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Dear lecturer,

Polyteknisk Boghandel is the DTU campus bookstore.

We are currently planning for the start of the next semester to ensure your students will have access to the books and materials they need.

Therefore, we would like to know from you which books and/or other materials the students need to acquire for your course(s).

If you don’t use any books but purely use digital materials or your own notes, we would like to know that as well.

Please reply to email we sent you with the following information:

1. Which books/materials you are planning to use for the course.
2. Is the book expected (mandatory) or supplemental reading?
3. How many percent of the book is read in the course? (approximately)
4. Are you expecting significantly more or fewer students on the course than in the spring of 2025?

If you have any questions, please refer to the FAQ below. You are also welcome to contact us with any questions you may have at boglisten@polyteknisk.dk.

 

Best regards

Rasmus Hald Møller
Bookseller

We send these emails to all DTU lecturers as preparation for the upcoming semester.

The purpose is to gather information on what books and materials are used for each course.

We must gather this information well in advance to ensure timely processing of over 600 courses, price negotiation with publishers, shipping, and inventory restocking before the semester begins.

While you may have received this email before and provided the same reply, we must ask you to confirm the course literature every semester for several key reasons:

1. Booklist Guarantee: Our "booklist guarantee" assures students they are buying the correct, current edition of the literature. Obtaining your regular confirmation is our commitment to making students feel secure about these essential purchases.


2. Literature Changes: Books often go out of print or are updated with new editions. By checking in regularly, we can inform you of any major literature changes, allowing you to adjust your curriculum in time.


3. Course Updates: Courses may switch lecturers, or the curriculum may shift, both of which can change the required literature. Confirming your choices each semester prevents these shifts from going unnoticed, ensuring students can purchase necessary books by the first day of the semester.

 

We ask about mandatory reading because many lecturers list supplemental books or materials which allow students to delve deeper into a topic or explore related subjects.

We stock these supplemental titles but forecast significantly lower sales, which helps us make informed purchases and offer the best possible prices for all students.

That's fine; we hope you don't mind still receiving these emails. We continue to reach out because:

1. Lecturer Changes: A lecturer who uses only online articles may be replaced by one who prefers a textbook. If we don't reach out, new lecturers might not be aware of the services we offer.


2. Student Preference: Some courses use excerpts from a particular book, leading students to visit our store wanting to see and potentially purchase the full title. We aim to accommodate this student preference.


3. Student Information: Even if you use no materials from our store, we need to know. Students regularly ask us for information about their course curriculum, and we want to provide a helpful answer regardless of whether they are expected to buy a book from us.

Unfortunately, an insufficient number of lecturers use kurser.dtu.dk to declare course literature.

As such, we cannot use it as a consistent and reliable source for the information we seek. We hope you don't mind us asking regardless.

Yes, we are happy to help you find the most ideal book for your course. As a bookstore connected to all relevant educational publishers, we can ask our contacts to provide the best candidates from their catalogues.

If you would like our help in discovering a new book, please provide us with a short description of the required literature or, ideally, 12-15 concise keywords.

We will then relay the candidates provided by the publishers to you.

Yes. We are happy to arrange one or more free teacher's copies of your adopted textbook.

These copies are typically supplied by the publisher. Please reach out to us, and we will see what we can arrange.

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