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Desk 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; Faber & Faber; Henry Holt; Metropolitan Books; Times Books; Picador; St. Martin’s Press Trade; St. Martin’s Griffin; Tor/Forge; and Golden Guides from St. Martin’s Press. Also available are selected titles from our distributed publishers, including Graywolf Press, Drawn & Quarterly, Bloomsbury USA, Harriman House, Page Two, and Sounds True. One desk copy is available for every twenty copies ordered. All requests are subject to availability and approval.

Please send requests via email from an institutional email account to academic@macmillan.com; or on school letterhead or standard AAP form via fax to 609-409-0298 or via postal mail to Macmillan Academic Marketing, 120 Broadway, New York, NY 10271. Please provide a campus mailing address and include the course number and title (e.g. English 101), estimated enrollment, and bookstore contact information. Please allow 3-4 weeks for delivery. Not valid for addresses outside the United States.

Desk copies of adopted titles may also be ordered online.

Examination Copies

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, please write to academic@macmillan.com to request examination copies. Please note that all examination copy requests are subject to availability and approval.

Examination copies are available to instructors seeking titles to consider for course adoption.

Requests must be made in writing on school letterhead stating the title and ISBN of the book and the name and anticipated enrollment of the course. Please provide a campus mailing address. The charge for examination copies is a flat fee of $5.00 per title. Please make checks or money orders payable to Macmillan. Please send requests to Macmillan Academic Marketing, 120 Broadway, 26th Floor, New York, NY 10271. Please allow 3-4 weeks for delivery. All requests are subject to availability and approval. Not valid for addresses outside the United States.

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

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