--- title: "Textbook Donations in Minneapolis | Free Book Pickup" description: "Textbook donations in Minneapolis: Give My Books Network collects college textbooks free from your door, including old editions nobody will buy back." lang: en json-ld: | [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Organization", "name": "Give My Books Network", "legalName": "Book Sourcing Mastery, LLC", "url": "https://givemybooksnetwork.com", "logo": "https://givemybooksnetwork.com/social-card.jpg", "image": "https://givemybooksnetwork.com/social-card.jpg", "description": "Give My Books Network provides free door-to-door book donation pickup services across the United States. 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Enter yours to see whether a partner already serves your address. If none does yet, the request enters the out-of-area pickup system, where a nearby partner may claim it." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "Will you take textbooks the bookstore refused to buy back?", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "Yes. Superseded editions, loose-leaf sets, workbooks, and lab manuals are all accepted, even when a buyback counter has already said no. Resale value is not the test here. Readable condition is. Give My Books Network sorts everything offsite and finds a second life for it wherever one exists." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "Can I donate textbooks during move-out week?", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "Better to book before it. Student housing around the University of Minnesota empties fast, and a service day scheduled two weeks out beats a scramble on the last morning. Set the boxes in the entry or on the covered porch by 8 AM, and note any locked shared door when you book." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "How heavy should a box of textbooks be?", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "About twenty-five pounds, and no more. Textbooks are the heaviest books in any house, and a full-size moving box of them can pass fifty pounds, which is unsafe for you and for your Local Pick-Up Partner. Use small boxes, tape the bottom seam twice, and lay the books flat." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "Do highlighted textbooks still count?", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "Yes. Highlighting, underlining, and margin notes are normal wear and do not disqualify a textbook. The only real limit is physical condition, since mold damage, water swelling, and missing pages leave a book with no second life ahead of it. Everything readable is worth putting in the box." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "Is textbook pickup free for students?", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "Completely free, with no fee, no per-box charge, and no minimum. Local Pick-Up Partners fund the service by reselling part of what they collect. There is no tax receipt, because Give My Books Network and its partners are family businesses rather than 501(c)(3) nonprofits, but there is no cost either." } } ] } ] } ] --- 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. [Minneapolis](/minneapolis-mn) 3. Textbook Donations # Textbook Donations in Minneapolis, MN Textbook donations in Minneapolis Schedule Free PickupView All Minneapolis Services # Textbook Donations in Minneapolis **Quick answer:** Give My Books Network collects textbook donations free from doorsteps across Minneapolis, including editions no buyback counter will touch. Pack the books into small boxes, set them out by 8 AM on your service day, and a Local Pick-Up Partner collects them between 8 AM and 8 PM. ## Where Can You Donate Textbooks in Minneapolis? Give My Books Network collects them free from your door, which is the practical answer for anyone holding more than a shelf of them. Library branches and school drives rarely accept textbooks at all. A Local Pick-Up Partner is the locally owned family business that does the collecting in your area. Enter your ZIP code, choose a service day, and set the boxes out. If no partner serves your block yet, the request enters the out-of-area pickup system, where a nearby partner may claim it. Schedule Free Pickup ## Are Old Edition Textbooks Still Worth Donating? Yes. A buyback counter says no to a superseded edition because its resale market is thin, but a superseded edition is still a working book with a usable second life ahead of it. Give My Books Network accepts them: old editions, loose-leaf sets without the binder, workbooks, lab manuals, review guides, and the four-inch organic chemistry text that cost a fortune and now props open a window. The [American Library Association's Book Donation Programs page](https://libguides.ala.org/book-donations) is honest about why libraries decline textbooks almost universally, which is precisely the gap this service fills. Schedule Free Pickup ## How Does End-of-Semester Move-Out Work? Book the collection before the move, not during it. Student housing around the University of Minnesota empties in a single frantic week, and a box of textbooks is the last thing anybody wants to carry down three flights and into a car. - Schedule a service day that lands before your lease ends, not on the last morning. - Pack small. Textbooks are the heaviest books there are. - Set boxes in the entry, the covered porch, or just inside the garage out back by 8 AM. - Add a note at booking if the building has a shared entry off Washington Avenue or a locked back door. Students at Augsburg University and Minneapolis College hit the same wall at the same time each term. A collection scheduled two weeks out removes the whole problem. Schedule Free Pickup ![How Does End-of-Semester Move-Out Work?](/assets/service-pickup-books-BYI_zy2v.jpg) ## What Textbooks Does Give My Books Network Accept? College and school textbooks of nearly every kind, in any readable condition, with no cap on quantity. - College course texts, including older editions and international printings - K-12 textbooks, workbooks, and teacher editions - Reference volumes, lab manuals, and study guides - Encyclopedia sets and dictionaries - Anything else on the shelf, since sorting is not your job Highlighting and margin notes are fine. Water damage, mold, and missing pages are not, because a book in that state has no second life waiting for it. Schedule Free Pickup ![What Textbooks Does Give My Books Network Accept?](/assets/service-books-collection-DJKSmgFT.jpg) ## How to Pack Textbooks Without Breaking the Box Use small boxes and keep each one under about twenty-five pounds. A full-size moving box of textbooks can pass fifty pounds, which is unsafe to lift and hard on the cardboard. 1. Small boxes, banker's boxes, or lidded totes. Never a big box. 2. Tape the bottom seam twice, and a third time if the house is cold and the tape has gone brittle. 3. Lay books flat rather than on edge. Spines survive better that way. 4. Set out by 8 AM in a dry, covered spot, with a lid or bag over the cardboard if snow is falling. Schedule Free Pickup ![How to Pack Textbooks Without Breaking the Box](/assets/service-prepare-books-WRsKfsP3.jpg) ## Where Donated Textbooks Go After a Minneapolis Pickup Local Pick-Up Partners sort every collection offsite. Many titles are redistributed through the Give ME Books program to schools, literacy programs, tutoring programs, and nonprofits that request them. Some are resold by the partner, which is what funds the free collection. Items that cannot be reused may eventually be recycled as a last resort. Not every textbook is donated, and Give My Books Network would rather say that plainly than dress it up. Schedule Free Pickup ![Where Donated Textbooks Go After a Minneapolis Pickup](/assets/service-pickup-books-BYI_zy2v.jpg) ## What Textbook Donation Costs in Minneapolis Nothing at all. No fee, no per-box charge, and no minimum, whether it is four books from a Minneapolis College semester or an entire retired teacher's classroom set. 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 for donated textbooks. If a receipt matters for your taxes, take them to a registered nonprofit instead. If a free collection matters more, set the boxes out and go to class. Schedule Free Pickup ![What Textbook Donation Costs in Minneapolis](/assets/service-books-collection-DJKSmgFT.jpg) ## How Textbook Donations Works in Minneapolis ### Schedule Online Book your free textbook donations in Minneapolis 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 ### Is there a textbook donation near me in Minneapolis? ### Will you take textbooks the bookstore refused to buy back? ### Can I donate textbooks during move-out week? ### How heavy should a box of textbooks be? ### Do highlighted textbooks still count? ### Is textbook pickup free for students? ## Related Services in Minneapolis [ ### Donate Books to Literacy Programs Learn more ](/minneapolis-mn/donate-books-to-literacy-programs)[ ### Donate Books to Community Centers Learn more ](/minneapolis-mn/donate-books-to-community-centers)[ ### Donate Books to Libraries Learn more ](/minneapolis-mn/donate-books-to-libraries)[ ### Donate Books to Little Free Libraries Learn more ](/minneapolis-mn/donate-books-to-little-free-libraries)[ ### Book Recycling Service Learn more ](/minneapolis-mn/book-recycling-service)[ ### Book & Media Recycling Learn more ](/minneapolis-mn/book-and-media-recycling) [Back to Minneapolis Hub](/minneapolis-mn) ## Schedule Your Textbook Donations in Minneapolis Ready to give your books a second life? 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