Used Book Donation Guidelines
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The North Wales Area Library raises funds through used book donations which are offered for sale daily on shelves inside the Library and twice per year at the Used Book Sales. The success of these sales is due to the generosity of community members in donating materials, volunteering time and efforts at book sorting, organizing the sale venues and purchasing the used books. All proceeds from sales go to the library.
We accept gently used:
hardback books: fiction & nonfiction
paperback books: fiction & nonfiction
children's books
CDs
DVDs
puzzles
Donations should be brought into the Library circulation desk.
To receive a tax deduction letter, please ask for the form when you make your donation or download form here and bring it to the Library to be completed by Library staff.
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Due to the lack of storage space and the difficulty of resale of some materials, not all donations are acceptable.
We cannot accept damaged books, including:
damaged spines
water damage
torn covers or pages
highlighted material
books written in or marked (except signed or inscribed)
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In addition, we cannot accept:
encyclopedias
reference books more than 3 years old
computer books/manuals more than 1 year old
magazines, including National Geographic and American Heritage
Reader's Digest Condensed Books
textbooks
bulk packs or other bound study materials
video cassette tapes or cassette tapes
vinyl records
We urge our friends to observe these guidelines because unacceptable materials must be discarded at the library's expense. Occasionally we find personal items in donated books (ex: book marks, photographs, news clippings).
By the time the items are discovered, we are unable to tell who donated the book and the materials are discarded. Photographs are usually saved for a reasonable amount of time in hopes that the owner may come to claim them.
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We thank you for your support!