You can also order online and pay by check. Simply choose that option at checkout time, and we will hold your items at St. Francis Bookshop until we receive your check by mail.

If you wish to pay by check or money order and also to place your order by mail, use our printable order form.

There are two types of accounts that come into play when ordering from our website. The first is the online account you can set up on the site itself. This option is helpful if you plan on ordering from us again in the future, and exists solely so that you don't have to re-enter all your payment and address information every time you order. Setting up an online account is not required in order to place an order on our site.

The second type of account is applicable if you are one of the hundreds of existing in-house charge account customers at St. Francis Bookshop in Cincinnati, Ohio.

To order online using your existing in-house account, simply put your name and the pre-existing account name in the appropriate blanks under "Bill To". Select the Pay By Check option and enter any random number in the "Check number" field (the number doesn't matter since you're not really using a check). When we receive your order, we will adjust the totals to reflect your normal discount structure, non-taxable status, etc. Rest assured that no orders go through final processing until after they have been reviewed by the staff at St. Francis Bookshop.

Please understand that our website is not complex enough to program into it all the literally dozens of possible combinations of different discount structures, taxable and non-taxable statuses, etc., that we can offer through the actual bookstore. We cannot program it, for example, to be set up for a local Cincinnati order to be ordered on the website, charged to an existing in-house account and then picked up in person at the store. However, if one keeps in mind that, again, no order is billed or processed until it has been reviewed by our staff, it does open up some options. If you have special instructions for your order (picking it up at the store, for example, or having it charged to an existing in-store charge account), simply alert us to this by writing a note in one of the unrequired address data fields (write "will pick up" in the "company" field, for example) when you are checking out. Even though your initial confirmation will show shipping charges, the totals will be adjusted to remove those charges before the order is processed.

Still not clear? Then please call manager Mark Utley at the store (513-241-7304 or 800-241-6392) during business hours (10 a.m. to 6 p.m. EST Monday through Saturday) and he will be happy to walk you through the sale. We are confident that once you see how your individual billing or shipping request needs to be entered properly, future orders will be much easier to navigate.

We ship orders almost anywhere in the world (except Nigeria, due to several unsuccessful fraud attempts originating in that country). However, our website is set up to calculate domestic U.S. shipping rates only. To place an international order, simply place your order online using the applicable country code, and when we receive your order, we will weigh the items and email you with the revised shipping rates to your country. We will not process the order until we have received confirmation that the revised shipping rate is acceptable to you.