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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 age. Residents of the 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
Age

Please fill in the following information about yourself:

Name:

Address:

City:

Zip code:

Phone:

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:

Selection Preferences:

Print Size:

Large Print

Standard Print

Either

Type of books desired:
(check all that apply)

Fiction
Adventures
Best Sellers
General
Historical
Mystery
Romance
Western
Other Fiction:

Non-Fiction
Biography (Any Type)
Celebrity Biography
Historical Biography
Political Biography
Health
Religion
History
Other Non-fiction:

Would you like to receive audio books?
(check all that apply)

Yes, on cassette only.
Yes, on CD only.
Yes, on either cassette tape or CD
No

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.