Lower Cost Resources

Introduction to Lowering Costs on Paid Materials

  • Don't have the time, or not finding any good OER for your class?
  • Below is information on ways you can still help lower the costs of textbooks for your class.

 

  • Enroll your class and students will receive free access on the first day of classes along with publisher discounted pricing
  • Publisher discounts means cheaper than the new print price and digital direct price. 
  • Over 17% of sections where a textbook was adopted are now in the D1DA program as of Spring 2021

For more information, visit our Day 1 Digital Access webpage.

  • Direct your students to purchase from the Bookstore shopping site
  • Any textbook you require automatically shows a price comparison on the campus store shopping site including the online marketplace such as Amazon, Chegg, etc.
  • As a non-profit, the Bookstore Services provides pricing transparency in an effort to save students money

Visit BeachBookCompare.com.

  • Submit your textbook information to the campus in a timely manner
  • The sooner you submit, the more used books, rentals, and looseleafs that the campus store will be able to acquire
  • General textbook information submission time is during the month of October or March for the upcoming semester

For more information, visit the Faculty Textbook Adoptions and Resources webpage. 

  • Create, customize, and publish your own course packets through CSULB, whether it be a course reader or a workbook/manual
  • Services include copyright clearance
  • Average course packet price was $18.55 to students as of Spring 2021

For more information, visit the Faculty Course Packets webpage.