Book Donations

When considering books to donate a good rule of thumb is to ask yourself, “Would I buy it?”.

We do NOT accept the following:

• Items that are soiled, moldy, smell bad or are otherwise damaged
• Magazines
• Newspapers
• Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
• Medical, health or diet books more than 3 years old
• Textbooks
• Reader’s Digest condensed books
• Boxes of the same book
• Audio cassettes
• Video cassettes
• Indoor plants

If you are dropping off more than a small box of books for donation please call ahead (231-932-8500) so we can make arrangements.

• The Library reserves the right to add your donated items to its collection or to sell them, give them away, or to discard/recycle them.
• The Library cannot accept donations on the condition that if they are not added to our collection, they will be returned to the donor.
• The Library cannot provide a formal appraisal of the items or assign a monetary value to gifts for tax purposes. An appraisal by a third party does not imply endorsement by the Library.
• The Library reserves the right to reject a donation when it arrives.

Please note, we cannot accept donations or gifts of indoor plants for the library.

Thank you for your support of the Traverse Area District Library!