--- title: "Textbook Donations in St. Louis | Free Campus Pickup" description: "Textbook donations in St. Louis. Give My Books Network collects old editions free from your porch or apartment steps at move-out, 8 AM to 8 PM, no fee." 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 on the Give My Books Network site to see whether a Local Pick-Up Partner serves your address, then choose a service day. Textbooks are collected free from the doorstep between 8 AM and 8 PM. If no partner covers you yet, the out-of-area pickup system takes the request." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "Do you take out-of-date editions?", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "Yes, including editions the campus buyback desk declined. Superseded and international editions still teach the material, and tutoring programs, ESL classrooms, and prison literacy programs request them through the Give ME Books program. Some are resold instead, which is what pays for a free pickup. Either way, send them." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "Can I donate textbooks during move-out week?", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "Yes, and booking early is the whole trick. End-of-semester week near Washington University, SLU, UMSL, and St. Louis Community College fills up fast. Reserve a service day about a week ahead, pack into small boxes because textbooks are heavy, and set them on the steps by 8 AM." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "Do I need to remove my notes and highlighting?", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "No. Highlighting, margin notes, and a cracked-in spine are all normal in a used textbook and do not disqualify it. What cannot be accepted is water damage, mold, or missing pages, since damaged paper has no second life. Leave those out and box up the rest as it is." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "Who receives donated textbooks?", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "Many go through the Give ME Books program to tutoring programs, ESL classrooms, prison literacy programs, and nonprofits that requested them. Some are resold by the Local Pick-Up Partner to fund the free pickup. Give My Books Network does not promise that a specific book reaches a specific program, and never will." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "Is textbook pickup free?", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "Yes. There is no fee, no per-box charge, and no minimum quantity for textbook donations in St. Louis. Two lab manuals is a real pickup, and so is a semester's worth from a whole apartment. There is no tax receipt, though, because partners are 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. Textbook Donations # Textbook Donations in St Louis, MO Textbook donations in St. Louis Schedule Free PickupView All St Louis Services # Textbook Donations in St. Louis **Quick answer:** Give My Books Network collects textbook donations free from doorsteps across St. Louis, including old editions nobody will buy back. Pack the books, 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 St. Louis? Give My Books Network collects textbooks free from your doorstep anywhere a Local Pick-Up Partner serves your ZIP code. A Local Pick-Up Partner is the locally owned family business that handles collections in your part of St. Louis. Campus buyback windows close. Library branches decline textbooks almost as a rule. Thrift counters cap what they take. A doorstep pickup is usually the only route that fits a stack of eleven-pound editions. Schedule Free Pickup ## Does Give My Books Network Take Old Editions? Yes, including editions the buyback desk laughed at. A 2015 organic chemistry text with no resale value on campus still teaches organic chemistry, and someone tutoring a student for free would be glad to have it. - Introductory and upper-level college texts, any subject - Superseded editions and international editions - Lab manuals, workbooks, and study guides - High school textbooks and reference sets - Professional and certification prep titles Schedule Free Pickup ![Does Give My Books Network Take Old Editions?](/assets/service-pickup-books-BYI_zy2v.jpg) ## Move-Out Week Near Delmar Boulevard: How to Plan It Book your service day a week before move-out, not the morning of. End-of-semester week around Washington University, SLU, the University of Missouri-St. Louis, and St. Louis Community College is chaos, and everyone waits until the last day. 1. Pack textbooks into small boxes. They are heavy, and a full moving box of them is not liftable. 2. Do not sort. Novels, notebooks with covers, CDs, and DVDs can share the box. 3. Set boxes on the apartment steps or the covered porch by 8 AM. 4. Cover the cardboard if rain is forecast, because a May storm off Delmar Boulevard ruins a box fast. Schedule Free Pickup ![Move-Out Week Near Delmar Boulevard: How to Plan It](/assets/service-pickup-books-BYI_zy2v.jpg) ## How Does Textbook Pickup Work in St. Louis? Enter your ZIP code, choose a service day, pack your boxes, and set them out by 8 AM. A Local Pick-Up Partner collects between 8 AM and 8 PM. You do not need to be home. The partner does not bring boxes and does not carry loads down from a third-floor walk-up, so the books need to reach the door before the service day. That is the one piece of work that stays with you. Schedule Free Pickup ![How Does Textbook Pickup Work in St. Louis?](/assets/service-pickup-books-BYI_zy2v.jpg) ## Who Receives Donated Textbooks in St. Louis? Many textbooks are redistributed through the Give ME Books program to tutoring programs, ESL classrooms, prison literacy programs, and nonprofits that request them. Some are resold by the Local Pick-Up Partner, and that resale is what makes the pickup free. Not every textbook is donated, and nobody will pretend otherwise. Titles that cannot find a reader may eventually be recycled, as a last resort. The [American Library Association's notes on donating textbooks](https://libguides.ala.org/book-donations) explain why dated editions are hard to place, which is exactly why a network with resale in the model can take them when a library cannot. Schedule Free Pickup ## What Textbooks Cannot Be Accepted Water-swollen, mold-damaged, or missing-page textbooks cannot be accepted, no matter how recent the edition. Damaged paper has no second life waiting for it. Highlighting and margin notes are fine. Nobody is grading you. A used textbook that shows it was actually used is still a textbook, and the tutoring program that asked for it will not mind your notes on the Krebs cycle. Schedule Free Pickup ![What Textbooks Cannot Be Accepted](/assets/service-books-collection-DJKSmgFT.jpg) ## How Textbook Donations Works in St Louis ### Schedule Online Book your free textbook donations 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 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 in St. Louis for old textbooks? ### Do you take out-of-date editions? ### Can I donate textbooks during move-out week? ### Do I need to remove my notes and highlighting? ### Who receives donated textbooks? ### Is textbook pickup free? ## 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 Textbook Donations in St Louis Ready to give your books a second life? 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