Textbook Adoption Information for Faculty

Please submit your book adoptions to Huskie Books and Gear as soon as possible. Submitting adoptions on time ensures that your students have the most affordable options available for the first day of class.

When adoptions are known before our end-of-term buyback event, we can pay your students top dollar for the materials they sell back and keep the books circulating locally.

Completing your book adoptions by the deadline allows Huskie Books and Gear to source used and rental inventory and research your requested materials to determine whether they can be added to our national network list of rental titles, potentially lowering prices even more.

Bookstore Adoption Tool

Follett My Materials allows you to easily discover, research and adopt course materials all in one place. In addition to adopting traditional print materials, My Materials makes it easy to search and adopt non-traditional materials such as YouTube videos, open education resources and MOOC content.

Submission Process

  1. Login to Blackboard.
  2. Select "Tools" from the left side panel.
  3. Select “Follett Discover.”
  4. On the left side panel, select “Adopt” from the dropdown menu.
  5. Select the Term at the top and adopt materials for your classes.

If you have questions or need help please contact:

Celeste Brown
Course Materials Manager
2089txt@follett.com

Deadlines

Semester adoption deadlines for textbooks and course materials:

  • Spring - Nov. 1
  • Summer/fall - April 1

How To Keep Textbooks Affordable for Your Students

  • Order textbooks earlier.
  • Post journal articles and book chapters on Blackboard.
  • Adopt texts for multiple semesters; consider earlier editions.
  • Direct students to subject area librarians for help.
  • Utilize course reserves.
  • Consider free e-books and open access materials.
  • Explore Cengage Unlimited for course materials.
  • Include textbook affordability information for students in your syllabus.
  • See the library's textbook affordability guide for more information.

Contact Us

Huskie Books and Gear
340 Carroll Avenue
DeKalb, IL 60115

niu@bkstr.com

815-753-1081

Fax: 815-753-8469

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