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Book Distribution Programs
Programs that make books available to people who want and/or need them, either at a discount or no charge. Included are book exchange programs that allow people to swap books they have read for new ones; programs that provide books for children and/or young adults as a means of encouraging their interest in reading, often working in cooperation with local schools and libraries; and book giveaways or low cost book sales that target other populations.
Book/Magazine Donation Programs
Programs that accept new or used books, magazines and other reading materials and keep them for use in their own program or donate them to libraries, schools and other community agencies for their own use or for distribution to people they serve.
The above terms and definitions are part of the Taxonomy of Human Services, used here by permission of INFO LINE of Los Angeles.