Cart and checkout

Your cart

Open your cart with the cart icon at the top right of any page. Purchases and rentals are listed in separate sections.

Purchases

• Use − and + to change the quantity. You cannot go above what the seller has in stock.
• Pick a shipping speed: Standard — free, or Expedited or Express when that seller offers them. The shipping cost shows under the price.
• Click Remove to take the row out.

Rentals

• Change the Return by date; the rental price updates for the new date.
• Pick Standard — free or Expedited shipping. Rentals have no express option.
• Every rental row says Prepaid return label included.

The Order summary shows the subtotal, shipping and total. Click Proceed to checkout. If you are not signed in, you sign in or create an account first, and your cart comes with you.

Checkout

1. Shipping address: click a saved address to select it, or click Add a new address and fill in the form. See Your addresses.
2. Payment: click a saved card, or click Add a card, enter the card and click Save card. Only cards can pay for an order. See Payment methods.
3. Review: check each book, its condition, the seller and the quantity. Click Edit cart to change anything about a purchase. A rental's Return by date and shipping speed can still be changed right here.
4. Click Place order. The button shows the total you are about to pay, and your card is charged when you click it.

The button stays off until an address and a card are selected, and while a rental is being repriced after a date change.

After you place the order

You land on Your order is in. with the order number and total. A confirmation email goes to the address on your account, and we email tracking as each book ships. Books from different sellers appear as separate orders on that page, each under Purchase · order #; rentals appear under Rental · order #. Click View your orders to see them in your account. See Track your order.

If the order did not go through, the reason appears at the top of the page and next to the button. A declined card is the usual cause; try another card or add a new one.