Guidelines for Better World Books

Invisible Children, through a partnership with Better World Books, sponsors a book drive as one of its fundraising efforts. This book drive provides students in northern Uganda with books while raising cash for Invisible Children's programs.

Here are guidelines from Better World Books:

  • Books: Must have an ISBN. The ISBN may be printed in barcode format on the book’s back cover (or inside a mass-market paperback’s front cover). Alternatively, the ISBN may be printed in 10-digit or 13- digit format on the book’s copyright page. Please do not send books in poor condition.
  • Other Media: DVDs, music CDs, Books on CD are acceptable to donate (must be operable and include the original artwork and casing)
  • Software: Unopened software sets are acceptable to donate.

Please do not collect books that are:

  • Dirty
  • Moldy
  • Water-Damaged
  • Damaged Binding or Pages
  • Missing Covers or Pages
  • Excessive Writing, Markings, or Highlighting
  • Books with Cut-Out Library Treatments
  • Paperback Books Warped From Storage

Please note that we also DO NOT accept:

  • Activity Books (coloring, crossword, etc.)
  • Books Published by Magazines (Reader’s Digest Condensed Books)
  • Books that do not contain an ISBN
  • Case Law and Procedural Law Books
  • Custom Course Packets
  • Directories or Telephone Books
  • Encyclopedia Britannica, World Book, Childcraft, or Incomplete Sets
  • LP Records, VHS, Cassettes, or CDs
  • Open Software Sets
  • Periodicals or Magazines (i.e. National Geographic, TV Guides)
  • Tax Documents or Government Documents
  • Book Club Editions
  • Harlequin Romance Novels
  • The Modern Library Series
  • Reader’s Digest Condensed Books
  • Who’s Who
  • Yearbooks or annuals