The Paper Tree Online Bookstore will help you determine which textbook you need for your class, and allow you to purchase it online.
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The bookstore orders and provides textbooks for all Green River classes at all locations. The bookstore is more than your textbook and classroom supply resource; they also offer:
Many textbook vendors also sell used copies. But be sure to search by exact ISBN number to ensure that you are finding the correct edition. Purchasing the wrong edition can be a costly mistake. If you don't know the ISBN number, look it up at the Paper Tree Bookstore website first.
Also, make sure that any required/corresponding CDs, DVDs, etc. are included with your book if you are not ordering from the Paper Tree Bookstore. Sometimes these are missing from used textbooks. Also, know that any keycodes that are required to access online supplemental information may no longer be valid with a used book.
Finally, allow enough shipping time to receive the book before class starts.
Some GRC instructors feel very strongly against using a digital version of a textbook for their class. Please speak with your instructor before ordering a digital textbook, which cannot be returned if you decide you do not like the digital format, or you have to drop the class. Some classes use Cengage Brain (iChapters) for their classes.
Both Amazon Kindle and Barnes & Noble Nook provide some downloadable textbooks. They do not carry all publishers, however, so you may not find the textbook you need.
Some vendors rent copies of current textbooks. Be sure to search by exact ISBN number to ensure that you are finding the correct edition. Renting the wrong edition will cost you time and money. If you don't know the ISBN number, look it up at the Paper Tree Bookstore website first.
Make sure that any required/corresponding CDs, DVDs, etc. are included with your book if you are able to rent it. Also, know that any keycodes that are required to access online supplemental information may not necessarily work with a rented textbook.
Finally, allow enough shipping time to receive the book before class starts.