General Donations Policies
The Friends rely on donations to run our book sales and raise money for the library!
Donations can be brought to the Library during regular library hours, between opening time and 3pm.
We cannot accept donations when the library is closed.
We want to find a home for your books, but we have to be able to store and sell them. The normal contribution limit is 2 boxes per day.
If you have a large collections of books to donate, please contact us directly via email at RestonFriendsPR@gmail.com
Please NO books with highlights, underlining, torn pages, water, mildew, animal, or smoke damage.
The Friends are happy to accept donations of used books in very good, saleable condition, including:
Donations can be brought to the Library during regular library hours, between opening time and 3pm.
We cannot accept donations when the library is closed.
We want to find a home for your books, but we have to be able to store and sell them. The normal contribution limit is 2 boxes per day.
If you have a large collections of books to donate, please contact us directly via email at RestonFriendsPR@gmail.com
Please NO books with highlights, underlining, torn pages, water, mildew, animal, or smoke damage.
The Friends are happy to accept donations of used books in very good, saleable condition, including:
- New books, Best sellers, coffee-table
- Collectible books, Antiquarian items, prior to 1950
- Art, Architecture, History, Philosophy, Science
- Cookbooks (very recent or favorite classics)
- Recent (typically last 5 years) Educational books, Text books, Test-Prep materials (no high school or college foreign language text books, please)
- General Magazines--Prior to 1960 or < 3 months old
- Specialty Magazines--up to 12 months old (such as Architectural Digest or Saveur)
- Media—CDs, DVDs, Audio books on CD ; Great Courses
- Recent maps (last 5 years) or antique maps (prior to 1950)
- Good condition Puzzles or Games (all the pieces!)
- Books for Young Adults, Children, and Educators
- VHS tapes, audio cassettes, or phonograph / vinyl records
- Self-Help/Medical books that are more than 3 years old
- Travel Books more than 3 years old
- National Geographic, Smithsonian, oversized magazines, or free/membership magazines such as AARP
- Books with WATER, MILDEW, ANIMAL, or SMOKE DAMAGE
Our policy on books in other languages:
Due to a decrease in interest in this category, we have had to limit our policy on accepting books in languages other than English.
Starting June 1, 2019, we will only accept the following foreign language books:
Starting June 1, 2019, we will only accept the following foreign language books:
- For children: Any genre, for children in preschool through 6th grade only
- For adults: Non-fiction only; educational books such as dictionaries, language learning, “Berlitz”, word concepts, etc.
