The Definitive Albuquerque Textbook Donation Guide
New Mexico Literacy Project is a one-person operation run by Josh Eldred out of a warehouse in Albuquerque's North Valley. This guide covers everything about donating textbooks here — which ones I accept, what happens to them after you drop them off, which editions carry resale value, and how to schedule a free pickup or use my 24/7 drop box. UNM student clearing out after finals? CNM nursing grad? K-12 teacher with retired district textbooks? Family cleaning out a home office? This page is for you.
Last verified May 2026 · Original research by Josh Eldred
Albuquerque is a college town in ways people sometimes forget. The University of New Mexico enrolls more than 20,000 students across its main campus, branch campuses, and health sciences programs. Central New Mexico Community College serves more than 20,000 more. Add in New Mexico Highlands University's satellite programs, the UNM School of Law, and students commuting to New Mexico State University courses through distance programs, and there are tens of thousands of textbooks circulating through the metro at any given time.
I accept college textbooks from every institution, in every subject, in any condition. You do not need to sort them, clean them, or check whether they have resale value. That is my job. When you bring in a box of UNM textbooks from your chemistry, biology, and English courses, every one gets sorted individually. The organic chemistry text that is still in its current edition and in solid physical shape gets listed for resale. The Norton Anthology of English Literature from eight editions ago gets routed to a Little Free Library or, if it is falling apart, to the recycler. You do not need to make these decisions yourself.
For UNM students specifically: if you are finishing finals and wondering whether to sell your textbooks or donate them, there is a detailed comparison on the UNM textbook page. The short version is that current-edition STEM and professional textbooks often have strong resale value, and SellBooksABQ can also buy them outright if you prefer cash. Older editions, humanities readers, and textbooks with redeemed access codes are better candidates for donation — they still find readers, but the resale market for them is thin.
CNM students are in a similar position. The nursing, dental hygiene, and trades programs at CNM generate textbooks that hold value well, because the content is technical and the student population is large enough to sustain demand for used copies. CNM's Main Campus near University and Coal, the Westside Campus, the South Valley Campus — I pick up from any of them, or you can use the 24/7 drop box on Edith Blvd. For more about donating CNM textbooks specifically, including which programs produce the highest-value titles, see the CNM textbook donation page.
New Mexico Highlands University runs programs in education, social work, and business that cycle through textbooks regularly. NMSU students in Las Cruces who are moving to or through Albuquerque can drop off here rather than shipping. I have also received textbook donations from Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute, the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, and St. John's College — the Great Books program generates distinctive editions that occasionally surprise us with their resale demand. For campus-specific guides, see the Santa Fe university textbook donation page.
Have college textbooks to donate?
Albuquerque Public Schools is one of the largest districts in the Southwest, operating nearly 150 schools. When the district retires a textbook series — moving from one math curriculum to another, or adopting new reading materials aligned to updated state standards — thousands of physical textbooks become surplus overnight. Individual schools sometimes handle their own deaccessioning. Teachers accumulate classroom copies over years. And parents of APS students often end up with textbooks at home that were never returned or that the school no longer wants back.
I accept all of it. Retired APS math textbooks from a decade ago, current Houghton Mifflin readers, Pearson science workbooks, AP exam prep materials, district-issued novels that were part of the ELA curriculum — everything. The resale market for K-12 textbooks is different from college textbooks. Specific adopted editions that are still in use by other districts across the country can carry moderate resale value, especially in math and science. Retired editions have less market demand, but they are still useful in contexts where any structured learning material beats no material at all.
Charter schools in Albuquerque operate on their own curriculum cycles. Schools like Amy Biehl Community School, Cottonwood Classical Preparatory, the Albuquerque Institute of Mathematics and Science, and dozens of others all generate textbooks as they update their programs. I have done pickups from charter schools where the front office had boxes of textbooks stacked in a closet for years because nobody knew what to do with them. That is exactly the kind of donation I handle well — I show up, I load everything, and the school does not need to sort or inventory anything.
Private schools like Albuquerque Academy, Bosque School, Manzano Day School, and Sandia Prep rotate textbooks on their own schedules, often more frequently than public schools because they have more autonomy over curriculum decisions. Their textbooks tend to be in better physical condition, which helps with resale.
Homeschool families are another significant source of textbook donations in the Albuquerque area. If you have finished a curriculum and your children have moved on, those materials have a genuine second life. Saxon math, Teaching Textbooks, Apologia science, BJU Press, Abeka — all of these have active resale markets because the homeschool community actively seeks affordable used curriculum. Donating them here means they get back into circulation rather than sitting in a closet.
One category that deserves special mention: homeschool curriculum sets. The Albuquerque homeschool community is larger than many people realize, and families invest heavily in curriculum materials. When a family finishes a grade level or decides to switch approaches, those materials pile up. Complete curriculum sets from publishers like Sonlight, Classical Conversations, Memoria Press, and Math-U-See hold genuine resale value because incoming homeschool families actively seek affordable used sets. Even partial sets and individual workbooks are useful. If you have a closet or garage shelf full of completed curriculum, do not let it gather dust — it has a second life here.
For teachers considering a larger donation — cleaning out a classroom, retiring, or changing schools — there is a dedicated page on teacher textbook donations that covers the process in more detail.
If you are donating medical or nursing textbooks, you are donating some of the most valuable physical textbooks in existence. This is not an exaggeration. The price point of new medical textbooks is staggering, and the resale demand for current editions remains strong well into the used market because students cannot substitute a cheaper alternative when their program requires a specific text.
The UNM Health Sciences Center is one of the largest medical education complexes in the state. The School of Medicine, the College of Nursing, the College of Pharmacy, the physical therapy program, the physician assistant program — each of these feeds a steady stream of high-value textbooks into Albuquerque. When a med student finishes Step 1 board prep and no longer needs their First Aid, Pathoma, and Robbins pathology collection, those books still have significant resale value to the next cohort. When a nursing student finishes their BSN at UNM and has a shelf full of Brunner and Suddarth, Porth's Pathophysiology, and Davis Drug Guide, those titles circulate well.
CNM's nursing and allied health programs are another major source. The CNM nursing program is competitive and large, producing graduates who move into the workforce across New Mexico. Their required textbooks — fundamentals of nursing, medical-surgical nursing, pharmacology, maternal-newborn, psychiatric nursing — hold strong demand as long as the edition is current or one revision back. The same is true for CNM's dental hygiene, radiologic technology, and respiratory therapy programs.
Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine in Las Cruces has added another pipeline of medical textbook circulation in the state. Students from Burrell who relocate to Albuquerque for rotations or residency sometimes bring textbooks they no longer need. I accept those as well.
Law textbooks have a more complicated resale picture. Casebooks used in first-year law school courses — contracts, torts, civil procedure, constitutional law, criminal law — turn over editions frequently, and the resale window is narrow. Current editions of popular casebooks from publishers like Foundation Press and Wolters Kluwer hold moderate demand. Statutory supplements and bar prep materials from companies like Barbri, Kaplan, and Themis are heavily edition-dependent; last year's bar prep set has almost no resale value, but a current set can be worth something. I accept all of it regardless of edition or condition. For a deeper discussion, the medical and nursing textbook donation page has additional detail.
Medical or nursing textbooks to donate?
The outdoor drop box at 5445 Edith Blvd NE, Unit A, Albuquerque NM 87107 is open around the clock, every day of the year. No appointment needed. No waiting for business hours. If you are driving home from campus at midnight after your last final and want to clear your textbooks out of the car right now, the drop box is there.
The drop box is located on the east side of the building, clearly visible from the parking area. It handles boxes of textbooks, bags of textbooks, loose stacks — whatever form your donation arrives in. If you have more than will fit in the drop box in a single trip (rare, but it happens during end-of-semester surges), you can stack boxes beside it and I will retrieve everything during the next sort session.
Getting here is straightforward. From UNM's main campus, head north on University Blvd, jog onto Edith Blvd through the North Valley, and the warehouse is on your right just past Griegos. From CNM's main campus, take I-25 north to the Griegos exit and head west. From the Westside, cross the river on Paseo del Norte or Montano and come south on Edith. The full details, including a Google Maps embed, are on the 24/7 drop box page.
A few practical notes for drop-off. Textbooks are heavy. If you are packing them in boxes, use smaller boxes — a banker's box or book box rather than a wardrobe box. This is as much for your back as anything else. You do not need to remove sticky notes, bookmarks, or personal notes from the textbooks. Everything gets sorted by hand at the warehouse. You also do not need to separate textbooks from other books. If your donation includes a mix of college textbooks, novels, cookbooks, and old magazines, bring it all. I take everything and sort it here.
If you have more than a handful of textbooks — or if getting to the Edith Blvd location is inconvenient — I offer free pickup service throughout the Albuquerque metro area. This covers Albuquerque proper, Rio Rancho, Corrales, the East Mountains (Tijeras, Cedar Crest, Sandia Park, Edgewood), Los Lunas, Belen, Bernalillo, and Placitas. If you are on the edges of this range and unsure, text me and I will figure it out.
Scheduling a pickup is simple. Call or text 702-496-4214. tell me roughly how many textbooks you have and where you are located. I will find a time that works. I do the loading — you do not need to carry boxes to the curb unless you want to. If the textbooks are in a garage, an office, a storage unit, or a classroom, I come to wherever they are.
There is no minimum quantity for free pickup. I have picked up a single box of nursing textbooks from a CNM grad's apartment in Nob Hill, and I have cleared out an entire academic department's book room at UNM. The free pickup scheduling page has more detail on how the process works, including what to expect on the day of pickup.
For larger donations — entire department libraries, school storage rooms, estate cleanouts involving a home office full of textbooks — the process is the same, it just takes a bit longer on my end. I bring the truck, the labor, and the boxes if you need them. You point me to the books and I handle the rest.
Ready to schedule a free textbook pickup?
Transparency matters here, so this is exactly what happens after your textbooks arrive at the warehouse. Every single textbook gets handled individually — ISBN checked, edition assessed, condition evaluated, and a routing decision made. There are four possible destinations, and each textbook goes to the one that makes the most sense.
Textbooks with current-edition status and good physical condition get listed on Amazon and eBay. The revenue from these sales is what funds the warehouse, the truck, the free pickup service, and the children's book distribution. This is a for-profit business, and resale is the engine that keeps it running. Without it, there is no free pickup. There is no drop box. There is no operation at all.
Surplus textbooks that are in good physical condition but have limited resale value get routed to APS Title I schools. These are schools serving predominantly low-income communities, where classroom resources are stretched thin. A five-year-old biology textbook may not sell well online, but it can fill a gap in a classroom that does not have enough copies for every student.
Children's books and age-appropriate reading materials — including illustrated STEM reference books and young adult science texts — go to the reading program at UNM Children's Hospital and to Little Free Libraries across Albuquerque and Rio Rancho. Kids in hospital beds get something to read. Neighborhood libraries stay stocked.
Textbooks that are water-damaged, moldy, missing covers, or otherwise unsalvageable go to a regional pulp recycler. The glue binding is stripped first so the paper recycles cleaner. Nothing goes to the landfill if I can help it. Even the worst-condition textbooks become something new rather than taking up space in a dump.
The full lifecycle — from your donation to its final destination — is documented on the lifecycle of a donated book page. The where donated books go page breaks down the specific organizations and programs that receive materials from NMLP.
Not all textbooks are created equal when it comes to the resale market. Understanding this helps set expectations, though one thing to be clear about: I accept textbooks regardless of their resale status. Even a textbook with zero market value has a path forward here — it goes to a school, a reading program, or the recycler. Nothing gets thrown away.
That said, here is how to think about textbook resale value after years of sorting tens of thousands of them.
Textbook publishers release new editions on cycles that vary by subject and publisher. A standard introductory biology textbook might see a new edition every three to four years. A specialized upper-division text might go six or eight years between revisions. When a new edition comes out, the previous edition's resale value drops sharply — often within weeks. Two editions back, the market value is minimal. Three editions back, the physical textbook has more value as a classroom resource than as a resale item.
This means timing matters. A textbook that is one semester old and in the current edition can have strong resale value. The same textbook two years later, after a new edition has been published, might have very little. This is one reason it is worth donating promptly rather than letting textbooks sit in a closet for years — the sooner they arrive here, the more likely they can be routed into the resale channel that funds the whole operation.
Modern textbooks, especially in STEM fields, frequently come bundled with one-time-use digital access codes for platforms like McGraw-Hill Connect, Pearson MyLab, Cengage MindTap, or WileyPLUS. Once you have redeemed that code, it cannot be used again. For courses where the access code is required to complete homework and exams, a used textbook without the code is less attractive to the next buyer because they will need to purchase the digital access separately.
However, the physical textbook itself still has value in many cases. Some students buy the access code standalone and use a used textbook as their reading copy. Some courses do not require the access code at all — professors assign it but make it optional. And in subjects like anatomy, the textbook itself is the irreplaceable reference, with or without the digital component. So do not assume that a redeemed access code makes a textbook worthless. Bring it in and let us make that determination.
Moderate highlighting, marginal notes, underlining, and sticky-note residue are all completely normal for used textbooks. The resale market expects this. A textbook in "Good" condition — meaning it has visible use but is structurally sound with all pages intact — sells well. The condition premium between "Good" and "Like New" is real but not enormous. Where condition becomes a genuine problem is structural damage: broken spines, detached covers, significant water damage, mold, or missing pages. Those issues push a textbook out of the resale channel, but I still accept them for other routing.
If you want to check whether your specific textbooks might be worth selling rather than donating, the library value tool can give you a rough sense. You can also sell textbooks through SellBooksABQ for cash if you prefer that route.
Not sure if your textbooks have value? I will sort them either way.
After sorting thousands of textbooks, a pattern becomes unmistakable: STEM textbooks (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) hold their resale value substantially better than humanities textbooks. This is not a judgment about the worth of these fields — it is a market observation that has real implications for textbook donors.
The reasons are structural. STEM textbooks are expensive to produce. They require technical illustration, peer review, laboratory coordination, and constant updating as research advances. Publishers price them accordingly, which means the used market serves a student population that badly wants a cheaper alternative to the new price. A used copy of Campbell Biology at two-thirds the new price is attractive. A used copy of a literature anthology at two-thirds the new price is less compelling, because there are more substitutes available — different editions, different publishers, different anthologies covering similar material.
STEM textbooks also tend to have longer shelf lives within an edition cycle. A calculus textbook does not become obsolete the way a political science textbook might when the political landscape shifts. The core content — derivatives, integrals, differential equations — remains stable. This means that even an edition that is a few years old can still command meaningful resale value in STEM, whereas a humanities text of the same vintage has often been superseded.
The practical implication for donors: if you are deciding between selling and donating, STEM textbooks are more likely to have meaningful cash value through SellBooksABQ. Humanities textbooks are ideal donation candidates — they may not sell well, but they still serve readers through the other channels NMLP maintains. Either way, I accept everything, so the decision is yours.
These three categories come up frequently in textbook donations, and each one has its own resale quirks. I accept all of them, but here is what you should know.
International editions are versions of U.S. textbooks printed for markets outside North America. They typically have the same content (or very close to it) but are printed on lower-quality paper, bound with soft covers, and marked with prominent notices that say something along the lines of "Not for sale in the United States or Canada." Publishers price international editions much lower than U.S. editions, which is why students sometimes buy them as an affordable alternative.
The resale picture for international editions is complicated. Selling them domestically through major platforms can run into publisher restrictions and marketplace policies. Their market value is generally lower than the U.S. edition even when the content is identical. I accept them, and they often find homes through channels where the edition distinction matters less. They are never wasted here.
Publishers send complimentary copies to instructors for course adoption consideration. These copies are often marked "Instructor's Edition," "Examination Copy," "Not for Resale," or "Complimentary Copy." Faculty members accumulate them over the years — I have picked up faculty offices with shelves full of unsolicited instructor copies spanning two decades of editions.
The resale market for instructor copies exists but operates in a gray area that varies by publisher and platform. Some instructor editions contain additional material (answer keys, teaching notes, test banks) that makes them different from the student edition. Others are identical to the student edition except for the stamp. I handle the sorting and make routing decisions based on the specific title and edition. You do not need to separate instructor copies from student copies before donating.
Custom campus editions are textbooks assembled by a publisher specifically for a particular course at a particular institution. UNM and CNM both have courses that use custom readers — a selection of chapters from one or more textbooks, sometimes with department-authored material, bound together under a custom cover with the institution's name on it. These are, by design, difficult to resell because they are tied to a specific course and institution. Their value outside that context is minimal.
I still accept them. Custom editions occasionally find use in the same course in subsequent semesters if the instructor has not changed the reader. More commonly, they get routed to the recycler. But you should not throw them away or feel that they are unwelcome here — they are part of the textbook ecosystem and I handle them alongside everything else.
International editions, instructor copies, any edition — I take it all.
The textbook donation calendar has two peaks: mid-May (after spring finals) and mid-December (after fall finals). These are the periods when the largest volume of textbooks changes hands in Albuquerque. UNM finals typically wrap up the second week of May and the second week of December. CNM follows a similar schedule. These two windows account for a disproportionate share of the textbook donations I receive each year.
Why does timing matter? Because textbook value depreciates in real time. A textbook that is in its current edition today might be displaced by a new edition announced over the summer. Publishers often release new editions in time for the fall adoption cycle, which means a textbook donated in May while it is still current is more likely to find a resale buyer than the same textbook donated in September after a new edition has been announced. The end-of-semester textbook guide goes deeper on this timing dynamic.
During the May and December surges, the drop box gets heavy use. It is emptied more frequently during these periods, but if you arrive and find it full, stack your boxes beside it and I will get to them within the day. For larger end-of-semester donations — clearing out a dorm room, an apartment, or a shared study space — scheduling a pickup in advance is a better bet. The free pickup page explains the process.
There is also a smaller surge in August and January as students buy new textbooks and realize they still have last semester's books sitting around. Intersession in January and the summer session in June generate their own smaller waves. The bottom line: there is no bad time to donate textbooks. But if you are sitting on a stack right now and wondering whether to wait, the answer is almost always to donate sooner rather than later. Edition currency is the biggest single factor in resale value, and every month you wait is a month closer to the next edition cycle.
Graduate students present a slightly different timing pattern. Many master's and doctoral programs run on annual or cohort-based schedules rather than the standard semester calendar. PhD candidates in particular accumulate reference textbooks over three to seven years of study, and the cleanout often happens all at once when they defend and move on to a postdoc or industry position. If you are finishing a graduate program at UNM or any other institution in New Mexico, the same principle applies: donate sooner rather than later, because the textbooks you used during coursework are aging out of edition currency while they sit on your shelf.
One more timing note worth mentioning: summer bridge programs and orientation programs at UNM and CNM sometimes distribute textbooks to incoming students in June and July. The textbooks used in these accelerated programs cycle out quickly. If you participated in a summer bridge and have textbooks from it, bringing them in during July or August — while the next cohort of bridge students is starting — maximizes the chance of those books reaching someone who needs them through the Title I school pipeline or direct student channels.
If you are a professor, instructor, or department administrator reading this, this section addresses your situation directly, because academic textbook accumulation is a specific problem with a specific solution.
Faculty offices accumulate textbooks in a way that is different from student collections. Publishers send unsolicited examination copies throughout the year, hoping you will adopt their text for your course. Over a career spanning decades, these pile up. Retiring faculty sometimes have entire walls of textbooks that no longer reflect their current teaching but that they have never had a convenient way to remove. Department offices inherit books from faculty who have left, and nobody wants to be the person who throws away a colleague's books.
I handle all of this. A department cleanout at UNM or CNM typically works like this: you call or text me, tell me roughly what you have (number of boxes, shelf feet, or just a general sense of volume), and I set a time. I arrive with boxes if you need them, pack everything, load it, and haul it to the warehouse. No disruption to the department, no sorting required on your end, no judgment about what is current and what is not.
I have done cleanouts from offices across UNM — the humanities building, the physics department, the Anderson School of Management, the law school. The process is always the same: I show up, I take everything, and the space is clear when I leave. If there are specific textbooks you want to keep, just set those aside beforehand. Everything else goes with me.
For department-level cleanouts involving multiple offices or a storage room, I am happy to coordinate timing with your administrative staff. I can work during business hours or off-hours, depending on what the department prefers. There is no cost to the department — the free pickup covers this.
Some faculty members ask whether their textbooks will be treated with care. The honest answer is that they are treated the way everything is: each one is sorted individually, routed to the best available destination, and nothing with a second life gets thrown away. Your Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 14th edition, may not sell, but it will end up in a classroom or a reading program rather than a dumpster. That matters to most of the faculty members I work with.
Faculty office or department cleanout? One call handles it.
This is stated clearly on every page of the site. The New Mexico Literacy Project is a for-profit New Mexico business. It is not a 501(c)(3). Donations are not tax-deductible. I do not issue donation receipts for tax purposes.
This is by design. The for-profit model is what makes the operation sustainable. Revenue from textbook resale funds the warehouse, the truck, the free pickup service, and the drop box. Most children's books I receive are distributed free to UNM Children's Hospital, Little Free Libraries, and care facilities; classroom-appropriate materials go to Title I schools. No grants. No fundraising galas. No overhead from a board of directors or compliance paperwork. The resale revenue pays for everything, and that means the service can continue indefinitely without depending on outside funding.
If you are looking for a tax-deductible book donation option, that matters for some donors, and NMLP is not the right fit for that specific need. But if your priority is getting your textbooks to a place where they will be hand-sorted, responsibly routed, and genuinely used — rather than bulk-pulped or dumped in a bin — that is exactly what I do. You can learn more about how and why the operation is built this way on the about page.
The New Mexico Literacy Project accepts textbook donations at its 24/7 outdoor drop box at 5445 Edith Blvd NE, Unit A, Albuquerque NM 87107. You can also schedule a free pickup anywhere in the Albuquerque metro by calling or texting 702-496-4214.
Yes. I accept college textbooks from the University of New Mexico, Central New Mexico Community College, New Mexico Highlands University, New Mexico State University, and every other institution. Current editions of STEM, medical, nursing, and business textbooks tend to have the strongest resale value, but I take all subjects and all editions.
No. The New Mexico Literacy Project is a for-profit New Mexico business, not a nonprofit. Donations are not tax-deductible. I am transparent about this because it matters, and I do not want anyone making decisions based on incorrect assumptions.
Every textbook is hand-sorted individually. Editions with resale value are sold on Amazon and eBay to fund the operation. Surplus textbooks in good condition go to APS Title I schools. Children's and youth reading materials go to UNM Children's Hospital and Little Free Libraries. Unsalvageable materials go to a regional pulp recycler. Nothing goes to the landfill. See the full breakdown.
Yes. Free textbook pickup is available anywhere in the Albuquerque metro area, including Rio Rancho, the East Mountains, Corrales, and Los Lunas. Call or text 702-496-4214 to schedule. No minimum quantity. I do the loading.
Current editions of STEM, medical, nursing, law, and business textbooks typically carry the strongest resale value. Older humanities editions, filled-in workbooks, textbooks with redeemed access codes, and custom campus editions generally have minimal market value. I accept all textbooks regardless and handle the sorting.
Yes. Moderate highlighting and marginal notes are completely normal for used textbooks and do not disqualify them from resale. Heavy water damage, mold, or missing pages reduce resale potential, but I still accept these textbooks for recycling or alternative routing.
Yes. I accept K-12 textbooks from Albuquerque Public Schools, charter schools, private schools, and homeschool families. Retired district textbooks are particularly welcome during curriculum changeover years.
Medical, nursing, and health sciences textbooks are among the most valuable donations I receive. Current editions of anatomy, pharmacology, pathophysiology, and clinical nursing texts from UNM HSC and CNM hold strong resale value. Even older editions find readers through other channels. See the medical and nursing textbook page for more detail.
Sooner is always better because textbook value depreciates as new editions are released. The highest-volume donation periods are mid-May (after spring finals) and mid-December (after fall finals). But I accept textbooks year-round, and the drop box is open 24/7/365.
Yes. International editions typically have lower domestic resale value than U.S. editions due to publisher restrictions, but they are still useful donations. They find readers through alternative channels where the edition distinction is less relevant.
Absolutely. I regularly handle department cleanouts and faculty office clearances at UNM, CNM, and other institutions. I come to campus, bring boxes if needed, load everything myself, and work around your department's schedule. Call or text 702-496-4214 to coordinate.
Yes. The physical textbook may still have resale demand even without the access code, depending on the edition, subject, and whether the course actually requires the digital platform. Many students buy access codes separately and use a used textbook as their study copy. I sort all of this out — just bring them in.
I accept instructor and examination copies. These editions sometimes carry resale restrictions from publishers, and their market value varies by title and platform. I handle the sorting and make routing decisions so you do not have to think about it.
No limit. I have accepted single textbooks and full department libraries of several hundred volumes. The 24/7 drop box handles smaller loads, and free pickup is available for any quantity. I bring the truck for larger donations.
Yes. Law casebooks, statutory supplements, and bar preparation materials are all accepted. Current editions of popular casebooks hold moderate resale value. Older editions and outdated bar prep sets are recycled responsibly through the regional pulp recycler.
Most thrift stores and public libraries are not set up to process textbooks effectively. Goodwill may sell a few on their shelves and pulp the rest. The Albuquerque-Bernalillo County Public Library system generally does not accept textbook donations for their collection. I hand-sort every textbook to maximize its second life: resale-worthy editions find buyers, surplus copies go to Title I schools and reading programs, and only truly unsalvageable material goes to the recycler. The complete book donation guide compares all the options in Albuquerque.
Free pickup covers the Albuquerque metro, including Rio Rancho, the East Mountains, Corrales, Los Lunas, Belen, Bernalillo, and Placitas. If you are further out in New Mexico, you can ship textbooks to 5445 Edith Blvd NE, Unit A, Albuquerque NM 87107. Text me at 702-496-4214 if you have questions about your specific location.
Still have questions? text me — you will get a real answer.
Whether it is a single organic chemistry textbook or an entire department library, I take them all — any edition, any condition, any subject. Free pickup anywhere in the Albuquerque metro, or use the 24/7 drop box at 5445 Edith Blvd NE. Call or text me and it is handled.
Josh Eldred • New Mexico Literacy Project • 5445 Edith Blvd NE, Unit A, Albuquerque NM 87107