![]() If you only have two or three books you need to re-home, you’re better off putting them in a Little Free Library. If you’re planning to sell books, wait until you have at least a stack of them ready to go. One thing before we go on: you’re probably not going to make a lot of money off your books unless you’re a collector or plan on doing this in major volume. ![]() You could give them away or donate them, which is quite noble, but it is always nice to be able to get a little money back from everything you’ve paid out to your bookshelves. However you do it, you will hopefully be left with large stacks of books to dispose of. You may need to recite some of Alice’s helpful mantras to yourself. Of course, there are plenty of other ways to go about this: you may want to do the KonMari method, you may just go for a good ol’ spring cleaning. And, that may mean it’s time to sell books (*gasp!*). When you’ve come to this point, you will want to clean out your collection. There comes a time in every reader’s life where they have to accept some hard truths: that not every book they’ve read is one they should treasure forever that they don’t need three different copies of their favorite classic, even if it keeps being re-released with cooler covers that decorating in towering stacks of books might not be the healthiest choice unless they want to start wearing helmets around the house. ![]() She tweets about all these things at All posts by Jesse Doogan She works in publishing and lives near Chicago with her cat. With your financial donation, the library will purchase a book of special interest to the honoree.Īcknowledgment of this contribution will be made by mail to the person you designate and a bookplate denoting the gift will be placed in the volume.Jesse Doogan writes about food, faith, books, and DIY projects, and sometimes even puts these things on her blog. To discuss your memorial gift, contact Dan Brooks at May I donate to honor a person or group?Ĭelebrate the birth of a child, a friend’s birthday or any special occasion with a monetary donation. A financial donation allows us to purchase a book that is a lasting tribute and will benefit readers in the community for many years.Īcknowledgment of this contribution will be made by mail to the person you designate and a bookplate denoting the memorial gift will be placed in the volume. One of the most thoughtful ways to remember a friend or loved one is by making a memorial monetary donation to your public library. Please recheck your boxes before donating to ensure you are not donating any family heirlooms! May I donate in memory of a friend or loved one? We do not keep an inventory of donated books. ![]() To keep up with volume, all gift books are sorted and moved to their next destination within 1-2 business days. What if I accidentally donate something valuable? Indeed it is! We will supply a tax donation letter when you drop off your donation. Library Administration Building, 4020 Carya Drive, Raleigh 27610ĭrop-off hours are Monday-Friday 9am-4pm. If you have multiple boxes of donations, please consider a direct delivery: Our libraries have limited space to accept donations, so all items are transported to our Library Administration Building for processing. ![]() We thank you for giving us gently used books in good condition, with no signs of mold or smoke damage. But by selling the items to a secondary online vendor, these donations help our library system gain additional funding for new library books! What condition should the items be in? How will my donations be used?ĭue to the costs and labor involved with making books ready for public use, the donated books that we receive are not added to the library's collection. We accept donations of used books, audio books on CD, and DVDs only. With this arrangement, WCPL incurs no cost and shares the profits from books sold with. By contracting with a secondary vendor, WCPL is able to make the materials available to customers more quickly and available 24/7. Specifically, the cost to store the books all year, to transport the books to the venue and to staff the sale resulted in more expenditures than revenue for the library. Previously, WCPL sponsored an annual in person book sale, but this proved to be an ineffective and inefficient way to make these materials available to the community. Wake County Public Libraries offers books donated or removed from the collection for purchase through. ![]()
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