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We've picked up organic chemistry manuals in Park Slope, nursing textbooks near Brooklyn College, and GRE prep books from Flatbush apartments. A little highlighting or notes in the margins is totally fine. Just make sure pages are intact and covers are attached. Water-damaged or moldy books are past the point of reuse, but most textbooks people have sitting around are still good to go." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "Do I need to sort my textbooks before pickup in Brooklyn?", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "No sorting needed at all. Just pack everything together in boxes or bags — textbooks mixed with novels, kids' books, whatever you have. Your Local Pick-Up Partner handles all the sorting after collection. Pack things well and keep boxes light enough to lift. Textbooks are heavy, so a medium box with ten or twelve is plenty. People in Park Slope have tried stacking thirty hardcovers into one box — the bottom gave out. Keep it manageable." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "Do I need to be home for the textbook pickup?", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "Nobody needs to be home. Leave your packed boxes or bags outside starting at 8 AM in a safe, dry spot — your front stoop, a covered porch, a garage, or near your building entrance. The pickup window runs from 8 AM to 8 PM. Unless something unusual comes up, there is no need to contact anyone or wait around. Spend five minutes packing, set them outside, and you are done." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "What if no pickup partner currently serves my Brooklyn ZIP code?", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "You can still submit a request. It goes into the out-of-area pickup system, and nearby partners may claim it. The network keeps growing, so coverage in Brooklyn expands regularly. You do not have to wait for a partner to be listed in your ZIP code before making a request. Just enter your address on the site and see what is available — many requests do get fulfilled even outside current coverage areas." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "Where do my donated textbooks go after pickup?", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "After your Local Pick-Up Partner collects your textbooks in Brooklyn, they sort through everything. Many items get redistributed to readers, schools, libraries, nonprofits, and organizations that request books through the Give ME Books program. Some textbooks may be resold by the partner to help sustain the free pickup service. Items that truly cannot be reused may eventually be recycled, but that is always a last resort. The goal is keeping books in circulation and out of the trash." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "Can organizations in Brooklyn request textbooks through this network?", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "Yes. Organizations can request books through the Give ME Books program, which is run by Give My Books Network. Schools, libraries, nonprofits, and other groups can submit requests for books they need. It is a good option for Brooklyn organizations that serve students or communities with limited access to learning materials. If your group regularly needs textbooks, the Give ME Books program is worth looking into as a steady resource." } } ] } ] } ] --- Feedback ![Give My Books Network Logo](/assets/gmbn-logo-BsMIhLrP.png) - Learn More Schedule Pick-UpGive ME BooksBecome a Pick-Up Partner Sign In 1. [Home](/) 2. [Brooklyn](/brooklyn-ny) 3. Textbook Donations # Textbook Donations in Brooklyn, NY Textbook Donations in Brooklyn, NY: Schedule a Free Pickup Today Schedule Free PickupView All Brooklyn Services # Textbook donations in Brooklyn: Give Books a Second Life ## What Qualifies as a Textbook Donation in Brooklyn People ask us this all the time. "Can I really donate these old biology textbooks from 2015?" Short answer: yes. We see stacks of textbooks come through every single week, and most of them still have plenty of life left. College courses, high school classes, trade programs, test prep guides. All of it qualifies. Doesn't matter if the edition is a few years old. Somebody out there can use it. We've picked up organic chemistry manuals in Park Slope, nursing school textbooks near Brooklyn College, law school outlines in Bay Ridge. If it's a book used for learning, it counts. And don't overthink the subject. Math, history, psychology, art, GRE prep books collecting dust in your Flatbush apartment. All of it. Here's what you don't need to worry about. You don't need to sort textbooks from your other books. Just pack everything together in boxes or bags, well packed and not too heavy. Local Pick-Up Partners handle all the sorting after collection. Textbooks mixed in with novels and cookbooks and kids' books? That's completely fine. Throw them all in together. Books should be in reasonable shape. Pages intact, covers still attached. A little highlighting or notes in the margins? Totally normal for textbooks. That doesn't disqualify them. But if something is water-damaged, moldy, or falling apart, it's probably past the point of reuse. Workbooks with mostly filled-in pages are trickier. If the bulk of the pages are written in, another student can't really use it. But a few marked pages? Still worth including. Many of the textbooks collected through the network get redistributed to readers, schools, libraries, nonprofits, and organizations requesting books through the Give ME Books program. Some may be resold by the Pick-Up Partner to help sustain the free pickup service. Items that truly can't be reused may eventually be recycled, but that's always a last resort. The goal is keeping books in circulation. For a broader look at how book donation programs are structured and what organizations typically accept, the [Book Donation Programs: Home - ALA LibGuides](https://libguides.ala.org/book-donations) is a helpful reference from the American Library Association. Schedule Free Pickup ![What Qualifies as a Textbook Donation in Brooklyn](/assets/service-books-collection-DJKSmgFT.jpg) ## How to Prepare Your Textbooks for Donation Here's the part where people overthink it. "Do I need to sort by subject? Separate hardcovers from paperbacks?" Nope. Not at all. Just place everything in boxes or bags, well packed and not too heavy. That's the whole job. Local Pick-Up Partners sort through everything after they collect your items. You don't need to organize a single thing before pickup day. So what does "well packed" actually look like? Grab some sturdy boxes or reusable bags. Fill them so nothing spills out, but don't pack them so heavy you can't lift them yourself. Textbooks are dense. A medium-sized box with ten or twelve is plenty. We've seen people in Park Slope stack thirty hardcovers into one giant box and wonder why the bottom gave out. Keep it manageable. Most people already have what they need at home. A few grocery bags, an old Amazon box. You don't need to buy anything. On pickup day, leave your boxes or bags outside starting at 8 AM. A safe, dry spot works best. Your front stoop, a covered porch, inside a garage, near your building entrance. The pickup window runs from 8 AM to 8 PM. Nobody needs to be home. No waiting around, no need to contact anyone unless something unusual comes up. Spend five minutes packing, set them outside, and you're done. That stack of organic chemistry textbooks sitting in your closet since 2019? It's ready to go right now. Schedule Free Pickup ![How to Prepare Your Textbooks for Donation](/assets/service-prepare-books-WRsKfsP3.jpg) ## How Textbook Donation Pickup Works Across Brooklyn You schedule a free pickup on our site. You pack your textbooks into boxes or bags. You set them outside on pickup day. A Local Pick-Up Partner comes and collects everything. That's it. You don't need to be home. Nobody's knocking on your door or waiting for you to answer a buzzer. Just leave your items out starting at 8 AM in a safe, dry spot. Your stoop works. A covered porch, a garage, the lobby of your building if your super's okay with it. The pickup window runs from 8 AM to 8 PM, so your partner has a full day to swing by. Don't worry about separating textbooks from novels or pulling out old workbooks. Pack everything together, boxes or bags, well packed and not too heavy. Your Local Pick-Up Partner handles all the sorting after collection. Scheduling is straightforward. Enter your ZIP code on our site. If a partner already serves your area in Brooklyn, you'll see them pop up right away. Pick a service day that works for you, and the pickup lands on their schedule automatically. No back-and-forth. No waiting for approval. Folks in Flatbush, Park Slope, Bay Ridge, wherever you are in Brooklyn, the process is the same. But what if no partner covers your ZIP code yet? You can still submit a request. It enters our out-of-area pickup system, and nearby partners may claim it. The network keeps growing, so coverage expands regularly. People tell us all the time they expected it to be harder than this. They thought they'd need to drive somewhere, stand in line, fill out paperwork. You won't. One pickup, and those heavy biology and calculus books you've been stacking in the closet are finally out of your apartment. Schedule Free Pickup ![How Textbook Donation Pickup Works Across Brooklyn](/assets/service-pickup-books-BYI_zy2v.jpg) ## Where Your Donated Textbooks Go After Leaving Brooklyn This is the question we hear most. "What actually happens to my books?" Once a Local Pick-Up Partner collects your textbooks, they sort through everything. That sorting step matters. It's how the best path for each item gets figured out. Some textbooks still have strong demand and may be resold by the partner to help cover the cost of running the free pickup service and supporting their team. That's what keeps this whole thing going for Brooklyn residents without charging a dime. Many items get redistributed to readers, schools, libraries, nonprofits, and other organizations that request books. Organizations can also request materials directly through the Give ME Books program. So that biology textbook sitting in your closet near Park Slope could end up in the hands of someone who genuinely needs it. Not every single one, of course. Some textbooks are outdated or in rough shape. Items that can't be reused after real effort may eventually be recycled as a last resort. But the priority order is reuse first, redistribution second, donation third, recycling only when nothing else works. That order matters because you didn't box up those textbooks just to see them tossed. So no, we can't promise every textbook lands in one specific place. But the system is built to extend the life of your books and keep them circulating for as long as possible. That's the whole point. Schedule Free Pickup ## When to Schedule a Textbook Donation in Brooklyn End of semester. That's when things get busy. Students in Brooklyn Heights finish finals and suddenly realize they've got three semesters of biology and economics stacked in a closet. Parents in Park Slope clear out a kid's room before summer camp. Late April through June, every year. But you don't have to wait for a specific season. Textbook donations happen year-round in Brooklyn. Maybe you just finished a certification program in Flatbush and those study guides are collecting dust. Or you moved into a smaller apartment and the bookshelf didn't make the cut. Those are perfect moments to schedule a pickup. The sooner you get them out, the sooner someone else can use them. If a Local Pick-Up Partner serves your ZIP code, you can schedule immediately using their available service days. You pick the day, box everything up, done. No waiting for approval. And if no partner currently covers your area, your request still goes through. Nearby partners may claim it and set up a pickup from there. Not sure if your textbooks are still useful? Don't worry about sorting or separating anything. Just pack them into boxes or bags, well packed and not too heavy. Old editions, current editions, workbooks, lab manuals. Pack it all together and let the partners sort it out after collection. One thing we run into a lot in Brooklyn: someone finishes a nursing program and has a huge stack of textbooks plus supplemental reading. They figure nobody wants last year's edition. But a surprising number of those books still have life in them. Many get redistributed to readers, schools, libraries, nonprofits, and organizations requesting books through the Give ME Books program. Some may be resold to help sustain the free pickup service. The goal is always to keep books in circulation as long as possible. The best day to schedule is today. The longer textbooks sit in a box under your bed, the less likely you are to deal with them. Schedule Free Pickup ## How Textbook Donations Works in Brooklyn ### Schedule Online Book your free textbook donations in Brooklyn in just 2 minutes. ### Set Your Location Tell us where to pick up - we come to your door. ### We Pick Up Our local Pick-Up Partner arrives on your scheduled date. ### Books Get New Life Your donations support readers and literacy programs. ## Why Choose GMBN for Textbook Donations ### 100% Free Service No fees, no hidden costs - just free pickup. ### Door-to-Door Convenience We come to you. No trips to donation centers. ### Flexible Scheduling Pick a date that works for your schedule. ### Eco-Friendly Keep books out of landfills and in circulation. ### Support Literacy Your books help readers across the community. ### All Media Accepted Books, textbooks, CDs, DVDs, and more. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What types of textbooks can I donate in Brooklyn? ### Do I need to sort my textbooks before pickup in Brooklyn? ### Do I need to be home for the textbook pickup? ### What if no pickup partner currently serves my Brooklyn ZIP code? ### Where do my donated textbooks go after pickup? ### Can organizations in Brooklyn request textbooks through this network? ## Related Services in Brooklyn [ ### Donate Books to Literacy Programs Learn more ](/brooklyn-ny/donate-books-to-literacy-programs)[ ### Donate Books to Community Centers Learn more ](/brooklyn-ny/donate-books-to-community-centers)[ ### Donate Books to Libraries Learn more ](/brooklyn-ny/donate-books-to-libraries)[ ### Donate Books to Little Free Libraries Learn more ](/brooklyn-ny/donate-books-to-little-free-libraries)[ ### Book Recycling Service Learn more ](/brooklyn-ny/book-recycling-service)[ ### Book & Media Recycling Learn more ](/brooklyn-ny/book-and-media-recycling) [Back to Brooklyn Hub](/brooklyn-ny) ## Schedule Your Textbook Donations in Brooklyn Ready to give your books a second life? 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