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• To begin using SmartSearch® and DupCheck, upload your MARC record collection.
• To upload a collection, hover over the My Bookstore tab located in the top menu bar, and then click on the My Bookstore option.
• A My Collection box is located in the lower righthand corner of the page.
• To upload a new collection or update an existing collection, click the DupCheck or Analysis button.
• Set your browser to allow popup windows. (If you don’t know how to allow popups, do a Google search on how to allow for your particular browser.)
• Click the Proceed button.
• Select the Upload Collection tab. A message will appear stating whether or not MARC records have already been uploaded. If you upload your MARC records now, you will replace the existing MARC records.
From My Bookstore go to the My Collection box. Use the dark blue Delete button located at the bottom of the box.
From My Bookstore click Book Lists, click the Select box next to the booklist name you wish to order, click View. Click Place Order located at the top of any screen. You may also email your order to orders@btsb.com or fax it to 800-747-2872.
From Place Order under Payment Options click the radio button next to Reserve these titles and await for PO. Provide your email or fax number in the notes and a quote will be sent to you. We will not release your order until a confirming purchase order has been received.
Yes, Title Status Reports of books you want are FREE of charge.
From My Bookstore click Orders, click the Select button next to the order you wish to know the status, click View Current to view what is remaining on backorder, click View Shipped to view what has already been shipped or click View Canceled to view what titles have been canceled.
From My Bookstore click Orders, click the Select button next to the order you wish to view or print reports from, click View Current, View Shipped or View Canceled, click View/Print Reports, Select a Report from the drop down, select a sort order for your report from the drop down, click View/Print from the bottom of the screen.
From My Bookstore click Orders, click the Select button next to the order you wish to have a copy of the invoice from, click View Shipped, click View/Print Reports, from Select a Report choose Invoice from the drop down, select a sort order for your report from the drop down, click View/Print from the bottom of the screen, click the printer icon from the print bar or right click and choose print.
From My Bookstore click Coupon. Enter your code in the open text box, click Save
From Place Order, scroll down to the Discounts area, enter your coupon code in the Enter a code open text box and click Add Coupon.
Resalable, unmarked, unprocessed books may be returned for credit or exchange. Processed books may only be returned due to imperfections in the binding or errors in processing. Fill out the returns form found at the bottom of any page of the BTSB Bookstore under Customer Service, Forms. The forms are in PDF format. Pack the merchandise with protective material to firmly secure items but do not use newspaper as the ink will rub off onto the book covers. Return merchandise using a traceable means of shipping.
Resalable, unmarked, unprocessed books may be returned for credit or exchange. Processed books may only be returned due to imperfections in the binding or errors in processing. If you have questions or concerns about our return policy contact us at 800-637-6586 Press 2 for questions on returning merchandise.
Each BTSB book is unconditionally guaranteed against imperfections in the binding or errors in processing.
From Search Results click on + next to each title to add individual titles to your booklist, or from the top of the Search Results page choose Add 1 each from this page or Add 1 each from all results. If your search results found several pages of titles, and you choose Add 1 each from this page, it will add 1 of each title from the current page of search results you are viewing to your booklist. If you choose to Add 1 each from all results it will add one of each title found to your booklist.
From View Book List click on – next to each title to delete individual titles from your booklist. You may also use the Remove feature from the top of the View Book List page to remove Red Lights, Selected, In Bindery, Temp OS, Unavailable or Non Common Core titles from your booklist.
“In Bindery” titles are going through the pre-binding process. The prebinding process takes from 6 to 8 weeks.
If you mouse over “In Bindery” it will display the stage of prebinding a title is in and the approximate length of time before that title is available for shipment.
Booleans are simple terms that can be added to your search words to make the results more flexible or specific. Using Boolean terms in your search will also greatly increase the accuracy of your search results.
Express Wishlist is designed to help you create a booklist quickly with titles that are essential for your library. Titles listed are well reviewed, current publications from our top sellers, our Cream of the Crop and our featured titles from the past two years. There are also filters available to narrow your list.
Click Common Core from Search to search for titles that Bound to Stay Bound cataloging experts have carefully analyzed and aligned to the appropriate grade level, classification and theme of the National Common Core State Standards. You may also view text exemplars by set from the bottom of the Common Core page.
Choose Reading Programs from Search. You may search for titles that are Accelerated Reader, Reading Counts, Lexile or Fountas & Pinnell.
Choose Advanced from Search. Click on the Clear button at the top of the page to clear any previous advanced search criteria. The options left checked are the default settings. Choose the language that you wish to search for from the Language box. You may search for English only, Spanish only, English-Spanish, or Other Bilingual titles. Click Search at the top of the page.
There are a couple of different ways to find out more information about a title. Clicking on the picture cover or clicking on the name of the title will open up the Detail Page. From the Detail Page you can click View MARC Record. You may also click the + more information located at the bottom portion of each individual title result box to view the detail information.
From both the Search Results and View Book List page click on the down arrow in the upper right corner to change the number of items displayed per page as well as the sort order.
There are no shipping and handling charges on any orders shipped within the continental United States.
Orders to Alaska, Hawaii, and international shipping is determined with the customer on an order by order basis.
Most orders ship via FedEx Ground.