Students

Flat World Knowledge is a high quality, affordable textbook provider for students. Our books are available free online. That’s right, free. With no obligation to purchase anything at any time.

Don’t want to have to read your book online? Then don’t. We also provide a variety of affordable offline formats at a fraction of the average publisher price, including Print-it-Yourself (PIY) PDFs for download, black and white copies, and full color copies, as well essential study aid tools such as online flashcards, quizzes, and audio modules. You can even purchase individual PIY chapters for just $1.99 per chapter, as you need them.

And keep in mind, our prices are a FRACTION of the cost of the average hardcover color textbook!

The first thing you’ll need to do is Find Your Class. Do this by accessing either the ‘Find My Class’ link from the ‘Students’ drop down menu on the homepage, OR access the Student Class Finder by scrolling down on the homepage to the Class Finder widget.

Enter your school name, professor’s name, course, course number, or any combination of this information into the Class Finder tool. A list of courses will appear. Click on your course. This brings you to your textbook for that course.

• Find your class and access your assigned textbook by clicking on your course.
• Choose the ‘Buy This Book’ option and select from a variety of affordable offline formats, all at a fraction of the cost of the average hardcover textbook. These include:
  • Print-it-yourself (PIY) PDFs’ that can be downloaded to your local hard drive and printed out
  • Black and white soft cover copies
  • Full color soft-cover copies
• To purchase PIY chapters individually, click the ‘Read Online’ link and select the chapter you want from the table of contents. A button appears below giving you the option to print out that chapter for just $1.99.

If you have purchased a PIY copy of the book: Login and go into your ‘MY FLATWORLD’ account. Under `I Have Purchased Access To` click the title of your text to expand to an individual chapter. Click the download link and print that chapter.

If you have not purchased the book: View the free online textbook for your course by clicking the ‘Read Online’ link. Select the chapter you want from the table of contents. At the bottom of the page click the `Print This Chapter For $1.99.`

• An excellent question! We go beyond providing affordable access to your textbooks by also offering valuable online study aid tools such as key term flashcards, practice quizzes, print-it-yourself chapters and audio study guides.


• All study aid items are digital and will appear immediately after purchase in your ‘MY FLATWORLD’ account.

• Your ‘MY FLATWORLD’ account gives you access to your purchased materials and study aids, and enables you take full advantage of all the benefits Flat World Knowledge has to offer, including making notes as you read online.


• If you haven’t registered yet, simply click ‘SIGN UP’ in the upper right-hand corner and create an account. You will have immediate access to your ‘MY FLATWORLD’ account.

Flat World Knowledge provides a truly unique online reading experience. You can:

• Intuitively page through the book by clicking the ‘next’ arrow. Page back by clicking ‘previous’. Simply scroll down to read the text.
• Jump to different parts of the book by utilizing the table of contents. Click on a specific chapter and the online module will bring you directly to that chapter.
• Take notes as you read. You’ll need to have signed in to take advantage of this feature. Create a login and password on the homepage if you have not already done so and then login. You’ll notice as you mouse over a paragraph, a clickable plus sign (+) appears. Click the plus sign to make notes. Your notes can be saved and easily accessed in your ‘MY FLATWORLD’ account. Click ‘save note’ to save your notes as you take them. You can then see all your annotations listed on your MY FLATWORLD page for future reference, like when it’s time to study for an exam. Toggle over to the ‘My Notes’ tab to view them.
• Search the book for a key term. Click the ‘Search the Book’ link located in the lower left corner of the page. Type in the term you want to search for and you’ll receive a list of all appearances of that term throughout the book.
• Lookup a listing of all key terms for quick reference. Click the key terms block, next to the table of contents. Scroll over each key term and you can have the definition for that key term listed out. Great for quick reference and available for each chapter.

• All study aid materials including flashcards, quizzes and audio guides are online tools that are made available to you via your ‘MY FLATWORLD’ account. You must be logged in to access your account.


• Once logged in, click ‘MY FLATWORLD’ and toggle to the ‘My Stuff’ tab. All your purchases are here with expandable links by chapter. Once you expand the link for a particular chapter, if you’re purchased study aid tools, these will appear here as well. You need to click into individual chapters for the study aid links to appear. Click the links to engage the modules.

• Standard shipping will ensure your book arrives within 5-7 business days*.
• Expedited shipping will ensure your book arrives within 3-4 business days*.

The beauty of Flat World Knowledge is that there truly is no catch. You are welcome to read as many textbooks free online as you like. But you might be willing, given that the price is right, to purchase other formats like print, audio, printable PDF’s, and study aids that make learning efficient, and better suit your lifestyle and personal preferences.

Our customer service team is here for you. To reach us, you can:

• Email us at help@flatworldknowledge.com
• Call us at 1-877-257-9243. We have representatives available to assist you Monday-Friday between the hours of 9:00AM and 5:00PM EST.
• Use the Live Chat feature during the same hours as phone support. Go to the homepage, scroll down to ‘contact us’ under the ‘Help’ menu and click Live Chat.