Bookstore Donations – Friends of the Fallbrook Library

We are delighted to receive your generous donations, without them there would be no bookstore!

However, we do need to set some general guidelines.

Please take a moment and review the following before bringing materials to the store.

We can accept donations between 10 am and 3 pm, Monday through Friday.

ALL materials should be clean and in good condition.
- Magazines should be less than 6 months old
- NO: torn covers/pages, mold/mildew, insect damage, “chewed” edges, stains, excessive highlighting/underlining or other damage

Medical/health, textbooks (other than math or science), computer related materials, law/real estate/finance
- 5 years old or less
- Workbooks should not be completed

Audio/Visual
- DVD & DVR – movies, music, instructional (items should be in original cover/packaging)
- CDs – will accept some music but no instructional or informational tapes (school courses)

We CANNOT accept:

- ENCYCLOPEDIAS – Most of the information is out of date and correct information can be readily accessed online
- COLLECTIONS of National Geographic, Smithsonian, ZooNews etc
- Phonograph records (we can provide the name of a collector)
- Readers Digest condensed books
- Time-Life or other “sets” (usually 10-15 volumes)

Please DO NOT leave materials when store is closed. We cannot guard against theft, weather or vandalism