Book donations accepted: Tuesdays, Thursdays, & Saturdays from 9:00am - noon. If you want a tax receipt, please print out a counting form and fill it in before you arrive. Be sure to give the total number of books you are donating in each price category.

Donating Books

Please help! We rely on donations for all the books we sell. Because we do not hold books over between sales, we need a fresh round of donations for each semi-annual sale!

People in our community are generous with their book donations. We also receive books from the local libraries, colleges, and universities. We thank the community for making ours such a good book sale!

Our sales are only as good as our donations. When donating books please think about the type of books you would want to buy. We can only sell books that are in good condition. Books that have torn covers, missing papers, or have been nibbled on by the family pet cannot be sold. Please recycle these books yourself.

Donation Guidelines

Small numbers of books may be put through the self-service drop slot at any time, except when a sale is actually in progress. The books should be tied into plastic bags. Bags are available outside the drop slot.

Those with larger numbers of books, or requiring a receipt, must come during the staffed donation hours. There will be someone on hand to help you unload the books if you are unable to do it yourself.

If you want a receipt, please print a counting form and fill it in before you arrive, making sure to count the number of books you are donating in each price category.

Tax Receipt

Since we are a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, you may be able to deduct the value of your donation on your income taxes if you itemize deductions. If you want a receipt for income tax purposes, please complete a counting form to bring with your donation. We will then provide you with a signed receipt that you may use when filing your income taxes.

We do not provide a value for the books donated. We provide information, by category, of the prices we will sell the books for on the opening and closing day of the sale. You then determine the value of your donation.

If you come outside the posted donation hours, there will be no one to accept the books or sign the form for you.

If you are donating a book that you believe will sell in Collector’s Corner, please list the book separately in the space provided.

Accepted Items

We gladly take donations of books, LPs, CDs, DVDs, video tapes, puzzles and games. All items must be clean, dry, in good condition with covers, and mold-free.

We do not accept: Reader's Digest Condensed Books; Law case, statute, and regulation books; AAA Travel Guides except the current year; National Geographics. We do accept certain magazines. Please call in advance to find out whether we accept what you have.

We accept encyclopedias only if published before 1940 or after 1980. We do not accept encyclopedia year books. We do accept any children's encyclopedias.

Unacceptable Items

We cannot accept items that are unhealthy to handle or unlikely ever to sell: moldy books, books missing covers, most magazines, most encyclopedias, etc.