Find great deals on used books while supporting your library – buy or donate books at the Cedar Mill Library!
We sell gently used books at our Cedar Mill Library location and online through our Amazon store. Our Book Sales Coordinator sorts through donated books and library discards to give books a second chance.
How to Donate
You may donate materials in good condition at the Cedar Mill Library only. Bring up to one bag of materials per day to the front desk.
Before making your donation, please take a moment to review our donation guidelines. Sadly, one-third of donations turns out to be unusable and must be discarded because of damage, highlighting or lack of relevance. The guidelines are simple and will save you a trip.
Donation receipts available. Items may be placed in circulation or sold in the libraries’ Used Book Sale. All proceeds benefit library operations. Thank you for your support!
Have a large donation (more than one bag)?
Please contact our Book Sales Coordinator to make an appointment for donation drop-off. Email kimm@wccls.org or phone at (503) 644-0043 ext. 116 to make your appointment.
Donation Guidelines
We Accept New or Gently Used:
- Children’s Books – all ages and genres
- Adult Nonfiction books
- Popular Fiction and Biography books published in the last four (4) years
- Classic Fiction books (nominated or award-winning authors, any year)
- Board Games containing all pieces
We Cannot Accept:
- World Languages books (both adult and children’s) – i.e. Spanish, Korean, Japanese, etc.
- Damaged, torn, soiled or mildewed items
- Books with writing, highlighting, or underlining
- No large book series (unless prior approval given)
- Travel guides older than two (2) years
- Textbooks older than five (5) years
- SAT, ACT or college prep study books/workbooks except for current year
- Encyclopedias, Time-Life sets, or yearbooks
- Computer and programming manuals older than five (5) years
- Reader’s Digest Condensed Books
- Video games, audio-books on CD
- CDs, DVDs, Blu-rays, their empty cases
- Vinyl LPs, cassettes, or VHS video tapes
- Sheet music, musical scores, music instruction books
- Software
