Donate a Book

Thank you for your interest to donate your book to FirewAbera.

Book Donations

FirewAbera gladly welcomes your books, audio books, movies, music, and magazines. Your donation will be used in a free public library that will soon be set-up at the heart of Ethiopia in Nazreth (Adama).

Donation Guidelines

What we accept:

• Hardcover and paperback books in good condition. We cannot use damaged books (e.g., broken bindings, missing pages, soiled, musty or moldy, excessive writing in the text) or clearly outdated materials.
• Commercially published media (e.g., CDs, DVDs, videos)
• Current editions of magazines (can be sold in Literary Grounds)
• Recent editions of magazines can be put directly into the Magazine Exchange

We regrettably cannot accept:

• Damaged books with missing pages, soiled, musty, moldy, with smoke or water damage, or with excessive writing in the text
• Clearly outdated materials (see below for guidelines)
• Toys, games, puzzles, artwork
• Magazines (bound or unbound) older than current, periodicals, academic journals
• Condensed books (Reader’s Digest)
• Professional journals
• Non-commercially produced media
• Workbooks or study guides that are partially or wholly filled in
• Computer programs

Materials we accept with certain specific limits:

• Medical and financial advice books (less than 5 years old)
• Travel guidebooks (less than 5 years old)
• Computer manuals (less than 5 years old)
• Textbooks (less than 10 years old)
• Test preparation guides (less than 5 years old)

How to Send us Your Book