Amherst Books has years & years of customer service.  We are not only dedicated to providing speedy, effective & safe service, we pride ourselves on providing textbooks to students at competitive prices.  We try to get used books whenever they are available.

In these trying times we need your support!

Reasons for ordering your books from us:


• All graduate students, faculty & staff at the Five Colleges get a 10% discount on all purchases.   (Please let the bookseller at the cash register, by email, or by telephone, know who you are at time of purchase!)
• Re: desk copies: publishers these days require the instructor to ask them directly for desk copies.   Do a web search using the words “desk copy” & the publisher’s name, to get information.   Let us know if we can help.

At Amherst Books instructors (for UMass instructors see below) can order their textbooks using our on-line form (please, no students!), by email, or you can print out a PDF Requisition Form.  Drop it by, call it in to 413.256.1547; or fax it to 413.256.1621.  We'll always acknowledge receipt as soon as we receive the order.   If you don't get a response, please let us know—it means something got lost in the ether!

Information we will need:


• Your institution
• Your department
• Class name & course number
• Estimated enrollment
• The author or authors, editor or editors of each text
• The titles & any particular edition you want
•   —we always try to find the cheapest edition if you don't specify
• Anything else you want to tell us, e.g.
•   —if a title is recommended rather than required
•   —if you know that a title will need special handling
•   —if you want a desk copy

We will buy textbooks at our discretion.