Donations of books and other materials remain paused through September 15. Come visit our wonderful new home at 933 Broadway in Old Oakland!
The Bookmark Bookstore / Donation guidelines
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Donation guidelines
Your donations and purchases help raise funds for the Oakland Public Library! Please read and follow the guidelines below before bringing in your donations.
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We are accepting donations at this time, but we must limit donations to 4 boxes or bags at a time.
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You may bring your donations during all store hours.
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Items must be in clean condition. Please no moldy, water-damaged or musty books from garage or basement storage. Even a few short days in a musty basement can cause permanent damage to your books.
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Before arriving at the store, please check that we can accept your items using the lists below.
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When donating, please consider: If you wouldn’t buy it, we can’t sell it.
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Items we accept:
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Books
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Graphic Novels
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Comic Books
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CDs (Commercial only - no self burned CDs)
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DVDs (No exercise DVDs)
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Blu-Rays
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Vinyl (in Good to Excellent condition - particularly Hip-Hop, Rock, Jazz)
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Videogames
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Puzzles & Games (complete)
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Items we cannot accept:
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Moldy, Musty or Water damaged books
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Insect and Rodent damaged books
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High-lighted/Underlined books
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Readers Digest condensed books and magazines
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Encyclopedia Sets
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Modern Mass Market Magazines (National Geographic, New Yorker, Good Housekeeping, etc.)
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Ex-Library books
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Cassettes
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VHS tapes
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Other Items That We Are Accepting:
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Ephemera - Postcards, trading cards, vintage posters, stamps, historical and unusual items, bizarre or interesting pamphlets, old photographs…
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“Oaklandia” - items of specifically Oakland Interest - yearbooks, pre-1960 phonebooks, vintage music flyers, menus…
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Certain Magazines - Vintage, Niche, Science Fiction, Horror & UFO magazines. Examples of specific titles that we accept: Interview, Vogue & other fashion magazines, Life Magazine original run (1936-1972), Rolling Stone, Starlog, Famous Monsters of Filmland…
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Counter Culture/Sub-Culture/Fringe Culture publications - Newspapers and Magazines from the pre-internet age… unique, bizarre, exotic and outlandish publications are of particular interest.
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Please remember: We have a small number of volunteers who sort through our donations – please respect their time and recycle unacceptable items on your own. Thank you!