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ACADEMIC INSPECTION POLICY

Selecting your inspection copy
Non-textbook and hardcover titles
Overseas clients
When you have received your inspection copy
Prescribed or recommended texts, and desk copies
New titles and proofs

We offer an inspection copy service to academics for titles which are likely to be used in your courses as prescribed texts or recommended references.

Selecting your inspection copy

Books available for inspection are indicated on this website with the icon Available for Academic Inspection.  Just click on this icon to make your selection. For more information on how to order using this web site, click here.

Our inspection copy policy is flexible. Simply request copies of proofs and/or inspection copies and we will despatch them to you as soon as we can. Your book/s will be sent to you with an Inspection Response Form to complete or you can use the one on this website.

When filling in the Inspection Order Form, please provide as much information as possible about the subject for which you wish to inspect a text. As well as ensuring that the requested book is suitable for inspection, this will help us assess your needs – we may be able to suggest other titles. 

You can always discuss your requirements with us – simply telephone (02) 9552 2200 and speak to Diane Young or Josephine Romeo, or any of our staff. We are always happy to hear from you so feel free to call us and let us know your requirements or suggestions.

Non-textbook and hardcover titles

Our hardcover books and some paperback titles are not available for inspection. On the right hand side of each book page, we note if the title is available for inspection.

For those non-textbook titles not available for inspection you may purchase them less lecturer’s discount of 25% off the rrp – pre-payment must accompany your order. Please order online in the usual way and note in the Comments section that you are entitled to 25% lecturer's discount.

We take all credit cards and will provide a refund if the texts are subsequently prescribed by you and purchased by your bookshop or library as texts or references for your students.

All titles may be returned within 30 days in mint resaleable condition for a full refund.

Overseas clients

We do not send inspection copies overseas, however we offer titles to you less 25% lecturer's discount – prepayment must accompany your order. Please email us directly to place your request: marketing@federationpress.com.au

Alternatively, if we have a local distributor in your country, you can contact them regarding your request for an inspection copy - terms and supply will vary from agent to agent. Please see our list of international agents and distributors.

When you have received your inspection copy

Review the title, complete the Inspection Copy Response Form provided with the book or access it online and return the form to us – by mail, fax or email. You have the option of:

  1. Prescribing the text,
  2. Recommending the text as a reference (must be listed on your recommended reading list),
  3. Returning the text as unsuitable for your course/s (please return in mint condition), or
  4. Purchasing your inspection copy less 25% lecturer's discount.

The Inspection Response Form is available online and can be completed and returned once you have received and assessed your book/s.

Prescribed or recommended texts, and desk copies

Please make sure you advise your bookshop in plenty of time so that there is stock in the bookshop in time for your course. Although we supply to the bookshop within days of the order being placed, early ordering helps the bookshop manage their stock and lets us know in time to order reprints or from overseas if necessary.

You may request desk copies for tutors, provided the book is prescribed for a course.

New titles and proofs

If you need to inspect a title before publication – for example, if publication is scheduled for just before your course starts – please contact us to obtain proofs. We can post or email you these in advance, so that you can see the content of the book and make a decision on prescription or recommendation, before publication. Please call us to discuss your requirements.

   
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