Libraries Unlimited & Praeger Textbooks
U.S. college and university faculty may request examination copies of books for consideration as course texts.
Requests for examination copies of Libraries Unlimited and Praeger titles can be made by completing the exam copy request form.
Exam copy requests will only be fulfilled with complimentary 30-day eBook access when an eBook is available on the ABC-CLIO eBook platform. If the eBook you request is available on the ABC-CLIO eBook platform, you will receive an email from Libraries Unlimited within 15 minutes containing your eBook access credentials.
U.S. college and university instructors are entitled to one complimentary print desk copy of any book that has been adopted for course use as a required text if 10 or more copies have been ordered by the college bookstore and the instructor has not previously received a print desk or examination copy. If a bookstore order is not yet available, you will be asked to upload a copy of the course syllabus. Multi-volume sets are not included. We cannot provide desk copies for use in departmental or institutional libraries. Requesters must have a U.S. or Canadian delivery address.
Requests for desk copies must be made by completing a desk copy request form.
Desk copies are provided at the discretion of ABC-CLIO.
Review copies are reserved for members of print/online journals, radio, and television media only. Review copy requests will be fulfilled with complimentary 30-day eBook access when available. Copies are issued for print/online review consideration, author interviews, and other publicity-related purposes only.
Media and review copy requests can be made via our online form.