Literary Duck Info

Save time & print your book list conveniently online before coming into the store to purchase your textbooks! Enter your Course Reference Numbers into our online form and print out a copy of all your required/optional books with your discounted new and used prices.

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Reserve and purchase your course materials conveniently online with The Duck Store! We will box your books free of charge and have them waiting for you by the first day of class. Enter your Course Reference Numbers into our online form and reserve your books with your discounted new and used prices.

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The course books department can get pretty crowded at the beginning of each term when students flock to the store to pick up their books. Be sure to bring your book list to help you find your books. For your convenience, you can download a Literary Duck Course Books Floor PDF Map along with a Course Book Subject Locator directly from our website and use it when you come to purchase your books during rush!

The Literary Duck Course Books Floor Map indicates each aisle number and the Course Book Subject Locator lists the aisle on which each subject is shelved.

Compare before you buy! Find out how our text books prices compare against other popular online retailers to make sure you're getting the best deal. The Duck Store offers an integrated comparison system for Undergrad/Grad/CRES courses that will allow you to compare our prices with those of other popular online retailers like Amazon & Half.com.

Find the lowest price available online for your text books and shop multiple retailers at a time. With one easy interface, shop The Duck Store, Amazon.com and other online retailers. Our system will walk you through the multi-vendor check out process when you are done shopping.

Please note: Integrated price comparison is not available for Law courses at this time.

Think course materials are expensive? So do we. We help you rent your course materials online and quickly deliver them right to your door for a fraction of the cost of purchasing them new. When you're done you can send them back with free UPS returns!

1. Book rentals is an alternative to buying your books.
2. Rent books for the entire quarter.
3. Enjoy easy returns with free shipping.
4. Select your rental period and add your book to the cart.
5. Extend your rental period if you need to keep the book longer.

Think course materials are expensive? So do we. We help you rent your course materials so you can pick them up at the Duck Store for a fraction of the cost of purchasing them new. When you're done just return the rented textbook to the Duck Store.

1. Book rentals is an alternative to buying your books.
2. Rent books for the entire quarter.
3. Extend your rental period if you need to keep the book longer.

Some instructors place personal copies of course books or packets on reserve for short loans to students. In addition, the Duck Store provides copies of some high demand course books for course reserve borrowing. If the book is owned by other libraries in the Orbis Cascade catalog, you may be able to borrow it within three days of your request. UO Libraries have a limited number of course books in the collection.

The Literary Duck offers a selection of required readings and study aids in digital format. The information is the same as the print version, but the cost is less and the content is viewable on your computer. We invite you to stop by the Campus Duck Store and check out this new format.

With eBooks, simply purchase an eBooks Card for the course book title you need in-store or online with The Duck Store, activate and download online, and enjoy the reading. It's that easy.

• less expensive than book format
• uses free Adobe Acrobat reader software
• travels with your laptop
• environmentally friendly
• highlighting, page marking, note taking capabilities
• printing options
• read-out-loud audio

The majority of all returns are handled during the first two weeks of every term. We know mistakes happen during the hectic book buying process and so we try to do everything we can to make returning your text book as easy as possible. Please review our policies and guidelines prior to bringing in your return.

• Receipt and photo I.D. must be presented at time of refund.
• Do not damage or write in your books.
• Wet or water-damaged books are non-returnable.
• Do not unwrap bundled books or remove price sticker tags.
• Books purchased after the refunds deadline are non-returnable.
• Purchases made by check can be refunded after 10 days.
• Credit card # and expiration date needed to return credit card purchases.

Updated schedule coming soon.

Students may bring their books in to resell to the Campus Duck Store at any time. We buy books 359 days a year. However, for the best prices bring your books in during the scheduled finals buyback. For these dates, please refer to our finals buyback schedules below.

At the end of each term, we buy books needed by the Literary Duck for the upcoming term. At this time, representatives of a national wholesale book company (we use several on a rotating basis) staff the Buyback counter locations. For more information on how we value course books at the end of each term, please review the categories below.

The Campus Duck Store finals buyback always takes place for a week and a half, beginning Wednesday of dead week through the Saturday of finals week. You will find the buyback station located upstairs on the Books Floor.

Buyback at the Hamilton Complex takes place for one week during finals week. You will find the buyback station located in the Hamilton lobby.

Law School buyback at the Court Café takes place for one week during finals week. You will find the buyback station located inside the store.

You can look up the current buyback value of any textbook conveniently online. Simply type in the ISBN located on the back of your book near the barcode and our online system will tell you how much money your book is currently worth. Buyback values do change throughout the year based on demand. For more information on how we value course books at the end of each term, please review the categories below.

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Each book brought to us during buyback will fall into one of three categories. The amount of money you receive from your book will depend on the book's current category. Please review the information below for details.

These books will be used for the upcoming term. They are books University of Oregon faculty have requested for the upcoming term and we need to replenish our stock of these books. For books with retail value, we will pay you 50% of the new student discounted price. See example below.

Books that fall into this category are books that have NOT been requested by the University of Oregon faculty for the upcoming term, or are books we are overstocked on. These books are NOT purchased by the Duck Store. The wholesale company will pay the wholesale market value for these books.

Wholesale market value ranges from 0-33% of the retail price, depending on national demand for the book.

Books that fall into this category are books that have NOT been requested by the University of Oregon faculty for the upcoming term, or are books we are overstocked on. Unfortunately, these books also do not have a wholesale market value. Books that fall into this category tend to be older titles that have gone out of print, have been replaced by a newer edition, or are not commonly used on campuses across the nation (local titles).

Neither the Duck Store or the wholesale company need these titles, and therefore cannot pay any money for them. We can recycle or donate these books at your request.

Since 1920, the Duck Store has been owned collectively by the students, faculty and classified staff of the University of Oregon. That's right! We aren't owned by the University; YOU are an owner of the Duck Store. We're here to work for you.

In 2003, the Duck Store Board of Directors, comprised of eight students, two faculty and one classified staff member, made the decision to award 25 students their required course books or art/architecture supplies for free (up to $400).

During the first few days of each term, the Duck Store selects 25 students at random times and at randomly selected cash registers. There is a flurry of noise and celebration when each award winner is selected.

Once selected, the person is asked to provide a current class list so we can pay for required course books, or syllabus with a list of required art/architecture supplies. If the person has already purchased some of his/her required books or supplies the Duck Store will reimburse them.

The Board wants all students to know the Duck Store realizes going to school in general and buying couse books in particular is expensive. While only twenty-five students will receive these awards, the Board wants students to know their Duck Store is working hard to keep prices as low as possible.

The Duck Store tries to get as many used books as possible and is one of but a few college bookstores that discounts its prices from the publisher's list price. Last year, the book discount amounted to over $1,000,000 in savings to students.

Yes; all new textbooks/course materials are discounted 10%, and the discount is built in to the price you see on the shelf tag. Used books are 25% less than the new discounted price. Also, watch for special, extra-low pricing on some older editions, and we always encourage you to compare our prices with others online retailers before you buy.

Please ask at the Information Kiosk. If your book is sold out, you may place a special order with us, and we'll order it to arrive via 2-day air, at not extra cost. It's always good to ask our friendly team members, as the book may be in a different location.

Books from our Guaranteed Reading Materials Program can be special ordered at the Information Kiosk (they must be prepaid), and copies of necessary readings will be provided to you within 24 to 48 hours. We'll let you know when the book arrives, and then you can return the copies to us.

During the first two weeks of a term (other than Summer), all books and course materials are fully returnable with your original receipt and in original condition.

Not necessarily. We are probably processing the books for return to vendors, and they are likely still in the building, so please ask at the Information Kiosk, and our friendly team members will be glad to retrieve it for you.

The Duck Store buys books all year round, and the best prices are generally paid during finals week, when we are buying the most books back for use at UO. For those titles, you'll get the most money back: up to 50% of the new price, even if you bought it used—and the more of these we can buy from students, the more used books we can offer to students next term. When a book is not being used next term, we can offer the wholesale price, which is its national wholesale value—usually a smaller percentage of what you paid. You can conveniently check buyback prices anytime at our website.

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Yes, we offer online textbook rentals; just click the link on our website. Our online rental partner offers free shipping both ways, and competitive pricing with other online rentals. We also offer downloadable digital textbooks (e-books) for many titles, and we donate many of the more expensive books to the Knight Library reserve book room, so that students can study from them there.

To access your course materials list, go to literaryduck.uoduckstore.com. To find your books, you will need to have your schedule handy.

If you know your CRN's you can enter them under where it says "Enter Course ID." Once you have added all of your CRN's, click the "Get Course Materials" button directly under the box that contains your CRN numbers.

If you do not know your CRN's, you can find your courses by navigating through the department and course list on the left. Select all of the departments that you have courses in. Then click "Continue to Get Materials." This will bring up all of the courses in all of the departments that you selected. Go through and select your specific courses, and then click "Continue to Get Course Materials."

1. To purchase your books online, generate a course materials list for all of your classes. For each book that is listed, select whether you would like a new or used copy. Then, select "Add to Cart" for all materials that you would like to purchase. When you are finished, click "Shopping Cart" at the bottom of the screen.
2. In the next step, you will select whether your want only new or used copies of each book, or, if you simply prefer new or prefer used (aka, if you preferred option isn't available, we will still include the book in your order in the format that it is available in). When you have done this, click "Continue to Check Out" at the bottom of the screen.
3. On the next screen, you will be asked if in the event that your professor adds more books to the class, would you like them added to your order. Select "Do Not Add to Order," "Add Only Required Materials," or "Add All Materials." If you select to have materials added to your order, you must choose whether you would like new or used copies. Make sure you check the disclaimer at the bottom saying you have understand that if you want materials that may be added in the future, the total price of your shopping cart might increase when you are charged. Next, click "Continue Checkout."
4. To purchase course materials online, you must register and create a profile for shopping. If you have done this previously, log in with your email address and password. If not, click Register Here beneath the log in prompt. Next, select the option that states Create a Profile for Browsing and Shopping .
5. To purchase course materials online, you must register and create a profile for shopping. If you have done this previously, log in with your email address and password. If not, click Register Here beneath the log in prompt. Next, select the option that states Create a Profile for Browsing and Shopping .
   When you register, you will be asked for identification an email address, a billing address, shipping address, and additional information including a student ID number (please include even though that is optional). Even if you want to pick up your materials in the store you must include a shipping address. You will be able to select "pick up in store" in the next step.
6. If you have a profile already, procced to log in. You will be prompted to verify your billing address. If correct, click "continue to Shipping," where you will be asked to select a shipping address. If you are having your books shipped to you, select your address or click "Add New Address" to the left to add a new location. If you are picking your books up at the store, click "Pick Up At Store" on the far right.
7. Review your order. Under quantity shipping Method on the Right and side, select your preferred method of book retrieval again.
8. This page will show you for the cost of your order as it stands - if all of your books are available in the preferred condition that you selected, barring any adds from your professors.
   At the bottom of the screen, you have the option to add a message to the bookstore if you need.
   Click "Continue Check Out" at the bottom of the screen to proceed.
9. Please enter your payment information. Please make sure that your card's billing address matches the one you entered when you established your profile. If not, click the back button on the bottom right, NOT the back button on your browser.
   Once you enter your credit card information, click "Submit Order." You should arrive at a confirmation page. Once your order is entered, you should receive a confirmation email from The Duck Store.

If you need to cancel or change your order (add/drop classes or books, etc…), please contact Melissa Roush in the Literary Duck at (541) 346-9447 or roush@uoregon.edu .

Deadlines vary from term to term. Usually, the last day to order course materials is 1-2 weeks before the term starts so that we have time to process your order. We recommend that you place your order as soon as you know your schedule for the next term. Course material reservations open the same day that class registration begins.

Once an online order is placed, an estimation of the order total is sent to your bank/card carrier. It is a 'pending charge' and will drop from your account within a few business days. At the time your order is physically processed by the Literary Duck staff, your order will be charged the actual, full amount for your course materials. If you have any questions or concerns about this matter, please contact Melissa Roush at (541) 346-9447 or at roush@uoregon.edu .

If you select new/used preferred when you order your course materials, you are indicating that you prefer to have either a new copy of a course book or a used copy of a course book, but will accept the alternative if your preference is unavailable. For example, if you select used preferred for a textbook but it is only available at The Duck Store as new, we will process a new copy for you.

If you select new/used only, we will only pull a new or used copy of your textbook depending on which option you chose. For example, if you select used only for a particular textbook, and we only have new available, you will not receive the book in your order.

Online reservations are processed 1-2 weeks before the start of each term. This allows us time to ensure that most, if not all, of your course books are available. If you are placing your course material order after the term has already started, we reserve 48 hours time to process and complete your order.

We have to close course material reservations before the start of every term so that we have time to process and complete all of the orders that we have. If you missed the deadline for placing your course materials order, you can still purchase your books in The Duck Store—just bring in your book list and the Literary Duck staff can help you locate your books in the store.

Students, staff and faculty of the University of Oregon receive a 10% discount, which is taken at the register, on all regularly priced General Books. A special 25% discount (also taken at the register) is given to all our customers on all titles currently listed on the Independent Booksellers' Bestsellers Lists, which are updated weekly. 25% is also taken off of titles found in our Staff Favorites section. In addition, we offer special discounts at various times of the year on different types of books, as well as offering coupons for limited times.

As long as it is in new condition and the customer has a receipt, the book may be returned for a full refund within ninety days of the original purchase.

In most cases, the answer is "yes." However, if we cannot order a book for a customer, we can provide information that will help you find alternative ways of getting a book.

This depends on which vendor we order the book from. Most books can be gotten in 24 to 48 hours from our distributor in Roseburg. Our distributor in Reno requires about a week for delivery, and the Nashville warehouse requires a week and a half. If we have to go directly to the publisher for the book, we usually ask customers to allow two weeks for delivery.

No. There is no additional fee for placing a special order.

We appreciate it if you only special order books that you intend to buy from us.

We are constantly bringing in titles to recommend to our customers as we read new things that we love. Titles that sell well tend to stay on Staff Favorites the longest, while slower moving titles rotate out to make room for new favorites.