Textbooks that are no longer used by the different departments at Eastern will be sold Tuesday.

The fall Sidewalk Sale will be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on in Textbook Rental Service in the Louis M. Grado Building.

Christina Coffey, the customer service director for Textbook Rental, said the sales help them clean out their storage of books that courses no longer use.

Coffey said each course uses a set of textbooks, but when they switch to new one, the older ones get put into storage where they are not used and take up space.

The books will range from 25 cents to $5, depending on the original purchase price of the book.

Prices are stamped on the front page of the books.

The quality of the books will also vary on the number of times it was rented out over the year.

Coffey said the books that are not sold will be recycled.

“An example is we just bought new core books for English, and a lot of those have anywhere from 500 to 1,000,” Coffey said. “A lot of time, those books aren’t purchased as much, so there could be a couple hundred that we recycle.”

Coffey said the books that are for sale range witin genre and do not focus on a specific field.

The books for sale are located on the first shelves within the building.

“It’s not outside anymore,” Coffey said. “It used to be outside at the old building, but we have plenty of room in here so we moved it inside.”

Coffey said they like to sell the books so students, faculty and community members can have access to books that are usually more expensive.

“We get people to see if they want to get it for their personal libraries or references for their classes,” Coffey said. “Students will get an older edition of a book that they want to purchase, and it’ll be cheaper than purchasing a new edition.”

Coffey said these books are good reference tools.

“Somebody earlier bought one that went directly to their major that they will be able to use in their job, “ Coffey said. “Sometimes there are just English books that someone who likes to read will buy to read it.”

Coffey said the money from the sale will go back into the fund for Textbook Rental to purchase new books.

Coffey said students get to buy books that they like from past classes.

“The students or faculty get the opportunity to get books that they may not have in the past and use it to further themselves,” Coffey said.

Samantha McDaniel can be reached at 581-2812 or slmcdaniel@eiu.edu.