--- title: "Community Book-Sharing Program in St. Louis | Free Pickup" description: "The community book-sharing program in St. Louis: Give My Books Network collects books free from your porch and moves them to readers who asked for them." 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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A Local Pick-Up Partner collects free from your porch, sorts offsite, and passes many titles along through the Give ME Books program to schools, libraries, and literacy programs that requested them. Some items are resold." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "How can my organization request books in St. Louis?", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "Schools, libraries, nonprofits, shelters, senior centers, ESL classrooms, and tutoring programs can request titles through the Give ME Books program. Requests are matched against what Local Pick-Up Partners have actually collected, so availability shifts week to week. Being specific about grade levels and subjects makes a match far more likely." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "Can I fill a Little Free Library with donated books?", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "Yes, and stewards around Lafayette Square and Forest Park do it every week. Keep a small stash at home for weekly refills and send the overflow through a free pickup instead of stacking boxes underneath the box, where rain finds them. Stewards can also request titles through the Give ME Books program." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "Do all donated books stay in St. Louis?", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "No, and we will not claim otherwise. Many books are redistributed locally to organizations that requested them, but a partner's collection travels wherever the requests come from. Some items are resold to fund the free pickup, and anything that cannot find a reader may eventually be recycled, as a last resort." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "How do I join the community book-sharing network from home?", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "Enter your ZIP code on the Give My Books Network site, choose a service day, pack your books into boxes or sturdy bags, and set them on the porch by 8 AM. A Local Pick-Up Partner collects between 8 AM and 8 PM. You do not need to be home for any of it." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "Is there any cost to take part?", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "None. Pickup is free for donors, and requesting titles through the Give ME Books program is free for organizations. Local Pick-Up Partners fund the whole thing by reselling part of what they collect. There is no tax receipt, since partners are locally owned family businesses rather than 501(c)(3) nonprofits." } } ] } ] } ] --- 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. [St Louis](/st-louis-mo) 3. Community Book-Sharing Program # Community Book-Sharing Program in St Louis, MO Community book-sharing program in St. Louis Schedule Free PickupView All St Louis Services # Community Book-Sharing Program in St. Louis **Quick answer:** Give My Books Network runs a community book-sharing network across St. Louis. A Local Pick-Up Partner collects your books free from the porch between 8 AM and 8 PM, and many are redistributed through the Give ME Books program to schools, libraries, and literacy programs that requested them. ## What Is the Community Book-Sharing Program in St. Louis? The community book-sharing program is the circle that a donated book travels: out of your house, through a Local Pick-Up Partner, and into the hands of a reader who asked for it. Give My Books Network has been running that circle since 2008. A Local Pick-Up Partner is the locally owned family business handling collections on your side of town. Nothing about it is corporate, and nothing about it costs you anything. Schedule Free Pickup ![What Is the Community Book-Sharing Program in St. Louis?](/assets/service-books-collection-DJKSmgFT.jpg) ## How Do Books Move Through St. Louis Neighborhoods? Books move from porches to partners to organizations that requested them. A partner collects on a scheduled service day, sorts everything offsite, and passes titles along through the Give ME Books program to whoever has asked for them. Some items are resold, and that resale is what pays for the free pickup. Some cannot find a reader at all, and those may eventually be recycled, as a last resort. Nobody is going to tell you every book stays in Soulard, because that would not be true. ### Where to Donate Books to St. Louis Schools and Libraries Book a free doorstep pickup and note in the request that you are hoping the books reach classrooms. Give My Books Network cannot promise a specific school, but early readers and children's titles are the most-requested category in the program by a wide margin, and they move fast. Schedule Free Pickup ![How Do Books Move Through St. Louis Neighborhoods?](/assets/service-pickup-books-BYI_zy2v.jpg) ## Can I Stock a Little Free Library With Donated Books? Yes, and stewards do it constantly. Little Free Libraries on the corners of Lafayette Square and along the streets near Forest Park run dry faster than people expect, especially the children's shelf. - Keep a small stash at home and refill your neighborhood box weekly. - Send the rest through a pickup rather than stacking boxes underneath the box. - Rain gets in. Only put out what the little door can actually close on. - Stewards can also request titles through the Give ME Books program. Schedule Free Pickup ## How Do Organizations Request Books in St. Louis? Schools, libraries, nonprofits, shelters, senior centers, ESL classrooms, and after-school tutoring programs can request titles through the Give ME Books program. Requests are matched against what partners have collected, which changes week to week. What Give My Books Network will not do is promise that a given box lands at a given address. The [American Library Association's Book Donation Programs resource](https://libguides.ala.org/book-donations) is clear about why matching donations to real, stated needs works better than dropping boxes on an institution that never asked. Schedule Free Pickup ![How Do Organizations Request Books in St. Louis?](/assets/service-pickup-books-BYI_zy2v.jpg) ## What Does the Community Get Out of It? Affordable books, refilled shelves, and a lot fewer boxes headed for a landfill. A community book-sharing network works because the same book can serve three people before it ever wears out. Donors clear a shelf for free. Partners earn a living through resale. Classrooms and Little Free Libraries get titles they asked for. Everybody wins, which sounds like a slogan until you have watched it happen on your own block. Schedule Free Pickup ![What Does the Community Get Out of It?](/assets/service-books-collection-DJKSmgFT.jpg) ## How to Join In From Your Own Porch Enter your ZIP code, pick a service day, pack your books, and set them out by 8 AM. A Local Pick-Up Partner collects between 8 AM and 8 PM, and nobody needs to be home for any of it. Partners do not bring boxes, so pack in advance using whatever you have. Give My Books Network has redistributed more than 200,000 books over 18 years of doing exactly that. Pack what you have, set it out, schedule the pickup, done. Schedule Free Pickup ![How to Join In From Your Own Porch](/assets/service-pickup-books-BYI_zy2v.jpg) ## How Community Book-Sharing Program Works in St Louis ### Schedule Online Book your free community book-sharing program in St Louis 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 Community Book-Sharing Program ### 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 is the community book-sharing program in St. Louis? ### How can my organization request books in St. Louis? ### Can I fill a Little Free Library with donated books? ### Do all donated books stay in St. Louis? ### How do I join the community book-sharing network from home? ### Is there any cost to take part? ## Related Services in St Louis [ ### Donate Books to Literacy Programs Learn more ](/st-louis-mo/donate-books-to-literacy-programs)[ ### Donate Books to Community Centers Learn more ](/st-louis-mo/donate-books-to-community-centers)[ ### Donate Books to Libraries Learn more ](/st-louis-mo/donate-books-to-libraries)[ ### Donate Books to Little Free Libraries Learn more ](/st-louis-mo/donate-books-to-little-free-libraries)[ ### Book Recycling Service Learn more ](/st-louis-mo/book-recycling-service)[ ### Book & Media Recycling Learn more ](/st-louis-mo/book-and-media-recycling) [Back to St Louis Hub](/st-louis-mo) ## Schedule Your Community Book-Sharing Program in St Louis Ready to give your books a second life? 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