our General Assembly happens once anually and all members are invited to attend. Members are informed of the event via e-mail notification and postings on campus. If you are a member and aren't sure if you address is on our mailing list please contact us.

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Ordering Information We at the Co-op are happy to order any textbooks or general interest books for you. Simply come by the store, fill out an order form and pay the $20.00 deposit. Some important information to bring with you when placeing an order: 1 - Title 2 - Author's name 3 - Publisher 4 - The ISBN number:

Not all of this information is required, but the more you can provide us the easier it will be for us to locate it. - By filling out an order form you are making a commitment to purchase the requested book(s). - The order could arrive in as soon as 5 business days. However, the average is 2 weeks. - Upon the arrival of the ordered items you will be notified as soon as possible via e-mail or telephone and the book(s) will be held for you at the store’s checkout counter or in the store office (H-644). - A non-refundable $20 deposit is required for the order to be placed. This deposit will either go towards the cost of the eventual purchase or used to cover return shipping costs if the order is not picked up. - If you fail to pick up your ordered books within 1 month of the latest notification date it will be considered that you do not want the book(s) and your deposit will be forfeited.

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Information For Professors

The following information is intended to help professors of Concordia University discover the alternative that the Concordia Community Solidarity Co-op Bookstore presents them and their students. Please, do not hesitate to contact us for further information.

To see a list of the professors who are currently using our services, please click here.The information here is categorized by semester and professor. You will also find the titles of the texts each used for that term, as well as, in some cases, the price at which they were sold.

Ordering textbooks for class use, as well as desk and exam copies for yourself and your T.A., is as simple as, or simpler than, ordering from any other bookstore. For more information about placing orders for class use, please visit our order informationsection.

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Artisan Consignment

Are you an Artist? A Crafty person? Part of a group? Into DIY? Well, you're in luck.

You can consign your handy work and sell it at the Co-op Bookstore! Just bring down your goods, whether it's T-shirts, buttons, stickers, zines, paper crafts, postcards, photos, paintings...etc. Just keep in mind, we don't have tons of space, so that 20x24 painting might not quite fit in, but we can always try. We are trying to be open to nearly anything, but space is a factor. So come down and show us an example of what you would like to consign, and we can talk it over.

Currently, we have the following available on Consignment:

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