What is the rental book program?
Our rental books program lets you rent your books instead of buying them. This saves you 55 per cent off the new price on every single book you rent. So, if a new book costs $100, to rent it will cost $45. You can either rent in-store at the Vancouver (at the moment 90+ titles) or Okanagan (at the moment 25+ titles) campus stores, or you can rent over 3,000 course material titles online at ubcbookstore.rentsbooks.com. UBC Bookstore is the only bookstore with direct access to your professors’ book lists, so only we can guarantee that the books are the right ones for your classes. What’s more, unlike online rental companies, we carry all your other course materials: one-stop-shopping! If you order your materials in-store and pick them up there instead of having them shipped there are no shipping costs – more money in your pocket. If you order online, there are shipping costs, but then the books are conveniently delivered to your door. There are no charges for returning books by mail onli
Our rental books program lets you rent your books instead of buying them. This saves you 55 per cent off the new price on every single book you rent. So, if a new book costs $100, to rent it will cost $45. You can either rent in-store in Vancouver or the Okanagan. In Vancouver, you can rent online any title over $50 (except custom course materials and ebooks) or you can rent over 3,000 course material titles online through our affiliate for Vancouver at ubcbookstore.rentsbooks.com and for the Okanagan at ubcobookstore.rentsbooks.com. UBC Bookstore is the only bookstore with direct access to your professors’ book lists, so only we can guarantee that the books are the right ones for your classes. What’s more, unlike online rental companies, we carry all your other course materials: one-stop-shopping! If you order your materials in-store and pick them up there instead of having them shipped there are no shipping costs – more money in your pocket. If you order online, there are shipping co
