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Books, Movies, Music

Books By Mail Program

A free service for the homebound

The Grand Rapids Public Library offers a FREE Books By Mail Program to those who are homebound due to illness, disability, or old age. Residents of the city of Grand Rapids area may participate. The Books By Mail Program provides participants with:

  • Delivery to your door or mailbox.
  • Many current titles and authors, including some in large-print format
  • A selection of books-on-tape.
  • Easy, postage-free return.



To qualify for this service you must be:

  1. A resident of the city of Grand Rapids
  2. Unable to come to the Library or any of its branches because of (please mark your reason):

Illness or disability
Old age

Please fill in the following information about yourself:

Name:

Address:

City:

Zip code:

Phone:

Email address:

Date of Birth:

Please provide us with a personal contact
(someone we can call in the event we have an issue with your account and you cannot be reached):

Name:

Relationship to you:

Phone number of contact:

Email address of contact:

Selection Preferences:

Print Size:
(check all that apply)

Large Print

Standard Print Books

Audio Books on CD

Type of books desired:
(check all that apply)

Fiction
Adventures
General Fiction
Historical
Horror
Inspirational
Mystery/Thriller
Romance
Science Fiction/Fantasy
Urban Fiction
Western
Other Fiction:

Favorite Authors or Titles:

Non-Fiction
Arts/Crafts
Biography
Cooking
Health
History
Politics
Religion
Sports
Other Interests:

In order to better serve you, we keep track of your book choices in our computer system. This helps us to avoid sending duplicate books. Is this ok with you?

Yes No

Please click the button below to submit this form.



Thank you for signing up! Processing your application will take about two weeks. If you have not received books after two weeks or if you have any other questions, please contact the Grand Rapids Public Library Special Services Department at (616) 988-5426 or booksbymail@grpl.org.