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As more students, educators and institutions adopt digital course materials for study, more booksellers, such as Van Schaik Bookstores, South Africa’s leading supplier of academic, trade and reference textbooks, are adding e-textbook solutions to their offerings, using Ingram’s VitalSource® online platform.

Van Schaik has been appointed as an official supplier of prescribed textbooks and resource materials to Life Healthcare. The students of the Life Health College of Learning can buy their books at their closest Van Schaik Bookstore or order their books online on our website through a service especially set up for them. For more information you can contact Chris Fouché on 021 918 8410 or cfouche@vanchaik.com.

Amidst mounting pressure in the classroom and on the cricket field, Spud prepares to face down the most feared and dreaded challenge of them all – finding a date for the Matric dance.

A riveting, behind-the-scenes account of the removal of Thabo Mbeki as President of South Africa, which examines the build-up to events, describes the details of those eight days in September 2008 and explores Mbeki's legacy.

In November 2011 Van Schaik Bookstore launched its first short story contest using the MXit platform. The competition was launched to encourage young writers to participate in a literary activity.

At the annual MEDICLINIC gala awards banquet held at Asara Wine Estate on 24 August Van Schaik Bookstore was awarded a certificate of excellence for our outstanding service and dedication to Mediclinic ...

During July Van Schaik Bookstore sponsored stationery items to Parkview Primary in Atlantis in the Western Cape. We received a heart-warming letter from Lize Uys, a Grade 2 teacher, to thank us for the sponsorship ...

Inspired by our passion for, and dedication to education, Van Schaik Bookstore recently donated stationery for two projects conducted by SHAWCO. SHAWCO, the Students Health and Welfare Centres Organisation, is a dynamic, innovative and passionate student-run non-profit organisation based at the University of Cape Town ...

On 11 May Van Schaik Bookstore in Grahamstown held their official opening with a cocktail function attended by local academics, key people in the community, authors and poets. Although the store opened in October last year under the Van Schaik Bookstore brand, it was an opportunity to show the progress during the last couple of months, introduce the staff members and showcase our product offering ...

Van Schaik Bookstore celebrated World Book & Copyright Day in April by inviting school learners to some of the participating Van Schaik branches. The grade 3's from various schools were entertained by staff of Van Schaik. A special guest read to them and thereafter they were spoiled with gifts in the form of free books sponsored by Pearson, Oxford and pens and caps from Pilot and stationery and a little party ...