Laker Ready

With LSSU’s Laker Ready program, you’ll automatically receive your required textbooks and digital course materials before the first day of class – for one flat, discounted rate. No need to search, compare prices, or worry about being unprepared.

  • Receive all your materials before the first day of class
  • Save 35-50% on the cost of materials each term
  • Benefit from highly personalized service

HOW IT WORKS

Register for classes
All students will be automatically enrolled in the program. Once you’ve successfully registered for your courses, the bookstore will start preparing your order. Students have the option to opt out of the program each semester.

Verify your order
Starting 30 days before the first day of classes, you will receive an email to verify your order and select your fulfillment preference (in-store pickup or direct ship-to-home).

Receive your textbooks
An email notification will be sent when your order is ready for pickup or when it ships. Your digital materials will be delivered through the LMS platform.

VERIFY YOUR ORDER

As part of Barnes and Noble’s First Day Complete program, the Laker Ready initiative is a course material model that lowers the cost of materials for students and ensures students have access to all of their required course materials on or before the first day of class. Through this new program, physical books will be conveniently packaged and provided to students on a rental basis, and digital materials will be delivered directly within the campus LMS. At the end of the term, students will receive email reminders to return their physical course materials to the bookstore.

  • Register for your classes and the bookstore will start preparing your course materials 
  • One month before classes start, you will receive an email instructing you to select your delivery preference (in-store pickup or shipped directly to you) 
  • An email notification will be sent when your order is ready for pickup or when it ships 
  • Your digital materials will be delivered for your course(s) within the LMS 

The program provides all required textbooks, lab manuals, access codes, and digital textbook versions to eligible students.

The program does not include consumables that cannot be returned and reused, such as lab goggles, dissection kits, molecular model kits, engineering kits, or nursing kits.

All eligible students will be automatically enrolled in the Laker Textbook program. 

 

The deadline to return all rental textbooks is the last day of finals. Students will receive email reminders about the rental deadline to their email address. 

Yes, the program provides you with the option to purchase textbooks at a reduced rate during the return period. 

Yes, you will still be required to return continuation course textbooks. You will be issued the same title for the next semester of the continuation course. 

Students will receive emails and phone calls from the bookstore to remind them to verify their order. 

You may return the book to the bookstore on the same terms and timelines currently in place. If you drop a class and enroll in a different class, the bookstore will “swap” the required textbooks/codes so that you have what you need.

Who Do I Contact with Questions?


For General Questions about Laker Ready, contact or visit the Bookstore:

  • Phone: 906-635-2645
  • Located on the lower level of the Cisler Center on campus


For Technical Assistance with digital materials:


For Student Account questions, contact the Business Operations Office: