RMIT Bookshop

Why you should definitely join the Co-op

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:23:45 +1100

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 were 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 youve 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!

RMIT Bookshop EDFEST!

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:36:00 +1100

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).

Translators Constance Borde and Sheila Malovaney-Chevallier...

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 16:58:38 +1100

Translators Constance Borde and Sheila Malovaney-Chevallier spoke about their new translation of Simone de Beauvoir’s ‘The Second Sex’ at an event organised by RMIT University’s European Union Centre.

You can hear Constance and Sheila on Radio National’s Book Show here.

And you can pick up a copy for the quite fantastic price of $12.95 here.

New science & technology: Making Things Talk Eureka...

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 13:46:42 +1100

New science & technology:

Swainston’s Fishes of Australia

Appillionaires

Fascinating Mathematical People

A Mathematical Nature Walk

New releases in politics, economics and more.

Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:51:00 +1100

New releases in politics, economics and more.

New Cookbooks! We’re getting to the end of the year when...

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 13:53:00 +1100

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!

Melbourne Cup weekend

Tue, 25 Oct 2011 18:45:24 +1100

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!

The Australian Dollar presents... Cheaper Books!

Thu, 01 Sep 2011 14:40:22 +1000

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...

Sun, 14 Aug 2011 14:01:42 +1000

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.

RMIT Bookshop Semester 1 Survival Guide!

Fri, 18 Feb 2011 13:45:00 +1100

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…

TIP 1 Come early! Most textbooks and equipment are available well before classes start, so if you’ve got your subjects confirmed, get in ahead of the crowds… it might mean losing a tiny bit of Summer holidays but believe us it’s worth it. If you’re visiting the shop in the first couple of weeks of classes, try to drop by as early or as late in the day as you can. While lunchtime is the most obvious time to grab your books, you’ll find hundreds of other people have the exact same idea. We operate extended hours for the first two weeks, so it’s easy to time your visit to avoid the busiest part of the day.

TIP 2 Do your homework! You’ll find RMIT textbook information here. To get your list, you’ll need your course codes, which you can find on myRMIT. Course codes are usually 4 letters and 4 numbers, for example ‘CHEM4567’. Some TAFE courses might be recorded under their overall code, such as ‘C4156’. Enter your course codes into the Textbook Search fields, and you’ll get a list showing all confirmed textbooks and their prices. Clicking through on each textbook will give you details of its’ location and current availability. Print out your list and bring it with you to the Bookshop to save yourself time, and to make it easier for our super-friendly staff members to help you if you’re having trouble finding anything.

TIP 3 Come prepared! At some points in the first weeks of semester, the queues in the Bookshop can be pretty long. There are a few things you can do to cut down on your waiting time, though. Having your payment ready you get to the registers will save time - it is fastest to pay with cash or card. Paying with cheques or over the phone will take much longer. If you’re not sure about anything you need, grab a staff member and get some help before you join the queues. You’ll find us on the floor all through the day and we’re experts at finding stuff and getting you through as quickly as possible! Lastly, bring a supermarket green bag or whatever other heavy-duty carrying equiement you’ve got… lots of textbooks are big, heavy and no fun to carry around in a plastic bag.

TIP 4 Join the Co-op! Signing up for RMIT Bookshop Co-op membership is a great idea, especially if you’ve got to buy a number of textbooks or if your course requires equipment and other materials. Unlike student discount, Co-op members get discounts on more than just books - you’ll save on stationery, art materials, lab & medical equipment and more. Membership is $10 and you’ll get the 12% member discount as soon as you join up. You can check out further details on Co-op membership here.

We hope these little ideas are helpful… We look forward to seeing you in Semester 1 and helping you get make a successful start at RMIT for 2011!

A hunger-pang-inducing chat about Indian home cooking from WNYC

Tue, 04 Jan 2011 10:00:42 +1100

A hunger-pang-inducing chat about Indian home cooking from WNYC:

WNYC’s Leonard Lopate explores the history, variety, mysteries and myths of Indian home cooking with Suvir Saran (restauranteur and contributor to Phaidon’s stupendous ‘India - The Cookbook’) and Madhur Jaffrey (general Indian food doyen). Also, there are recipes. You’ll find details of the ‘India - The Cookbook’ here… http://bit.ly/fH6Y93 And you can buy it here… http://bit.ly/gELLzA

Vanity Fair's 'Writers Reading'

Wed, 22 Dec 2010 13:10:13 +1100

Vanity Fair's 'Writers Reading':

While it is great to have an extensive Summer reading list all ready to go, you may now run into the problem of sand or sunscreen in your eyes, Spumante-soaked books or an inability to find the energy to hold a book in front of your face.

But that’s ok, because you can download one or all of these great readings from Vanity Fair… many of the books featured have shown up on lots of Best-of-2010 lists and are a great way to get the feel of a book you might be thinking of buying (if you do decide to buy them, you may even like to buy them from us, but no pressure obviously).

Yep, another list... The Economist's best books of 2010

Mon, 20 Dec 2010 15:50:28 +1100

Yep, another list... The Economist's best books of 2010:

The Economist’s editors offer their picks of 2010.

And if you’re looking for a second (or in our case, fortieth-ish) opinion on what you should read over Summer, you may want to check out Leigh Sales’ Well-Readhead blog at ABC’s The Drum… http://bit.ly/huJ2a1

Some stuff for the professional or amateur Scientician in your...

Mon, 20 Dec 2010 12:19:58 +1100

Some stuff for the professional or amateur Scientician in your life. And there’s plenty more sciences, engineering, health and mathematics titles at our Lt LaTrobe store.

Patti Smith reads from 'Just Kids'

Thu, 16 Dec 2010 17:00:00 +1100

Patti Smith reads from 'Just Kids':

Patti Smith reads from ‘Just Kids’ - her National Book Award winning memoir of her life with the photographer Robert Maplethorpe - at the Free Library of Philadelphia.

A little fiction - all highly praised, some hard-to-find, all in...

Thu, 16 Dec 2010 14:55:33 +1100

A little fiction - all highly praised, some hard-to-find, all in stock now.

A non-fiction Christmas sampler slideshow, all available at our...

Wed, 15 Dec 2010 17:33:58 +1100

A non-fiction Christmas sampler slideshow, all available at our Lt LaTrobe store now.

The Global Thinkers Book Club - An FP Slide Show | Foreign Policy

Tue, 14 Dec 2010 11:44:09 +1100

The Global Thinkers Book Club - An FP Slide Show | Foreign Policy:

Some of Foreign Policy’s 100 Top Global Thinkers share what they’re reading at the moment. Handy if you need a present for a smart person this Christmas.

Right now, there is an archaeological dig happening right across...

Thu, 09 Dec 2010 15:28:37 +1100

Right now, there is an archaeological dig happening right across the street from us in Little La Trobe Street. This site, which has been a carpark since the 1940s, is about to become home to an apartment block.

Before that happens, archaeologists are excavating the foundations of a row of 1860s cottages, which have been hidden under the bitumen for 70-odd years.

It’s well worth coming to have a look for yourself before it disappears!

Here’s the cover of ‘The Memory Chalet’. We...

Thu, 09 Dec 2010 14:03:54 +1100

Here’s the cover of ‘The Memory Chalet’. We think it is quite beautiful.

You’ll find book details at http://bit.ly/hvruKY