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Welcome to the John Smith's Education Bookshop
Welcome to John Smith's bookshop at the Institute of Education.
We hope that you will enjoy using our services either through this online site or instore at our Institute bookshop. Whichever option you choose, we are confident that you will discover our service to be efficient, professional, friendly and, above all, human!
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Bookshop Services
We stock an extensive range of textbooks and background reading materials in Education and related areas. Our bookshop also offers a full range of additional customer services:
- book ordering for titles not in stock
- worldwide mail order service
- secondhand textbooks, sale and buyback (nb: see below for details)
- reading list information for lecturers and students
- credit account facilities for businesses and academic institutions
- book tokens, sold and redeemed
Easy Payment & Quick Delivery
We accept VISA, Mastercard, Switch/Maestro, Delta and SOLO credit/debit cards. If the book is in stock, it will be despatched promptly for delivery by your selected method.
Customer Service Support
Our bookshop team includes experienced, professional booksellers who have considerable experience of the local academic market and of the relevant core textbooks and related course materials.
For help or advice, please feel free to contact us.
Secondhand Buyback
To take advantage of our textbook buyback service, please come and see us in the campus bookshop or email us quoting the ISBNs (on the back of the book) of any titles you would like us to consider - we will reply as soon as possible.
Online Ordering & Fulfilment
Please note the following important information:
- If you order from the main online site, your order will be supplied from our online fulfilment centre with postage charges/options as outlined on the checkout pages.
- If you order any titles featured on our local branch homepage, your order will be passed directly to the bookshop, with postage charges as follows:
- UK Standard Delivery - £2 plus £1.50 per item
- UK Express - £3 plus £2 per item
- Overseas Airmail - £8.50 plus £4 per item
- Europe Airmail - £5.99 plus £1.99 per item
- USA Airmail - £4.50 plus £3 per item
- Our aim is always to fulfil orders as quickly as possible. However, please note that the stock availability shown on the website does NOT reflect our campus bookshop stock but that which is held for despatch by our online fulfilment centre. Before travelling to the bookshop, please contact us directly to find out if we have a particular titles in stock.
- Prices shown on the website may not always reflect actual prices instore and some promotions are exclusive, either to the website or local campus bookshop.
- Please note that orders not fulfilled within 60 days will automatically be cancelled.
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