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Examination and Desk Copy Requests

Instructors:

For a list of textbooks and other books available in your discipline, browse by subject area here.

To request a complimentary exam or desk copy for a textbook or other book for your course, please fill out this form 

You may find it convenient to open separate tabs for the book page and the order form to toggle between them.

When ordering from outside the US, contact your local sales representative.

Examination Copies

You may request a copy of a print book or eTextbook to examine for potential course use. Find request buttons for print and eTextbook on the webpages for eligible titles and follow the directions. Limit: three titles per instructor per semester. We reserve the right to deny requests that do not appear to be legitimate requests for course adoption consideration.

Desk Copies

If you have adopted one of our titles for your course, you may request a complimentary copy for your instructor. For courses with multiple instructors, we can provide one desk copy for each ten students enrolled. A desk copy request may not be granted if an examination copy has already been received.

Shipping Exam and Desk Copies

Standard Shipping

US requests for exam copies are shipped at no charge by media mail and may take 2 to 3 weeks. Expedited fulfillment and shipping can be arranged at additional cost.

Expedited Fulfillment 

If you need to receive your book by a certain date, contact customer service about both expedited fulfillment and expedited shipping.

Order by phone before 11:00 AM Eastern Standard Time to request that your order be shipped on the same day from the warehouse.

Extra charges apply.

Expedited Shipping

If you need to receive your book by a certain date, contact customer service about both expedited fulfillment and expedited shipping.

Order by phone before 11:00 AM Eastern Standard Time to request an expedited shipping method.

Extra charges apply.

Companion Websites

Companion Websites provide teachers and students hundreds of interactive activities and corresponding multimedia on a platform designed specifically for language learning. Instructors may obtain free access for course consideration or for course use.

These textbooks have companion websites: the third edition of the Al-Kitaab Arabic Language Program (including Alif Baa, Al-Kitaab Part One, and Al-Kitaab Part Two); Comme on dit French Language Program (including Comme on dit and C’est ce qu’on dit); Gramática para la composición; Panorama; and Rodnaya rech’. Student purchases of a new copy of one of these textbooks comes with a student access code to the companion website. Students also can purchase access to the website separately.

  • Information about the Al-Kitaab Arabic Language Program website content, gaining access to the websites, and purchasing options: AlkitaabTextbook.com
  • Information about the Comme on dit French Language Program website content, gaining access to the websites, and purchasing options: CommeOnDitTextbook.com
  • Information about multimedia for all other textbooks: GUPTextbooks.com

Resources for Teachers

Many of our textbooks include additional resources for teachers using the textbooks in their courses. Please visit the book page on this website and click on the “Additional Resources” tab to learn more about what is available for your textbook.

Extensive teacher resources for Comme on dit and C’est ce qu’on dit are available on CommeOnDitTextbook.com. Extensive teacher  resources for the third edition of the Al-Kitaab Arabic Language Program are available on AlkitaabTextbook.com. Extensive teacher resources for the Jusuur Arabic Language Program are available at JusuurTextbook.com.