--- title: "Textbook Donations in San Francisco | Give My Books" description: "Textbook donations in San Francisco: Give My Books Network collects textbooks free from your door, old editions included, at the end of every semester." 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 your ZIP code to see whether a Local Pick-Up Partner serves your block. If none does yet, submit the request anyway and it enters the out-of-area pickup system, where a nearby partner may claim it." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "Do you accept outdated textbook editions?", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "Yes, any edition and any age. An older edition still teaches perfectly well, even when a campus store will no longer buy it back. Many go on to tutoring programs, homeschool families, and students who cannot pay full price, and some are resold by the partner to fund the free collection." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "When should students near San Francisco State book a pickup?", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "A few days before move-out, not during it. The end of the semester turns the blocks around San Francisco State, City College of San Francisco, USF, and UCSF into chaos. Pack early, combine piles with roommates, and set everything out at street level by 8 AM on your service day." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "How heavy can a box of textbooks be?", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "Light enough for one person to carry down a flight of stairs alone. Textbooks are dense, and a full moving box of them is a genuine hazard on an interior staircase. Use small boxes, fill them part way, and tape the bottom seam twice before you stack them." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "Can I include novels and media with the textbooks?", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "Yes. Hardcovers, paperbacks, CDs, DVDs, VHS tapes, vinyl records, and audiobooks can all ride in the same boxes as the textbooks. Sorting is unnecessary, because your Local Pick-Up Partner sorts everything offsite after collection. Pack it together and set it out in one stack." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "Do I get a tax receipt for donating textbooks?", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "No. Give My Books Network and its Local Pick-Up Partners are locally owned family businesses rather than registered 501(c)(3) nonprofits, so no tax-deduction form is issued for a textbook donation. If you need a receipt, a registered nonprofit is the right destination and we will tell you so." } } ] } ] } ] --- 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. [San Francisco](/san-francisco-ca) 3. Textbook Donations # Textbook Donations in San Francisco, CA Textbook donations in San Francisco Schedule Free PickupView All San Francisco Services # Textbook Donations in San Francisco **Quick answer:** Give My Books Network collects textbook donations free from doorsteps across San Francisco, old editions included. Pack the textbooks into small, sturdy 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 at no cost. ## Where Can You Donate Textbooks in San Francisco? Give My Books Network collects textbooks free from your door anywhere a Local Pick-Up Partner serves in San Francisco. Enter your ZIP code, pick a service day, and leave the boxes at street level by 8 AM. Most other routes will decline them. A library branch has no shelf space for a 2016 organic chemistry text, and a school drive wants readers rather than reference. Textbooks are the classic orphan of the donation world, which is exactly why a free collection matters for them. Schedule Free Pickup ## Does Give My Books Network Take Old Editions? Yes. Give My Books Network accepts textbooks of any edition and any age, including the ones that were superseded two revisions ago and cannot be sold back to a campus store. An older edition still teaches. The problems at the end of chapter seven did not stop working because the publisher changed the cover and reordered the chapters. Somewhere there is a tutoring program, a homeschool family, or a student who cannot pay full freight, and an old edition is worth a great deal to them. Schedule Free Pickup ![Does Give My Books Network Take Old Editions?](/assets/service-pickup-books-BYI_zy2v.jpg) ## How Does Move-Out Week Work Near San Francisco State? Book the collection before the week starts, not during it. Move-out around San Francisco State, City College of San Francisco, USF, and UCSF turns every curb into a scramble, and a textbook left on a wet step at the end of a semester does not survive long. - Schedule the service day a few days ahead of your move-out date. - Pack early. Textbooks are the heaviest thing in the flat and the last thing you want to handle at midnight. - Coordinate with roommates and combine the piles into one collection. - Leave everything at street level in the garage or vestibule, covered, by 8 AM. Driving them yourself down 19th Avenue in finals week is a special kind of misery. Nobody needs that on top of exams. Schedule Free Pickup ![How Does Move-Out Week Work Near San Francisco State?](/assets/service-pickup-books-BYI_zy2v.jpg) ## What Kinds of Textbooks Are Collected in San Francisco? Give My Books Network collects college and high school textbooks, workbooks, lab manuals, study guides, reference volumes, and encyclopedia sets, in any quantity, from any San Francisco address a Local Pick-Up Partner reaches. Bring the rest of the shelf too. Novels from a literature seminar, a dictionary, DVDs, CDs, and vinyl can all ride in the same boxes. There is no need to sort anything before collection, because your partner sorts it all offsite. Schedule Free Pickup ![What Kinds of Textbooks Are Collected in San Francisco?](/assets/service-books-collection-DJKSmgFT.jpg) ## How Do You Pack Textbooks Without Breaking a Box? Use small boxes and fill them only part way. Textbooks are dense, and a full moving box of them is genuinely dangerous on the long interior staircase of a San Francisco flat. 1. Banker's boxes and small moving boxes beat big ones every time. 2. Keep each box light enough for one person to carry down a flight of stairs alone. 3. Tape the bottom seam twice. Textbooks find the weakness in a box quickly. 4. Set them out by 8 AM in the tuck-under garage, the vestibule, or under cover at the top of the steps. 5. Cover the cardboard when rain is forecast. Damp is what ruins paper in this city. Schedule Free Pickup ![How Do You Pack Textbooks Without Breaking a Box?](/assets/service-prepare-books-WRsKfsP3.jpg) ## Where Do Donated Textbooks End Up? Your Local Pick-Up Partner sorts everything offsite. Many textbooks are redistributed to schools, tutoring programs, literacy programs, and organizations that request them through the Give ME Books program. Some are resold by the partner. Resale is what keeps the collection free, and textbooks are part of how that works. Anything with no reader left may eventually be recycled as a last resort. The [American Library Association's book donation programs guidance](https://libguides.ala.org/book-donations) is clear about why libraries decline textbooks so consistently, which is precisely the gap this service fills. Schedule Free Pickup ## What Does Textbook Pickup Cost in San Francisco? Nothing. Give My Books Network charges no collection fee, no per-box charge, and no minimum for textbook donations in San Francisco. There is no tax receipt either. Give My Books Network and its Local Pick-Up Partners are locally owned family businesses rather than 501(c)(3) nonprofits, so no deduction form is issued. A registered nonprofit can provide one if that is what you are after. Schedule Free Pickup ![What Does Textbook Pickup Cost in San Francisco?](/assets/service-books-collection-DJKSmgFT.jpg) ## How Textbook Donations Works in San Francisco ### Schedule Online Book your free textbook donations in San Francisco 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 book donation near me that accepts textbooks? ### Do you accept outdated textbook editions? ### When should students near San Francisco State book a pickup? ### How heavy can a box of textbooks be? ### Can I include novels and media with the textbooks? ### Do I get a tax receipt for donating textbooks? ## Related Services in San Francisco [ ### Donate Books to Literacy Programs Learn more ](/san-francisco-ca/donate-books-to-literacy-programs)[ ### Donate Books to Community Centers Learn more ](/san-francisco-ca/donate-books-to-community-centers)[ ### Donate Books to Libraries Learn more ](/san-francisco-ca/donate-books-to-libraries)[ ### Donate Books to Little Free Libraries Learn more ](/san-francisco-ca/donate-books-to-little-free-libraries)[ ### Book Recycling Service Learn more ](/san-francisco-ca/book-recycling-service)[ ### Book & Media Recycling Learn more ](/san-francisco-ca/book-and-media-recycling) [Back to San Francisco Hub](/san-francisco-ca) ## Schedule Your Textbook Donations in San Francisco Ready to give your books a second life? 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