Donate To The Friends
How
To
Donate
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Please hold your
donations until
Saturday, November 15
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If you have an urgent donation,
please​ call 607-272-2223
or email info@booksale.org
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Location: 509 Esty Street, Ithaca NY 14850
Preparing items
for donation:
~Small moving boxes are
good size. Bags welcome.
(If you have trouble lifting it, so will we.)
~Pack books flat in box.
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~See guidelines below.
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Need a tax receipt?
Print and complete the
online form BEFORE coming to the book sale building. Record the total number of donated books in each category.
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books in any language in good condition, clean, dry, and mold-free
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CDs, music & audio books,
commercially recorded -
DVDs or Blue-Ray
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encyclopedias published before 1920
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maps
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some magazines (see list)
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miscellaneous:sheet music, current calendars, unused cards/postcards, photo albums (empty), & unused blank books
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puzzles and games
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sewing patterns
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software and manuals
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textbooks less than 10 yrs; classics in the field
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vinyl records (LPs, 78s, 45s)
We Gladly Accept...
Sorry, We Can't Take...
Our sales are only as good as the donations we get. We can only sell books in good condition. Books that are damp, moldy or smelly, have torn covers, missing pages, or have been nibbled on by the family pet cannot be sold. Please recycle these books yourself.
Please Do Not Donate Books That Have...
Other Items We Cannot Take
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items unhealthy to handle - dirty, moldy, smelly, burnt, or wet (if you wouldn't give it to a friend, please don't give it to the Friends!)
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textbook, written in or underlined, or more than 10 years old
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calendars from earlier years
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catalogs
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VHS tapes, cassettes tapes, 8-track tapes
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​theses or dissertations
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general encyclopedias published after 1920
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encyclopedia year books
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homemade DVDs or CDs
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case studies, statutes & regulations law books
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Reader’s Digest condensed books, except large type editions
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children's encyclopedias
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Children's magazines
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AAA Travel Guides
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most magazines (see list)