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A search on your question showed that libraries do accept donated books. According to the American Library Association, most public libraries in the U.S. will take book donations. Just contact your local branch to check. However, libraries reserve the right to be picky about which books they take and what they do with them. Most libraries won't accept condensed or abridged books, travel books, computer books older than three years, or any books in poor condition. Some libraries only want very new books. Others will take almost anything and will even clean up
dirty books. Most books donated to libraries don't seem to make it into the libraries' lending collections. Instead, donated books are often sold by friends of the library groups to raise money for library programs and services. These sales are valuable to the libraries, and they provide low-cost reading material for the community. If your library doesn't accept books, you might check with local hospitals, women's or homeless shelters, children's reading or afterschool programs, and senior centers. The needs vary by community. Yet another audience for your used books are the U.S. soldiers stationed overseas or their children. Finally, you might look for a program
that gives books to prison inmates. If none of those donation plans pan out, you might just release your books into the wild where someone else can enjoy them.
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