To Bring or
Not to Bring

 

what to bring:


#of Books
No more than 3 books.


Ephemera (optional)
I use everything under the sun as bookmarks, from movie tickets to extra copies of my passport photo, haha. If you have little bobs, cards, bits, scraps, a recipe card, ribbon, or string that mean something to you, bring them to put in our bookmark pile.

Mindfulness
Please be mindful of the volume you take home. Toward the end of the event, when we have excess, please take all you want!


Knowledge of your genres!
Come in ready to sort your book into the genre tables yourself. Not sure of your genre when you arrive? We can help!


Books you want other people to care about.
This event is neither a book sale nor a donation bank and exists in the spirit of friendship and community. If we all bring books we care about, the quality of the swap is more exciting!

 

please do not bring

  • More than 3 books.

  • No books with extensive damage, missing pages, musty/moldy, broken bindings, or chewed (by bugs, little rodents, babies, dogs, lol)

  • No dictionaries or thesauruses.

  • No periodicals: gossip rags, magazines, newspapers. etc.

  • No encyclopedias, annuals, or yearbooks.

  • No Reader Digest

  • No workbooks, journals, or study guides are filled in.

  • No textbooks.

  • No puzzles, games, or art.

  • Do not bring any other type of media that is not a bound book. No CDs, DVDs, movies, etc.

  • No outdated books (more than 3 years) on:

    • Tech

    • Medicine

    • Business

    • Finance

    • Travel guides

    • “For idiots” or “for dummies” books