Book Donations

Every book has the potential to change someone's perspective, spark a conversation, or become a lifelong favorite. If you have gently used books you'd like to pass along, we'd love to give them a new home at Bent Ear Books.

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Your donated books help us grow our collection, keep books circulating in our community, and support our mission of creating spaces where people can slow down, connect, and discover something new about themselves or the world around them. When we read with curiosity, we learn to live with compassion.

 

 

Books We're Looking For

 

We happily accept gently used books that are:

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• Clean and in good condition

• Free of mold, strong odors, water damage, writing or highlighting, or missing pages

 

We're especially interested in:

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• Local and Independent Authors

• Small Press Authors

• Pacific Northwest Titles and Settings

• Diverse Voices and Perspectives

• Contemporary Fiction

• Historical Fiction

• Literary Fiction

• Women's Fiction

• Grounded Dystopian Fiction: focused on realistic sociological or environmental futures

• Narrative Nonfiction: memoirs and true stories of lived experience

 

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Please note: Because we like to feature story-driven, real-world narratives, we prefer to skip high fantasy, space opera, sci-fi involving aliens or space travel, or books with supernatural or urban fantasy elements. We also prefer books where romance is a secondary element rather than the main focus, and generally don't take prescriptive self-help, diet/fitness, or business/productivity titles. We lean more toward story over instruction. That said, this does not mean we will never take or sell these types of books. We just want to be up front about the fact that when our shelf space is limited, we may need to prioritize books that best align with our shop's primary focus.

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Books We Cannot Accept

 

To help us make the best use of our cozy, limited shelf space, we unfortunately have to pass on:

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• Moldy, damaged, or heavily worn books

• Encyclopedias

• Magazines

• Reader's Digest condensed books

• Spiral-bound books

• VHS tapes, CDs, DVDs, or cassette tapes

• Textbooks

• Excessive duplicates of the same title

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How to Donate

If you have books you'd like to donate, please send us an email telling us approximately how many books you have, the genres, and where you're located. We'll contact you to arrange a convenient drop-off or pickup if we're able.

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Because we're a small pop-up bookstore with limited book storage space, we may not be able to accept every donation, but we'll do our best to find wonderful books a new home.

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Thank you for helping keep great books in readers' hands. Your generosity helps strengthen our community.