Here's what you need to know about donating 
to the Used Book Sale

We welcome your donations!


Over the years, we have learned what we can sell and what our community will not buy.  Based on this experience, we have developed the following guidelines.  By following these guidelines, you help our wonderful volunteers and you keep our Used Book Sales going. Thank you!

Donation Guidelines:
​When and how can I donate?
  • Donations are accepted all year EXCEPT for the two weeks preceding a sale and the two weeks following a sale.  These breaks allow us time for sale set-up and clean-up.   Any changes to the timing of donations will be announced via email or on the website. Not on our email list? Contact us at cphfriends@nycap.rr.com.
  • Donations can be brought into the Library during Library business hours and placed on one of the carts beside the Welcome Desk.  DO NOT leave books outside the Library or place them in the Library book return.
  • If you have a very large donation (multiple boxes), please call the Library so that they can let us know ahead of time. You also can notify us using the email link below.
  • We ask that large donations be broken up into two or three boxes delivered once or twice a week.  This helps to keep the sorting work at a manageable level for our volunteers.
  • If you would like a letter about your donation for tax purposes, please ask at the Welcome Desk when you make your donation.
  • Questions?  Email us for more information.
Used Book Sale Donation Policy

 The Friends of the Clifton Park-Halfmoon Public Library gratefully accept your donations of books and audiobooks on cd  in good to excellent condition.  
Thank you for your cooperation!

Items We CANNOT Accept

We CANNOT accept books that are in poor condition and materials we have found we cannot sell. When materials included in the list below are left for donation, FOL volunteers must take on the tasks of recycling or discarding them. We kindly ask that do not bring the following items to donate:​
  • DVDs
  • CDs (with the exception of audiobooks)
  • textbooks or encyclopedias
  • dusty, moldy or damaged books;
  • children's books that have been chewed, drawn in, water damaged, or had pages torn or removed;
  • magazines and brochures
  • Readers Digest Condensed Books
  • VHS tape;
  • cassette tapes

What to do with Items
We CANNOT Accept

  • If you have magazines or damaged /dirty paperback books, they can be recycled at most curbside pick-ups or taken to the Clifton Park Transfer Station located at 217 Vischer Ferry Road, Rexford. The Transfer Station’s Recycling Center is free and open to anyone. Please call 518-371-6669 for more information.
  • If you remove the hardback and spine of hardback books, the pages can be recycled as above and the hardback and spine can be discarded in your trash.​ 

Thank you for your cooperation!