- Government organizations are indicated by (GOV)
- Nonprofit organizations are indicated by (NP)
Adopt a
Library (www.adoptalibrary.org/)
Provides a list of resources to promote world literacy, help and encourage
donations
to libraries and schools in the United States and around the world, and keep books
out of landfills.
E-mail: adoptalibrary@aol.com
(NP)
BOOK-GO-ROUND (www.bookgoround.com/)
A used bookstore benefiting the Saratoga Library, and operated by volunteers
of the Friends of the Saratoga Libraries.
14410 Oak Street
Saratoga, California
Phone: (408) 867-5552
E-mail: info@BookGoRound.com
Book
Sale Finder (www.booksalefinder.com/)
Provides information about used book sales, auctions,
etc.
Post Office Box 452
Hudson, Massachusetts 01749
Phone: (978) 562-3400
Fax: (978) 562-1233
E-mail: Editor@BookSaleFinder.com
(NP) Books For
Soldiers (www.booksforsoldiers.com/)
Books For Soldiers is a soldier support site that ships old, but still
useable paperback books books, DVDs and supplies to deployed soldiers and
soldiers in VA hospitals, via their large volunteer network.
(NP) Books
for the Barrios, Inc. (www.booksforthebarrios.com/)
Delivers mass quantities of quality educational materials, procured
from donor individuals and the discards of United States' public school districts, to the
most remote disadvantaged schools in the developing countries.
2350 Whitman Road, Suite D
Concord, California 94518-2541
E-mail:
joinus@booksforthebarrios.com
(NP)
Friends of the
Palo Alto Library (www.friendspaloaltolib.org)
Accepts donations of books, magazines, videos, CDs, and records for their
monthly sales and redistribution efforts to other nonprofit organizations.
Donations provide others with very low-cost access to reading materials,
decrease the burden on landfills, and yield a tax deduction for donors, as
well.
Post Office Box 41
Palo Alto, California 94302-0041
E-mail:
info@friendspaloaltolib.org
(NP) Friends of the Thousand
Oaks Library (www.ftol.org/)
Accepts donations of used books, CDs, books on tape, videos, and DVDs.
2331 Borchard Road
Newbury Park, California 91320
Phone: (805) 449-2660 x0
E-mail: information@ftol.org
(NP) Global
Book Exchange (http://bookexchange.marin.org)
Collects California's unneeded texts and library books and distributes
them to community literacy projects, daycare, youth and community centers,
hospitals, libraries, convalescent homes, drug treatment facilities, and prisons
throughout the state. Additionally, collaborates with Rotary Clubs and
other groups to ship these books to developing countries worldwide. Begun in
1987, has kept over a million books out of
landfills.
821 State Access Road
Hamilton Field
Novato, California 94949-9998
Phone: (415) 883-2665
Fax: (415) 435-7737
E-mail: mnemzer@marin.org
(NP)
Operation Paperback (http://operationpaperback.usmilitarysupport.org/)
An all-volunteer organization that collects gently used books and sends them
to American troops deployed overseas.
E-mail:
OpProcedures@usmilitarysupport.org
(NP) Sacramento Surplus Book Room
(www.bookroom.org)
Facilitates the collection and distribution of surplus
textbooks, providing quality textbooks to schools, teachers, children, and
parents. Many of the books provided are free. Library groups
provide books that are distributed to the general public and other nonprofit
agencies. See Profiles for more
information.
4121 Power Inn Road
Sacramento, California 95826
Phone: (916) 454-3459
E-mail: info@bookroom.org
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