Common Knowledge Bookstore in Point Loma serves as the official campus bookstore for Point Loma Nazarene University, operated by Barnes & Noble College from Nicholson Commons on Lomaland Drive. The LomaBooks course-material program delivers required textbooks at $24 per credit hour — roughly 35 to 50 percent below retail — and ships physical rentals or provisions digital access through Canvas before the first day of class, a model that complements the broader general-interest selection at Barnes & Noble on Rosecrans Place. Beyond textbooks, the store stocks PLNU-branded apparel, diploma frames, graduation regalia, and a curated shelf of new-release fiction and nonfiction. The peninsula's indie literary scene extends to curated nonfiction gift boxes and subscription services at YOU SHOULD READ in nearby Liberty Station. The highest-volume cycle hits during fall and spring enrollment windows, when the store fulfills thousands of course-material orders across undergraduate programs in a compressed two-week staging period.