Bookstore - Akademos by VitalSource
Overview
Akademos by VitalSource is the bookstore provider for Seattle Colleges. Please note: the former on-campus bookstores at North, Central, and South are closed.
The online bookstore simplifies the textbook process and offers a variety of physical and digital textbook formats. Students will find:
- A personalized website experience when they log in with their student account
- A quick ordering process – place an order in just 5 minutes
- New, used, eBook, and rental textbook formats (depending on each course)
- Price match guarantee on new books
- An average savings of 60% off list price on marketplace items
- Student support with 24/7 availability during the back-to-school season
- Free shipping on retail orders over $79 (exclusions may apply)
- The option to post and sell textbooks on the Valore Marketplace and get an instant quote
Links to the online bookstore as well as step-by-step instructions and other important information are available on each college's bookstore webpage:
Textbook and Course Material Adoption Information
Faculty submit their textbook and course material adoptions to Akademos through the Verba Collect app. Submitting course material adoptions by the established priority deadlines allows Akademos to source the widest variety of options for students.
Attention: Faculty - For information about priority dates to submit textbook and course material adoption information and how to use Verba Collect to submit adoptions, visit the Textbook and Course Material Adoption webpage.