Book Donation Center

Address: 1630 17th Street (between Carolina & Wisconsin) 
Drop Off Hours: Tuesday–Friday: 10am–4pm
Saturday: 10am–2pm
Sunday and Monday: CLOSED
Donation Center Info Line: (415) 477-5227

Please note that the Book Donation Center is closed during the follow holidays: New Year's Eve, New Year's Day, MLK Day, Presidents Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving Day & day-after Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve & Christmas Day. 

Friends Bookstore
​Fort Mason Center
We take smaller donations of books at our bookstore at Fort Mason Center. 4 boxes or less. Please call ahead if you have any questions. 
Building C, Room 165, Fort Mason Center 
Phone: (415) 771-1076 
Hours: We're open 7 days a week from 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. ​
Please note that the store is closed during the follow holidays: New Year's Eve, New Year's Day, MLK Day, Presidents Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving Day & day-after Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve & Christmas Day. 

Donations

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 Bookstore and book sales.  Your donation is tax-deductible and helps to provide critical support to the San Francisco Public Library.
​
Bankers boxes are highly desired but otherwise the boxes don’t have to be uniform. ​

BOOK DONATION INQUIRIES:
​Andrew Leonard, Donation Center Manager:
(415) 522-8606 or andrew.leonard@friendssfpl.org


WHAT WE ACCEPT:
In addition to books, we accept donations of media and assorted printed material, including:

• Audio CDs
• LPs
• Books on CD and tape
• DVDs, Blu-ray discs
• Computer software and console games
• Text books
• Graphic Novels-Comic Books. (Individual copies or box lots.) 
  
  

WHAT WE DO NOT ACCEPT:

• Books that are damp or moldy
• General encyclopedias (World Book, Britannica, etc.)
• Legal statutes and casebooks
• Magazines (SCRAP SF takes donations of National Geographic and Smithsonian magazines)
• Loose CDs, DVDs, etc. without their cases
• Home-recorded (aka burned) CDs, DVDs, etc.
• VHS tapes
• Children’s and young adult books from school libraries

Please contact us at (415) 522-8606 before dropping off more than 20 copies of the same book. All donations are tax-deductible.
WHAT SELLS:​

• Art (especially Art Technique)
• San Francisco & California History
• Graphic Novels
• Ancient History
• Math
• Rock, Jazz and Blues LPs
• Mythology
• New Age / Occult
• Music history, biography and criticism
• Philosophy
• Eastern Religion
• Travel Guides from the past four years
  
  

"WHAT HAPPENS TO MY BOOKS WHEN I DONATE THEM?"
Each year we receive nearly half a million donated books, which we in turn resell to the public through two bookstores and a number of book sales – including the Big Book Sale, the largest book sale on the west coast. All profits benefit the San Francisco Public Library and many books are donated to schools and other non-profit organizations. Notable books are offered to the special collections of the San Francisco Public Library.

Thank you for supporting Friends!

ALWAYS AVAILABLE: Pallet Quantities. Each pallet consists of 32 boxes each containing 25 - 35 hardcover & paperback books.  Approximately 1,000+ books per pallet. No ex-library, no multiple copies. $250 each. FOB Friends Warehouse, San Francisco. For more information, contact 415-522-8602 or email byron.spooner@friendssfpl.org

Now Accepting

New! We are now accepting Small U-Haul boxes, Bankers Boxes, and Paper Grocery Bags with handles. For bags, we only accept two size types: 12 x 7 x 14 and 12 x 7 x 16 1/2 inches. Bankers Boxes we only accept one size, 12 x 10 x 15 in. For the small U-Haul boxes the size must be 16 3/8 x 12 5/8 x 12 5/8 in.