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Desk & Exam Copies

Desk and Examination Copies

This website is dedicated exclusively to Macmillan’s trade books. Macmillan is pleased to provide complimentary desk copies of any adopted trade title published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux; Hill & Wang; North Point Press; Henry Holt & Co.; Metropolitan Books; Times Books; Picador; St. Martin’s Publishing Group; Flatiron Books; Tor Publishing Group; Wednesday Books; Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group; Macmillan Audio; and Celadon Books. Also available are selected titles from our distributed publishers, including Graywolf Press, Drawn & Quarterly, Bloomsbury USA, Harriman House, Page Two, and Sounds True. All requests are subject to availability and approval.

One desk copy is available for every twenty copies ordered. Examination copies are also available to instructors seeking titles to consider for course adoption. Exam copies are limited to five exam copies per semester per instructor.

Please order desk copies and examination copies online through our request form. Please note that all desk and examination copy requests are subject to availability and approval. Please allow 3-4 weeks for delivery. Not valid for addresses outside the United States.

If you are encountering technical issues submitting this form, please email us at academic@macmillan.com, and we’re happy to assist you.

Macmillan Learning, Bedford/St. Martin’s, W.H. Freeman & Company, and Worth Publishers

For desk or examination copies of textbooks published by Macmillan Learning, Bedford/St. Martin’s, W.H. Freeman & Company, or Worth Publishers, please visit http://macmillanlearning.com/Catalog/Login.

Palgrave Macmillan

For desk or examination copies of books by Palgrave Macmillan, please visit http://www.springer.com/us/instructors/free-copy-request-form/50510%20%0b. You may also write to textbooks@springer.com.

Bloomsbury Academic/Continuum: Arden Shakespeare, A&C Black Academic & Specialist, Methuen Drama, and Berg Publishers 

For desk or examination copies of books published by A&C Black Academic & Specialist, Arden Shakespeare, or Methuen Drama, please visit www.acblack.com. For books published by Berg Publishers, please visit www.bergpublishers.com. You may also write to askacademic@bloomsbury.com.

Alternate Media for Students with Print Disabilities

To request an adopted book in an electronic format for a student with a print disability, the student’s campus disability services office may contact Macmillan by e-mail at accessibility@macmillanusa.com. If an electronic format is not available, the publisher will provide a copy of the book to be scanned for the student. Please verify that the student has purchased a copy of the book.

Desk and Exam Copies for Educators who Live in Canada
(U.S. addresses please follow instructions above) 

For Canadian educators requesting books on this website published by Celadon Books; Farrar, Straus and Giroux; Hill and Wang; North Point Press; Flatiron Books; Graywolf Press; Henry Holt; Metropolitan; Picador; St. Martin’s Press; St. Martin’s Griffin; and Tor/Forge:

All Canadian desk and examination copy requests will be handled by Raincoast Book Distribution Limited. Raincoast is pleased to provide appropriate evaluation copies and desk copies to professors, teachers and instructors residing in Canada. For further information, please visit http://www.raincoast.com/academic/ or email academicrequests@raincoast.com.

For Canadian educators requesting books on this website published by Bloomsbury:

Desk and exam copy requests will be handled by Penguin Group (Canada). For further information, please visit http://www.penguin.ca/static/pages/aboutpenguin/educators.html/ or email Tim.Carter@ca.PenguinGroup.com