Chattahoochee Valley Community College has partnered with Barnes & Noble College to provide a simple and cheaper program for students to get the course materials they need, the Pirates Book Pack program. Instead of paying $100s for the school textbooks that you will usually use for a single semester, you are actually renting them directly from the bookstore for a discounted rate. This rate is a $26 per credit hour cost and will be billed to your account.
Register for Classes
Upon registering for courses, students will be automatically enrolled into the program. Once you’ve successfully selected your courses, the bookstore will start preparing your order.
Verify your Order
Starting 30 days before the first day of classes, you will receive an email to your Piratemail account to verify your order and select your fulfillment preference.
Receive your Textbooks
An email notification will be sent to your Piratemail account when your order is ready for pickup or when it ships. Your digital materials will be delivered for your course(s) within Canvas on the first day of class.
Pirates Book Pack Program
Pirates Book Pack 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 (Learning Management System), Canvas. Costs will be applied as a course charge. 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 Canvas.
All students enrolled in a course at CVCC are eligible except Athletes and Dual Enrollment.
All eligible students will be automatically enrolled in the Pirates Book Pack program. You will start receiving emails 30 days before classes start if you are enrolled in a class.
While it is NOT recommended, students have the option to opt-out of this program. Opting out means you will not receive access to your required course materials in a convenient package at a discounted rate.
Starting 14 Days before classes start, you can the opt-out by going to the Barnes and Noble College (BNC) Opt-Out Page then log in with your Anumber@alabama.edu email and password. The deadline to opt-out for all classes for the Spring 2026 semester will be the Friday, January 16, 2026. If you are only taking Term 1B or Term 2B, you will need to contact the Bookstore directly to Opt-Out.
To change your status and opt back into the Pirates Book Pack program, you must locate the email sent to you when you originally opted-out of the program. There is a link provided that you will need to opt back in.
Please note you must make your final selection by Last Day of Regular Drop/Add.
Students will receive emails and phone calls from the bookstore to remind them to verify their order. If the student does not opt-out, their materials will be held at the bookstore and their student account will be charged.
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.
Payment
The cost for is $26 per credit hour for each eligible course you are taking. This will be billed to your account.
Yes, the program provides you with the option to purchase textbooks at a reduced rate during the return period.
Materials
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.
Students will be responsible for purchasing their required course materials through the bookstore or other other providers.
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, 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.
Yes, if the student does not opt-out, their materials will be held at the bookstore and their student account will be charged.
Yes, after opting-out you will have 48 hours to return your textbooks to the bookstore. If you do not return the textbooks, the charges for the bundle will remain on your student account else you will be issued a refund.
If your CVCC course includes a digital component of the course, you will access the digital components through Canvas.
