Donate Books
Do you have gently-used books, DVDs or CDs you want to get rid of? The Friends of PBCLS will take the donations for their book sales. You can purchase the donated materials at our library locations. The funds raised from the book donations go towards Library activities and events. The condition of the materials received is very important. For the health and safety of our customers, volunteers and staff, we are unable to use items that have been damaged. This includes materials that have been wet, moldy, buggy, have a strong odor, chewed, burnt, or dirty. Please recycle these items yourself.
The following is a guide of items we will accept as well as what we are unable to use:
ACCEPTABLE ITEMS
Books
- Items which are in good condition, clean, dry, mold-free
- Books with dust jackets
- Fiction of all types
- Gently-used Children’s books
- Nonfiction books
- Sheet music and music books
- Textbooks (5-years old or less)
- Books on topics such as travel, medicine, finance, legal issues for the lay person, should be no more than 2-3 years old
Magazines
Magazines of timeless interest such as National Geographic, crafts, cooking, history, and gardeningAudiovisual Materials
DVDs, music CDs, audiobooks on CDUNACCEPTABLE ITEMS
- Items which are unhealthy to handle, have an odor, are dirty, moldy, burnt, chewed, or wet
- Books missing dust jackets
- Encyclopedias or yearbooks
- VHS or Audiocassette tapes
- Homemade DVDs, CDs, videos, or cassette tapes
- Reader’s Digest books
