Friar First Day Textbook Rental Program

This program was implemented by Providence College to create greater cost savings and convenience for students. This program bundles course material costs into student tuition. Course materials in the FRIAR FIRST DAY program can contain printed and digital materials. Student order may contain a combination of new, used, rental, and digital materials based on each student’s class schedule. Students can choose to either pick up their order at the Bookstore, or to have their order shipped to them. “Rented” textbooks must be returned back to the Bookstore at the end of the semester.

FRIAR FIRST DAY bundles course material costs into student tuition. The College has designated funding for this program to be displayed on your aid offer as “PC Book Award”.

Thirty (30) days before the beginning of each semester, students will receive a PICK-UP/DELIVERY SELECTION BEGINS email, which will automatically link students to their individual course list. In three (3) easy steps, students will be able to submit their course material order into the Bookstore.  Textbook orders are fulfilled by the Bookstore. When the order is “ready for pickup” or has shipped out from the Bookstore, the student will receive a confirmation email with this updated status. Once they submit their order, students will no longer be able to access their email link again.

STUDENTS: You are responsible for the contents in your order. Once you pick up your order, please VERIFY the physical materials in your box to the invoice. If you are missing anything, or received the wrong material, contact the Bookstore immediately. If you wait until the end of the semester, we will not be able to help you.

This program provides all “required” course materials: textbooks, lab manuals, printed and digitally delivered access codes and digitally delivered ebooks.

The program does not include materials that are “recommended” by the faculty, nor school supplies.

Still cannot sign on? If you clicked an “email link” on a mobile device and it opened up within the PC Bookstore app, this won’t work. Please open in a browser window, or try to submit your order on another device. Also, try clearing or switching your browser.

If using a mobile device, please scroll to the bottom of the page and click “View full site” [visible as small BLUE letters]. If you are already logged into your FRIARS email, it will automatically “sync”. If not, it will ask you to do so.

Your digitally delivered materials can be delivered in two (2) ways: digitally delivered within Canvas on the first day of class, or as a printed access card. If your digital material is in the form of a printed access card, you will need to submit an order for it and pick it up at the Bookstore in order to access your materials.

Digital delivery user experience coming soon!

If you DROP a class, return your textbook(s) to the Bookstore right away. Please be mindful of your fellow students who may have recently enrolled in this course and will need your rental.

If you ADD a class to your schedule, you will need to submit a new order for this new course material.

You will need to wait at least four (4) business days for this information to update in all of our systems. If you go into your course selection screen and see material for your new course AND it has pricing, do nothing. Wait another day before you submit your order. When you see material, you should not be seeing prices.

The rental period begins the day your order is processed and completed for pick up or delivery and continues until the the last day of Finals, as shown on your Order Confirmation. All rented textbooks must be returned to the Bookstore, in good condition, by the Rental Return Due Date. Textbook rentals returned via mail must be postmarked by the Rental Return Due Date.

Normal use of highlighting and writing is permitted in the rental(s). The rental(s) must be returned back to the Bookstore is “good condition”: generally means book spine intact, no excessive damage to cover or contents, all original pages intact, all original components present, and no excessive highlighting, writing or other markings.

As a courtesy, our system will send out multiple email reminders to the email address provided during your rental checkout and on your rental agreement. Our Bookstore Management Team will also send out email reminders with dates and times to return your rentals, whether “in person” or via UPS.

However, it is your responsibility to return the book by the due date even if you do not receive this email. Please remember that rental books are due back – or must be postmarked by – the last day of Finals.

Most of the course materials used during the semester are “rented”. So towards the end of each semester, students will receive multiple courtesy email reminders. These “rented” textbooks [both bound and loose-leaf] must be returned back to the Bookstore before the end of the semester. The students can either ship their rentals back to the Bookstore or come in directly to return their rentals. The Bookstore DOES NOT USE “drop” off boxes for returned rentals.

Shipping rentals back to the Bookstore:

From our homepage:Click on “Course Materials & Textbooks”.Click on “Return My Rentals”.Click on “Create Your Rental Return”.Enter your “Order ID #” and ” Email Address”. Your “Order ID #” is your order number and was included with your order when you picked it up or had it delivered to your home.  Your “Order ID #” was is also included in the auto email reminders you will receive about three (3) weeks before the end of the semester. You may need to check your spam folder.

Rentals must be returned at the end of the semester consistent with current policies and procedures and will be recirculated in future years that the same materials are used. 

Yes! If you decide you want to keep your rental(s), you can purchase your rental(s) for limited time before the rental due date. Be on the lookout for the “Rental Buyout Option” in your courtesy Rental Reminder emails that you will be receiving a few weeks before your rentals are due. You will be prompted to ADD your credit/debit card as the method of payment. The cost of buying out your rental(s) will always be below the publisher list price.

Rentals that are identified as a ‘Rental Only’ title, are not available for purchase.

If you have an “I – incomplete” grade for your course, your rental(s) still need to be returned back to the Bookstore at the end of the semester. Rentals need to be checked into our system in order to avoid the auto-replacement and late fees.

Please contact the Bookstore so that we can appropriately accommodate you with the materials you still need to complete your course.