Faculty Resources

Sale of Textbooks by University Employees

The Code of Virginia section 23.1–1308 A allows faculty to receive sample copies of textbooks, instructor’s copies of textbooks and instructional materials, for free to encourage them to use a particular textbook for a class, whether solicited or unsolicited. However, the code makes clear that, in order to be available, these materials must not to be sold. Thus, desk copies of textbooks, whether the texts are used for a class or not, may not be sold.