Request Inspection/Desk Copy

As a service to lecturers and instructors, all SCM Press paperbacks are available FREE on inspection to teaching staff in higher education colleges and institutions.

To request an inspection copy please fill in the form below. An evaluation form will be included with your inspection copy/ies. Please help us by returning these forms to us within 28 days of the books being received.  Alternatively you can complete the online evaluation form. 

SCM Press does not approve free copies for all books and reserves the right to limit the number of copies and titles to any one person or institution may receive. 

Please note:

• all inspection copies are supplied at the discretion of SCM Press and we reserve the right to refuse any request
• inspection copies are limited to single copies
• usually, only paperback formats will be supplied
• we will supply a maximum of five titles to you in any one calendar year
• inspection copies will only be delivered to academic institution addresses
• Not all titles are available on inspection - only those which are suitable for higher education level and which have course adoption potential

Digital/Ebook inspection copies

For requests outside the UK our policy is to send inspection copies as ebooks. We also send a certain number of ebook inspection copies to UK addresses.  

Professors and instructors in the USA

To request a physical exam/desk copy, please contact Westminster John Knox Press and complete the order form. Alternatively, please write to:

Attn: Exam Copies
Westminster John Knox Press
100 Witherspoon Street
Louisville, KY 40202