Does Give My Books Network Collect DVDs and CDs in Los Angeles?

Yes, and they can ride in the same box as the books. Give My Books Network collects DVDs, CDs, Blu-rays, VHS tapes, vinyl records, audiobooks on disc, and video games free from any Los Angeles address a Local Pick-Up Partner serves.

Physical media has a way of collecting itself in this city. Shelves of DVDs in Silver Lake apartments, box sets from a job on a lot, the crate of screeners nobody watched twice. All of it is collectable.

What Media Is Accepted?

Almost every physical format, as long as the disc or the record still plays. Cases help but are not required, and nothing needs to be sorted before pickup.

• Accepted — DVDs, Blu-rays, CDs, VHS tapes, vinyl records, audiobooks on disc, video games.
• Accepted — box sets, TV seasons, foreign film collections, live concert discs.
• Accepted — loose discs in sleeves, records without their inner sleeve.
• Leave out — cracked discs, warped or heat-damaged records, tapes with the ribbon pulled out.

Can I Donate Vinyl Records in Los Angeles?

Yes, and records travel better than most people assume. Pack them upright in a sturdy box, not flat in a stack, and keep the box light enough to carry with one hand under it.

Heat is the enemy, not age. A record that has spent a summer in a hot car or against a west-facing window may have warped, and a warped record has nowhere left to go. A crate that lived indoors in Atwater Village since the eighties is almost always fine.

Do DVDs and Books Need to Be Packed Separately?

No. Everything can share a box, and Give My Books Network asks for no sorting at all. Your Local Pick-Up Partner sorts the whole collection offsite after pickup.

Should the CDs go in their own bag? They should not. Do the records need to be alphabetized? They do not. Pack what you have, set it out by 8 AM, and let the service day take care of itself.

How Does Free Media Pickup Work in Los Angeles?

Enter your ZIP code on the Give My Books Network site, choose a service day, pack the boxes, and set them out by 8 AM. A Local Pick-Up Partner collects them between 8 AM and 8 PM. You do not need to be home.

A Local Pick-Up Partner is the locally owned family business doing the collecting. Leave the boxes somewhere shaded and dry, because sun does discs and records no favors. A porch, a carport, or a driveway all work.

Where Do Donated Discs and Records End Up?

Local Pick-Up Partners sort every collection offsite. Many items are redistributed through the Give ME Books program to libraries, senior centers, after-school programs, shelters, and community centers that requested media. Some items are resold by the partner.

Resale is what pays for the free pickup, and media is a real part of that. In the city that made the movies, a DVD collection is rarely worthless to somebody. The American Library Association's guidance on donating books and media covers the same ground from the library side. Items that cannot be reused may eventually be recycled, as a last resort.

What Does It Cost?

Nothing. No fee, no per-box charge, no minimum. Give My Books Network collects a single bag of CDs or a full wall of DVDs at exactly the same price.

One honest limit: Give My Books Network and its Local Pick-Up Partners are family businesses rather than 501(c)(3) nonprofits, so no tax-deduction receipt is issued. If you need one, a registered nonprofit is the right destination and we would rather say so up front.