Want to donate used books? Book Driver operates a book sharing service offering a free book donations pickup in Orlando and Tampa Bay along the I-4 corridor. Our quick turnaround time and flexible hours makes it easy to donate books.
Click here to schedule using our easy form
You may also call her national book donation hotline at 720-840-0291
All books in good condition are sold or donated. Your donations support
- Used book store at Wildwood Antique Mall.
- Friends of the library organizations.
- First Book Orlando.
- Goodwill.
- And 20 other causes, organizations and small businesses.
We offer incredibly, high-quality used books for sale at the booth “POP” fine books booth at the Wildwood Antique Mall in Wildwood, FL 34785.
Our Orlando bookseller, Mike, does a great job with this booth. Just ask for the “POP” booth.
At Book Driver we strive for,
Convenience – Free book donation pickup. Click here to schedule.
Transparency – We pledge a percentage of profit for every donated book.
Cash Donations – Our donation department is laser focused on generating what charities really need: cash!
We limit book donations in Orlando to eight boxes or about 30 to 200 books. Please fill boxes with 35 or less pounds.
We don’t take,
- magazines
- encyclopedias
- coffee table books
- cookbooks
- law library books.
We also don’t take trash:)
If you’re not sure if your books qualify for a donation pick-up, feel free to contact us and ask.
We are especially awesome at re-homing non-fiction books that friends of the libraries groups don’t know what to do with. If your not sure, let us know and we may be able to help you figure it out.
Charities Need Cash
If you go to Orlando library book donation websites, you’ll notice that the first thing that is emphasized are “Cash Donations.” Not book donations.
The reason is that while book donations are welcome by public libraries, they also create a cost. A librarian has to,
- sort through the donations
- dispose of used textbooks or damaged books.
- store books for the next library sale.
All of this takes money before they can be sold and turned into cash.
A misconception is that books donated to the library will enter the collection. They don’t except for some small, rural libraries.
With the Book Driver book donation program, we help libraries by short-circuiting the heavy lifting and doing all the sorting, disposing and donating. This helps save costs for non-profits and libraries and allows Book Driver to help charity generate cash. We give away 10 books for everyone one we sell!
Transparency and Intention
Book Driver feels it is important for libraries, to have a new generation of readers because while library sales are great, the vast majority of library funding is done through public tax dollars.
Without a new generation of readers, supporting libraries when they come of voting age, it really doesn’t matter how many book sales libraries have. Libraries will go away without tax support. And tax support for libraries is driven by readers.
Convenience of Free Pick-Up
It’s really that simple. We’ll pick up your books for free. Why is this option so attractive?
Consider some of the obstacles to donating used books.
- Libraries have specific hours for donations.This can be inconvenient when moving heavy boxes of books.
- Libraries and thrift stores are overwhelmed by book donations. I know one that is selling books by the pallet, for pennies per pound, just to clear space for other donated items.
- Several donation pick up services are now fee based.
Click here to schedule using our easy form
What You Need to Know About Book Driver
Book Driver is a for-profit network of used booksellers, thrift stores and non-profit with the goal of saving the 380 million books that are thrown into landfill every year. We also have a secondary mission of creating sustainable used book stores throughout the world.
Book donors receive no tax benefit for donations. Yes we are adding value to our community. Yes, we offer free book donation pickup. Yes, we generate cash for local charities. However, if you need a write-off receipt, we aren’t the place.
You may try one of the following if you prefer a receipt. Some are fee based.
Pickup please takes all kinds of donations including books. our used books make a big difference in the lives of America’s Veterans and their families. No matter how big or small, your donations are needed and appreciated.
Goodwill of Central Florida – drop off only
Pickup please takes all kinds of donations including books. our used books make a big difference in the lives of America’s Veterans and their families. No matter how big or small, your donations are needed and appreciated.
Choose Book Driver for Your Book Donations
So if you want to,
- Generate cash for Orlando, Tampa Bay and Central Florida non-profits.
- Require convenience in book donation pick-up.
- Want a local bookseller to turn your books into cash for charities.
Then, choose Book Driver for your next book donation.
Small and large book donations welcome. We limit pickups to aorund 8 boxes. Larger donations we can arrange but contact us for more info. Most books that our partners require have bar codes ie. are newer. Pre-1970’s books are typically recycled.
We don’t take,
- Legal books
- Encyclopedias
- Bound magazine journals
- Ex-library discards
- Coffee table books
- Cookbooks
We just don’t have room unfortunately.
Antiquarian booksellers may have an interest in older titles and first editions for a cash buyback.
Click here to fill out the scheduling form today! We respond within one business day.