Reuse Links and Resources

Books

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• 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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