UD Bookstore

Complete Digital Access (CDA) is a textbook collaboration between faculty, publishers and the University to provide required course materials in a digital format at a reduced cost. The CDA program was launched in 2017 and currently makes up 85% of all course materials used on campus. Course materials are accessed through their respective Canvas course.

For a flat rate of $299.99 plus tax (as of fall 2025), you'll get access to all your required digital and print materials before the first day of class.

It's important to check your UD email for key dates and instructions.

How CDA works

• You're already enrolled! No need to shop around or place orders.
• You'll receive a message in your UD email with your course list, CDA info and opt-out instructions.
• Digital materials will be available in Canvas. Print books can be picked up at the UD Bookstore.
• Billing happens after the drop/add deadline through your student account or textbook scholarship.

How to make program changes

You have two options to opt out if you're not on a textbook scholarship:

1. Move into our Inclusive Access program and choose materials per course.
2. Opt out entirely to source and purchase materials on your own.

New textbooks are often the most expensive option. In some cases, loose-leaf copies are available at a fraction of the cost of new.

Loose-leaf textbooks are exactly what they sound like — the textbook is loose-leaf paper with holes punched in it for a three-ring binder. The Bookstore sells a variety of binders for you to choose from for your loose-leaf textbooks.

• Loose-leaf textbooks aren't offered for all textbooks.
• Loose-leaf textbooks can't be returned if the shrink wrap has been removed.
• The Bookstore can't buy back loose-leaf textbooks at the end of the semester.

When you purchase used books, you reduce your environmental impact, both in paper and shipping waste. Used books cost about 25% less than new books. Oftentimes, these books are just as good as new. Look for the yellow "USED" sticker on a book's spine to see if used copies are available.

Used books are eligible for our Book Buyback Program at the end of each semester.

Hundreds of e-book titles are available to order online. E-books are priced lower than new print textbooks and are easily accessible on the device of your choice.

OER are teaching, learning, and resource materials in any medium that reside in the public domain and have been released under an open license that permits access, use, repurposing, reuse, and redistribution by others with limited or no restrictions (Atkins, Brown, & Hammond, 2007).

OER are not just textbooks — examples include case studies, assignments, assessment tools, software, simulations, videos, workshops, and lab manuals.

Open textbooks have been funded, published, and licensed to be freely used, adapted, and distributed.  — Open Textbook Library

Like traditional textbooks, open textbooks are written by experts in the field and undergo a process of peer review and professional editing and development. Unlike the traditional publishing model, publishers and authors of open textbooks are paid for their labor upfront by funding organizations or grants, instead of relying on sales to pay back their investment.

• Textbooks purchased with the textbook scholarship: Refund will go back to your scholarship balance for the semester. (Must present your University ID.)
• Flyer Express purchases: Refunded to your Flyer Express account. (Must present your University ID.)
• Credit card purchases: Refunded to the credit card used for the purchase.

Return Policy Details

• Must have the original receipt, or purchased the material(s) with your student account. (Must present your University ID.)
• Textbooks must be in like-new condition.
• Shrink-wrapped books must be in their original packaging. A 5% restocking fee may be assessed.
• Any access codes must be unused in order to process a return.
• eBook refund requests must be made within 10 days of purchase. Activated (redeemed) eBooks cannot be returned.
• Complete Digital Access courses must be opted out from by the student prior to the course drop date in order to remove charges.

General Information

• Deadlines are posted in the UD Bookstore and on all receipts.
• If you're waiting for a book to arrive in the mail, please do NOT buy a copy of the same textbook at the UD Bookstore to use while you wait. Doing so may prevent other students from buying the book from the Bookstore when they need it.
• Not all students purchase their textbooks from the UD Bookstore. Because of this, the UD Bookstore does not buy enough copies for everyone enrolled in a class.

• No refunds on general books, dictionaries, reference materials, special orders, test preps, law supplements, digital materials, or materials containing open access codes.
• No refunds on media or software.