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Where to Donate Used Books

14th July, 2010 - Posted by katherine - No Comments

The Statesman had a nice little article today about places in Austin that accept used books.  Check these out and see if one of these spots is near you:

There are a few organizations in Austin that accept donated books, including the Inside Books Project, which sends free books and other materials to Texas prisoners. Inside Books does not accept hardcover fiction, magazines and outdated reference or textbooks. There are a few different drop-off points in Austin, including the Space 12 art space, 3121 E. 12th St., and MonkeyWrench Books, 110 North Loop Blvd. For more information on donations, visit insidebooksproject.org.

Another Austin-based organization, Books Beyond Borders, accepts donations of used books, including current textbooks and fiction (no mass-market paperbacks), to help fund Project Schoolhouse, which works to promote education in Central America. Drop donations at the group’s warehouse, 622 Pedernales St. For more info, visit booksbeyondborders.com.

The Austin Public Library’s Recycled Reads program, 5335 Burnet Road, resells used books and donates unusable books to Books Beyond Borders, which converts them into building material for use in developing countries. Donations are accepted at all Austin Public Library locations and at the Recycled Reads store. Another resource is the Lake Travis Community Library, 2300 Lohman’s Spur, which accepts all book donations, DVD’s and CD’s. The Georgetown Friends of the Library store, Second Hand Prose (located in the Georgetown Public Library, 402 W. Eighth St.) also accepts used books.

  

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