RMIT Bookshop

What is the Co-op?

The RMIT Bookshop Co-op was founded in 1960 by RMIT students to provide textbooks, art materials and other equipment to students at low prices. The Co-op is owned by members, and we’re dedicated to providing members with a great range and great prices.

What does membership get me?

Co-op members receive a 12% discount on almost all our books, stationery, art materials, medical & lab equipment, calculators and magazines. That’s bigger than student discount, and applies to lots more stuff (student discount only applies to books). Your member discount is available at our stores in Little Latrobe St, Bourke Street and Bundoora.

How much does it cost to become a member?

Membership costs $10 (or $10.50 if paid for on a card). This is a once-only charge, and your membership lasts as long as you want to keep it. If you’ve finished your course and no longer need your membership, you can resign from the Coop and get your $10 back any time after the first 12 months.

How do I join?

Join online or at any of our stores. Signing up is simple, quick and you can start using your discount card right away!

Why not spend Summer doing some PD! Fun!

We always stock a great range of titles on all aspects of education at our Bundoora store. But this Summer we’re bringing them into town so that everyone can come have a look.

And, we’re offering 20% off for our Co-op members, VIT-registered teachers and current Ed. students from all universities!*

You’ll find books on…

• Primary & Secondary teaching skills
• Classroom management
• Assessment
• Literacy & Numeracy
• ICT in education
• Education research
• Early childhood
• Differentiated instruction
• School leadership
• School and playground design
• Education policy
• Student welfare
• Childrens’ and YA fiction

And they’re from leading publishers in the field, including…

• Hawker Brownlow
• Education Services Australia
• ASCD
• Corwin Press
• Jossey-Bass
• Sage
• Routledge
• ACER

It’ll run through December and January, but our stocks are limited so don’t wait too long.  We can set up accounts for schools too if you’d like.

*Exlcludes current RMIT textbooks (sorry).

New science & technology:

Making Things Talk

Eureka Method

Magic of Reality

Cycles of Time

Quantum Man

Astronomy 2012

Swainston’s Fishes of Australia

Appillionaires

Fascinating Mathematical People

A Mathematical Nature Walk

New releases in politics, economics and more.

New Cookbooks!

We’re getting to the end of the year when all the pretty and shiny Christmas titles begin to arrive, and these ones are pretty swell….

All available now!

Because we know what it feels like to be facing exams and assessment and your brain turning to mush, here’s a simple guide to our arrangements this Melbourne Cup weekend:

Lt Latrobe St Store

Monday 31st:  Open 8.45am - 6pm

Tuesday 1st:  CLOSED

Bourke St Store

Monday 31st:  CLOSED

Tuesday 1st:   CLOSED

If you require books from Bourke St on Monday, call or visit the Lt Latrobe store BEFORE 3PM.  We will make regular transfers of books to Lt Latrobe for collection.

Bundoora store

Monday 31st:  CLOSED

Tuesday 1st:   CLOSED

If you need books from Bundoora, make sure you visit before Friday at 2.30pm.  Bundoora store stock will be unavailable from Friday 2.30pm until Wedesday 2nd November.

Good luck getting everything done… let us know if we can help!

You’re probably sick of hearing about the dollar, retail and all that stuff but just hear us out on this one!

You may have noticed over the past few months that lots of our new books - especially in the areas of art, design and nonfiction hardbacks - have been coming down in price, thanks to the strength of the Australian Dollar against the US Dollar, the Pound and the Euro.  Most our wonderful publishing friends have done a great job passing on price reductions, so if you haven’t visited us in a while you might be pleasantly surprised.

The little problem we have is with a number of books which arrived juuussst before the new lower prices started to come through, and which now look a smidge expensive compared to their newer counterparts.  

So, we’ve decided to reduce the prices on a wide range of titles in order to even things out and offer you more competitive pricing across our non-textbook range*.  There are too many titles to list, but you can be assured that we’re doing all we can to make sure our prices are as pleasing as can be.

Plus, you can still get your Student or Co-op Member discount on them!  Dizzy stuff!

*OK, there is a little bit of fine print: Most of these reductions are one-off - unfortunately we may not be able to offer the reduced prices on reordered stock, so for some books, once our existing stock is gone the prices will revert to the publisher’s current recommended price.

Here’s some not-so-great-quality snaps of some recent non-fiction releases. 

The next couple of months are big ones for publishing as we head toward Christmas - there are some very interesting things coming - including an autobiography from RICHARD WILKINS!*

*Rest assured that we will not be stocking this title.

If you’re visiting a Uni bookshop for the first time right at the start of classes, you might be in for a bit of a shock. Most of the year, the Bookshop is a lovely place to be, but come the beginning of Semester that all changes. So here are some tips to help make the experience a little easier…

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