Barnes & Noble

Category:	Book Store
Address:	83 E Main St, Newark, DE 19711, USA
Phone:	+1 302-831-2637
Site:	udel.bncollege.com
Rating:	3.8
Working:	9AM–7PM 9AM–7PM 9AM–7PM 9AM–7PM 9AM–7PM 10AM–7PM 12–6PM

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Angélic Brodie

Two main points: 1). When it comes to buying/renting books, this is the last place I will ever go to. Ive had to buy/rent books from this place three times in my four years of being at UD because I could not find the specific texts anywhere else. All three times, I would request a USED book to rent/buy and when they do not have any used (despite it being an option) they give you a brand new one and charge you for the new one. This is a bad issue, because I was expecting to spend 15$ on a used book and got charged 50$ for a new book, and did not receive an email about that charge. It took me reading my bank statement to see what they have done. 2). ALL OF THE PRICE TAGS ON NOTEBOOKS/YEAR PLANNERS/ ETC ARE ALWAYS OUT OF ORDER. Nothing is ever the same price of the sticker that is below the stack of product. Now, I have been working retail for 3 years now and know how to match up product skus to the right product. A school year planner caught my eye and I saw that it was over a 3$ sticker. I automatically knew this could not be right because the sku did not match up and also the planner looked way too nice to only be 3$. I searched that whole row and could not find a matching product tag for the planner and then realized that NOTHING ON THAT RACK MATCHED UP WITH THE PRICE TAG IT WAS UNDER. The cashier told me that they might have been doing some reorganizing in that section or something, but I highly doubt its true because the same incident has happened way too many times when I have gone to the bookstore to buy a blue book or any other school supplies. The staff is nice (minus the one cashier that seemed moody - did you wake up on the wrong side of the bed?) and I was able to return my textbook that I did not need anymore for a class simply, but there is room for improvement.

James Scott

Cant even be bothered to keep in-stock the books they charge an arm-and-a-leg for. Pros: Nice building, friendly staff. Starbucks on the ground floor and apple store on the second just in case you forgot you were in a college town. Cons: I dont care how friendly they are, Im not paying $50 for a damn T-shirt. Books are a little cheaper at Libermans and WAY cheaper on Amazon.

Anne Cloud

In regards to renting books, you must be very careful as they are not honest in making you aware when a book is not one that you rented from them. They took a very expensive book back from my son, and just said "You are all set", and were not honest enough to state that it was not rented from the UD bookstore. Now we out $252. Ouch.

Sara Shores

The staff during summer session has no clue what theyre doing. They tried to say that i needed to return a book that was rented, or i would be charged full price. I didnt rent a book. I bought one at full price. This happened both summer sessions with the same employee. Unacceptable.

Edu SI

So expensive. Also, I bought a book from them Ann cost me about $200. When I want to sell it to them they give me $5 although the book is clean. I had to sell jt because I was traveling.

Ian Lantzy

Its barely got any books, mostly its all this blue and gold colored crap. And half the books are textbooks. Youd think this was a campus bookstore or something.

Habibullah Aslam

Good service and many textbooks. As long as you get your textbooks before the semester starts, youll avoid the huge textbook lines at the semesters start.

Matt Owens

The selection of books is small, but the reason to go there is to get textbooks for the semester at UD. The cafe thats attached is nice though.

Matthew English

Not as large as a true Barnes and Noble as it is also the school store. But the inside is quite nice and there is a Starbucks /lounge area.

Eric Spero

Friendly and helpful staff. Super small collection. Closes at 7pm, which doesnt make sense - arent these usually open until 11pm?

Ziang Han

Just for short-term study at UD and found this great place ,buying resting here is so great for me

Manuel Pérez Leindekar

Great shop in the middle of downtown Newark, has a Starbucks inside with plenty of space.

Sylvia Stransky

Lots of awesome UD apparel but more expensive than the other place on Main Street.