Textbooks with Hawks Book Bundle

Hawks Book Bundle is a course materials fulfillment program that lowers the cost of course materials and ensures students have their required course materials on the first day of class.

• Register for your classes and the bookstore will start preparing your course materials
• One month before classes start, you will receive an email instructing you to select your delivery preference (in-store pickup or shipped directly to you)
• An email notification will be sent when your order is ready for pickup or when it ships
• Your digital materials will be delivered for your course(s) within D2L

The program is available to all undergraduate students.

The program does not include consumables that cannot be returned and reused such as lab goggles, dissection kits, molecular model kids, engineering kits or nursing kits.

All eligible students will be automatically enrolled in the Hawks Book Bundle program.

The program provides all required textbooks, lab manuals, access codes and digital textbook versions to eligible students.

Yes, you will still be required to return continuation course textbooks. You will be issued the same title for the next semester of the continuation course.

In the case that you do not return books, Barnes & Noble will be in touch about getting them returned and the steps you need to take. The college does not add a bill to your account in this case.

The deadline to return all rental textbooks is the last day of finals. Students will receive email reminders about the rental deadline to their email address.

Students have the option to opt-out of the Hawks Books Bundle program each semester during the opt-out window. By opting out, students will not receive their required materials in a convenient package and access to digital content will be removed after the opt-out window closes. Options for purchasing course materials after opting out can be found on the bookstore website  or begin the opt-out process.

The link for the opt-out will open 30 days before the last day to add/drop from a given semester.

To change your opt-out status and opt into the program, please click here or follow the instructions found in your opt-out confirmation email.

Hawks Book Bundle makes getting textbooks easier on students, which will ultimately improve their success. Not only will students receive their textbooks by the first day of class, but they will save an average of 35%-50% on textbooks.

Faculty contribute to the success of the program by submitting their course material selections into What is included in the program?
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access codes and digital materials to eligible students.]the bookstore ahead of the adoption deadline each semester.

The program provides the faculty selected version of all required textbooks, lab manuals, access codes and digital materials to eligible students.

The program does not include consumables that cannot be returned and reused such as lab goggles, dissection kits, molecular model kids, engineering kits or nursing kits.

Eligible students who have elected to opt-out of the program will be responsible for purchasing their course materials through the bookstore.

Approximately one month before classes start, students will receive an email instructing them to select their fulfillment preference (in-store pickup or shipped directly). A second email notification will be sent when the student’s order is ready for pickup or when it ships. Any digital materials delivered with D2L will be available when the student has access to their course.

No, there are no restrictions to the course materials you select for your course. All course materials, from any publisher, in your preferred format are included in the program.

Publishers do not have the ability to provide all the different formats of content that faculty request at the lowest price possible.

BNC is committed to lowering the costs of course material to our students, and with their integrated supply chain and economies of scale, the Hawks Book Bundle brings a new innovative way to provide the most affordable solution for our students.

Yes, the program provides students with the option to purchase textbooks at a reduced rate during the return period.

If a faculty member changes their course material adoption, faculty should notify the bookstore of the new adoption and the bookstore will ensure that students receive the corrected course materials.

The bookstore is committed to helping as they normally do in those situations. We will just work to update the textbook adoption platform with the new materials.

When a student changes their course schedule, instructions are provided for returning course materials, and the student will be prompted via email to select a delivery preference for any new courses that have been added.

All students in the Hawks Book Bundle program using digital materials should be directed to contact Bookstore Customer Care at bookstorecustomercare@bncollege.com for assistance.

If I adopt Open Education Resources (OER) or don’t require a textbook, do my students still have to pay the fee? Students will pay for the total number of credits taken a semester, not by the number of courses utilizing the program. Students have the option to opt-out for all classes in their term.

The bookstore can accommodate students with accessibility needs.