The Library and the Friends Appreciate Book Donations!
Only books meeting the requirements of the Library’s acquisitions policy can be added to its holdings, but donations not wanted for the collection are sold by the Friends, and the proceeds go directly to the library! Items we are not able to sell are donated to other non-profit organizations or discarded.
You may bring your donations of one or two cartons or shopping bags (no plastic garbage bags, please!) to the front desk of the library any time the library is open! Books must never be left outside the library, in the vestibule, or in the book drop.
If you wish to donate more than two cartons of books, you must first contact the Friends of the Library so we can arrange for someone to receive them.
BEFORE packing up your books and bringing them to the library, please read the following guidelines carefully. If you have any questions, send an email to the Friends at friends.booksale@gmail.com Please do not phone the library — thanks!
We welcome all the following:
- Hardcover fiction and nonfiction
- Trade paperback fiction and nonfiction, not the smaller, mass-market paperback fiction
- Reference books and textbooks, only if recently published
- Specialized periodicals and academic journals, but no popular magazines
- Children’s books
- Foreign language books
- Blank books, journals, diaries, notebooks, notecards, postcards and stationery
Unfortunately, we are no longer able to accept:
- Mass-market paperbacks (i.e. “pocketbook” format: 4.25 x 6.87 inches) unless like new
- DVDs, CDs, audio books, or vinyl records unless new and unopened
- Software or video games
Vintage books are wonderful but please… be thoughtful and DO NOT bring us:
- Water damaged, mildewed, or heavily soiled books
- Books with missing covers or split spines
- Out-of-date computer science books
- Instruction manuals
- Encyclopedias
THANK YOU!
