Donate   Books 
​and  media

Donate your books and media to Friends!  Each year we receive nearly a million donated books, which we in turn resell to the public through our Friends Bookstores and book sales.  Your donation is tax-deductible and helps to provide critical support to the San Francisco Public Library and Friends’ community programs.

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 Buy   Books
YEar-round 

​​Shop at our bookstores. 
​Friends Bookstores are located inside the Main Library and at the Fort Mason Center. Both stores stock quality used books at great prices. 

Shop specialty, collectable, and rare books at  Ebay,  AbeBooks, and Amazon, our online stores. 

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Join  us  at  Special 
​Book  Events 

Friends hosts amazing events throughout the year like our monthly Books and Brews at Anchor Public Tap, our First Friday sales at Fort Mason, the Big Book Sale every September, and many more! 
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Environmentally  Friendly 

The best way to recycle books and media is to put them to use in other ways. As the second largest used book seller in the city of San Francisco, we make sure your donations find new life in other peoples' homes. 

The  Community  Book  Program (CBP)  is  a  green  reuse  program  diverting  550  tons  of  books  from  landfill  every  year  to  higher  and  better  uses  in  the  community.

Donations  To  the  Community

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We also give books and media away to worthy community organizations.