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When faculty meet adoption timelines, campus stores can source low-cost materials, maximize textbook buyback, and prevent frustrating backorders. But faculty often see adoptions differently, so it’s crucial to explain why deadlines matter and how they directly impact students. [Read More](https://foreword.mbsbooks.com/how-on-time-textbook-adoptions-lower-costs-and-reduce-backorders) ## [Communicate, Communicate, Communicate: Achieve On-Time Faculty Adoptions](https://foreword.mbsbooks.com/communicate-communicate-communicate-achieve-on-time-faculty-adoptions) Posted by [Liz Schulte](https://foreword.mbsbooks.com/author/liz-schulte) on 10/7/25, 10:00 AM Topics: [faculty engagement](https://foreword.mbsbooks.com/topic/faculty-engagement), [faculty textbooks adoptions](https://foreword.mbsbooks.com/topic/faculty-textbooks-adoptions), [how to improve faculty communication](https://foreword.mbsbooks.com/topic/how-to-improve-faculty-communication) Faculty and bookstore staff are busy. Each has their own deadlines and sometimes those deadlines might not line up with each other. That’s why communication is key. [Read More](https://foreword.mbsbooks.com/communicate-communicate-communicate-achieve-on-time-faculty-adoptions) ## [Share These Reminders About Textbook Adoptions](https://foreword.mbsbooks.com/share-these-reminders-about-textbook-adoptions) Posted by [Liz Schulte](https://foreword.mbsbooks.com/author/liz-schulte) on 9/30/24, 6:15 AM Topics: [faculty engagement](https://foreword.mbsbooks.com/topic/faculty-engagement), [textbook adoption](https://foreword.mbsbooks.com/topic/textbook-adoption), [faculty textbooks adoptions](https://foreword.mbsbooks.com/topic/faculty-textbooks-adoptions) You know that timely faculty adoptions are important for a variety of reasons. When adoption deadlines are met, your store has more time to find low-cost course materials, you can purchase more books during buyback, you can avoid backorders, etc. However, faculty may see course material adoptions through a different lens, so it is important to remind faculty why adoption deadlines exist and how they affect students. 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