Or pm me or dm me or whatever if you know or willing to donate yourself. Much appreciated. Much love.
Have you tried your local thrift store? Maybe librarians might know where to get books cheaply/donations?
Thrift stores are definitely a good and cheap option. They may even work with you to provide a steep discount with a higher quantity purchase.
Dont forget to tell Red to get busy living.
Pallets, often of mixed books, get sold via auction at the post office reclimation center. You must arrange pickup and shipping. https://www.govdeals.com/en/asset/145908/4703
Something I really wish I didn’t know about. Hope it’s useful.
Honestly? Go on Facebook marketplace or the buy-nothing groups. Tell them you want free books. People have piles of books in their houses they just don’t care about. I’ve got a ton of kids books I want to give away. And I could part with a bunch of my adult ones too.
But shipping is expensive. So you’ll want to look local.
I bet if you put up an ad, on Facebook marketplace or whatever your equivalent is, stating that you are willing to pick up boxes of books (I’d recommend a 3 or 4 box minimum but whatever) people will contact you.
Better World Books has donation drop boxes near me.
Be sure to make sure they will let you bring them those books too. Some corrective institutions prohibit books unless they come shipped direct from the source (like Amazon for example).
The big libraries here have book sales once per year where you can pay by the box. Might be worth it to touch base with the ones in your area
Goodwill outlets or “the bins” (assuming you are in the U.S.). They sell stuff by the pound and often charge less for books. It’s like the last stop for stuff before it goes to a landfill. My husband constantly finds great books there.
Where I live, the libraries have regular sales, but then also the whole library system together will have semiannual book sales at the civic center. Everything is cheap to begin with but then on the last day, you can fill a box for $10 or $20—and the box can be as big as you like, as long as you can get it out of the building. They really need to get rid of the books. You should check with your library and see how they get rid of their culled books.
Put posters up, to ask the local community, like at the supermarket, if anybody’s got books like that, that they’d be willing to donate.
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