SPRING 2024 Information
If you have any questions, please email textbks@eiu.edu.
**Remember to protect your textbooks! We recommend a waterproof book bag/backpack or another type of protective method for transporting your textbooks to and from our facility. Keep them away from food, drink, and all other potentially damaging situations, including protecting your textbooks from all weather-related conditions. Students will be required to pay full list price, plus tax, for any textbooks that have been lost, written in, highlighted or underlined, have any visible signs of liquid damage of any type, have been subjected to unusual wear, or have RFID tags that have been removed or damaged in any way, plus any associated late fines.
Spring 2024 textbook return deadline information
The deadline to return or postmark Spring 2024 semester textbooks from On-Campus courses without any late fines was Friday, May 3, 2024 at 4:30 p.m.
There was no penalty for textbooks returned at any point during the semester/term prior to the return deadline with the exception of textbooks associated with dropped/withdrawn courses.
Late fines were charged, $20 per textbook, and were posted to individual student accounts immediately following the return deadline of Friday, May 3, 2024 at 4:30 p.m. for any textbooks from On-Campus courses (Sections 1-599) not returned by the deadline. Late textbooks from On-Campus courses were only be accepted during the five-day grace period and were subject to the $20 per book late fine.
For students with textbooks from On-Campus courses (Sections 1-599), the replacement cost of any unreturned textbook were posted to individual student accounts, in addition to the previously posted $20 per book late fine charges immediately following the five-day grace period deadline, Friday, May 10, 2024 at 4:30 p.m.
The deadline to return or postmark Spring 2024 semester textbooks from Online or Off-Campus courses was the five-day grace period deadline, Friday, May 10, 2024 at 4:30 p.m.
There was no penalty for textbooks returned at any point during the semester/term prior to the return deadline, with the exception of textbooks associated with dropped/withdrawn courses.
For students with textbooks from Online and Off-Campus courses (Sections 600 and above), $20 per textbook late fines and the replacement cost of any unreturned textbook were posted to individual student accounts immediately following the five-day grace period deadline, Friday, May 10, 2024 at 4:30 p.m.
**Any textbooks from Spring 2024 semester On-Campus, Online, and Off-Campus courses will not be accepted for return after the five-day grace period deadline, Friday, May 10, 2024 at 4:30 p.m. unless they were postmarked/mailed by the deadline.
Note: Textbooks mailed back to Textbook Rental Service must be postmarked by each semester end deadline. Textbooks mailed back will be processed using the postmark date on the package(s). If textbooks are not received by each semester end deadline and charges are posted to an individual student's account, these charges will be adjusted accordingly once the package is received and the postmark date is verified.
When mailing textbooks back to us, students are responsible for the shipping cost and we recommend the insuring of all packages. Our mailing address is:
Textbook Rental Service
Eastern Illinois University
975 Edgar Drive
Charleston, IL 61920
NOTE: Textbooks mailed back will be processed using the postmark date on the package(s).
If you drop or withdraw from an on-campus course (sections 001-599), you must return or postmark all associated textbooks within two business days of dropping/withdrawing the course to avoid charges.
If you drop or withdraw from an online or off-campus course (sections 600 and above), you must return or postmark all associated textbooks within five business days of dropping/withdrawing the course to avoid charges.
For dropped/withdrawn courses, a non-refundable $20 per book processing fee will be charged for the associated textbooks not returned within the designated time frame. In addition, all textbooks not needed should be returned immediately.