Frequently Asked Questions

inSpirit is located at the UUA headquarters at 24 Farnsworth Street in Boston. Normal walk-in hours are Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 10 am to 4 pm EST. Bookstore staff are available by phone at 1-800-215-9076, Monday through Friday, 9 am to 5 pm from Labor Day through June 30th, and 9 am to 4 pm from July 1st until Labor Day. You may email us anytime at bookstore@uua.org.

We give a 10% discount off 10-19 copies of the same title and a 20% discount off 20 or more of the same title. These discounts apply to books published by the UUA, Beacon Press and other publishers, and to posters and certificate sets. Each set of certificates counts as one title. 

We offer 10% off 10-19 assorted pamphlet packs and 20% off 20+ assorted pamphlet packs. We will apply the discount to your order manually.

These discounts do not apply to any edition of Singing the Living Tradition, or theNew Member Gift Set.Church and Retail Booksellers, please visit the Church Bookstore Page and Retail Bookseller Page, respectively, for additional discount information.

Massachusetts individuals and for-profit institutions will be charged 6.25% Massachusetts sales tax on books and products not produced by the UUA, Skinner House or Beacon Press.

Expedited shipping options are available. To place time-sensitive orders, please call us at 800-215-9076 or email us at bookstore@uua.org. 

We only accept online orders shipping to the United States or Canada.  To ship and order outside the US or Canada, please call us at 800-215-9076 or email us at bookstore@uua.org.

Place your items in the shopping cart and begin the checkout procedure. When you reach the payment page, you will have the option of entering credit card information or church account/gift certificate information. Click the option "Bill a Congregation or Redeem a Gift Certificate'. Then click back to your cart and enter the letters GC and the gift certificate number in the Order Notes or Special Instructions field. Continue to checkout. Note: If your gift certificate does not pay for your entire order, we will contact you for your credit card information when we process your order.  If your order is for less than the amount of the gift certificate, please make a note of the amount remaining. You can redeem the remainder at any time before the expiration date.

All online transactions are secured through the highest possible SSL encryption. Your transactions are protected 24 hours a day and 7 days a week.

Email us at bookstore@uua.org, and we will make any necessary corrections.

We are able to special order any Beacon Press Book that is still in print, but may not be listed on our website. Please call us at 800-215-9076 or email bookstore@uua.org with your special order request.  We do not special order non-Beacon titles.

We do not sell audio books, but you can purchase them through our page onlibro.fm

Send suggestions to suggestedtitles@uua.org. We welcome and look forward to hearing from you.

If you've published a book and would like us to carry the book, please send an email to suggestedtitles@uua.org. 

Due to the large volume of unsolicited submissions we receive, we regret we cannot respond to every one. If we decide to carry your book, we will let you know within 4-6 weeks. Because we receive so many books, we are not able to return any books that have been submitted for review. 

Mail a review copy of your book, along with a cover letter, to:
inSpirit: The UU Book and Gift Shop
24 Farnsworth St.
Boston, MA 02210-1409

The Sexuality and our Faith DVDs are available only to individuals who have completed OWL training and should be billed and/or shipped to a UU congregation whenever possible. Please contact us at 800-215-9076 to purchase these items.