Selling or Donating Books and Media

Donations

Roundabout Books accepts any and all books, CDs, DVDs, and vinyl records on donation, at our shop and at various transfer stations around the valley! 

In addition to buying books selectively, we started taking in all donations of books, CDs, and DVDs soon after we opened in 2012. We haven't turned away a book in 12 years. If this is a useful service to you, keep us in mind! Fewer and fewer places take CDs and DVDs, and we are so delighted to have them for our big sale events. 

Maybe you saw our ad in the Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Guide this year? We just opened dedicated donation bins for CDs, DVDs, and vinyl records at Valley Recycling in Northampton, in addition to receiving them at the store. We even handle damaged books, recycling books locally that we aren’t able to sell. Leftovers from library sales are welcome! 

Where to Donate

  • At Our Shop: Books, CDs, DVDs, video games, vinyl records
    • Roundabout Books, 85 Pierce St. Greenfield, MA 01301: open 10 am - 6 pm daily; 24-hour donation dropbox available outside the building 
    • Please call us or find us inside the shop if you need help unloading your books and media!
  • Valley Recycling: Books, CDs, DVDs, video games, vinyl records
  • Colrain Transfer Station: Books only
  • Charlemont Transfer Station: Books only
  • Conway Transfer Station: Books only
  • Deerfield Transfer Station: Books only
  • Wendell Transfer Station: Books only
  • Westhampton Transfer Station: Books only
  • Williamsburg Transfer Station: Books only

What to Donate

  • Books 
  • DVDs
  • CDs
  • Vinyl records
  • Video Games

Textbook Buyback 

We are pleased to pay competitive prices for textbooks and academic books in their current edition. If you are a college or secondary school student or parent, a trip to our store can make a difference in tens or hundreds of dollars compared to what the college bookstore offers for buyback prices. Even if your books are a couple years old, it is worth having us evaluate them to see what we can pay. We accept appointments; walk-ins are also welcome, though we may not always have a buyer available. Our evaluations are fast and we’re happy to meet you and give you a quote with no pressure at all to sell to us. We are confident that we offer the best buyback service available.  

What We Typically Buy

  • Textbooks (in their current edition)
  • Academic ‘required reading’
  • Books published extraordinarily recently (within the past year usually)
  • We may buy or offer credit for other books at our discretion.

When We Buy

  • We are always buying books.
  • We accept appointments for book evaluations.
  • We also accept walk-ins without an appointment, but may not always have a buyer available.

What We Pay

  • A percentage of the online market price
  • We usually make payment by check, but we also double payment amounts if you choose to take store credit.