Bookstore

Hi there, and welcome to Allegheny College Bookstore! To shop for Allegheny clothing and gift items, just click on the gator to your right.

SENIORS – Pick up your cap and gown any time in the bookstore. Price for the whole outfit is $30, or you can buy separately: gown/$25, cap/$7, tassel /$5. The gowns are in boxes to your right as you come in – pick out your size and the cashier will get you a cap and tassel.  Our best wishes to the Class of 2012 !

Congratulations to Dr. Ian Binnington, winner of a $50 Bookstore gift certificate! Prof. Binnington was one of 40 faculty members who turned their fall textbook orders in early and thus qualified for the gift card drawing.

Finals are fast approaching, and that means textbook BUYBACK!  If you have unwanted textbooks you’d like to sell then 3rd floor C.C. is the place May 2-9 (see hours at right). We pay top dollar, in cash, and – unlike the anonymous guys in the van – selling to us benefits your college AND your local economy. “Don’t Sell Your Books To Strangers!”

You can also begin shopping for fall textbooks right now at our own Allegheny site by clicking on the gator. If you’d like to use our price-comparison shopping engine,  just click on the “Shop for Textbooks” blue bar on your left and you’ll see the link come up.

Meanwhile, here’s a look at what else we’re doing in the store…

Survival Corner – greatly expanded inventory of snacks and health & beauty aids in the front of the store (where greeting cards used to be).  We’re not a full-line C-store yet but we listened to last year’s ASG survey and tried to respond.

Back To Basics – our new lines of clothing (also driven by the ASG survey) that offer great-looking Allegheny gear at equally great prices. We’re talking $20 hoodies and $10 long-sleeved tees….priced to fit your budget and show your school spirit!

Our gift lines now include Vera Bradley and imprinted gator apparel from Vineyard Vines.  We’re also featuring a gorgeous selection of hand-crafted pens, made from Allegheny trees by Allegheny alum  Chris Boness ’11.

On the textbook side, we’ve started a new text rental program, and incorporated some innovative software that lets you shop for course materials from our store while you compare prices from other online sellers. (See the sidebars at left for details and links.)

We want to encourage reading outside of class as well – to this end all books on the main floor are 20% off, all day every day.  If there’s a book you want that we don’t have in stock, we can usually get it for you in 2-3 days and still give a 20% discount.  There is never a postage or handling fee for book special orders.

Computer products: we stock basic supplies such as cables, flash drives, and blank media. For great educational discounts on Microsoft and Adobe software (and for price and availability on any other computer-related products) email plebar@allegheny.edu for a quote.

Allegheny College Bookstore is owned and operated by Allegheny College.  All proceeds are returned to the College and help keep tuition and other costs as low as possible.  We want to be your bookstore – let us know what we can do for you!