About Operation Paperback

Operation Paperback began in 1999, sending its first shipments to Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. We have since shipped books to the following locations overseas:

In addition to overseas locations, Operation Paperback provides books to military and veterans hospitals located within the United States, as well as USO centers at US Airport transit points.

The organization has several special projects, including:

- Providing books from military Professional Reading Lists to support servicemember professional development goals;

- Supporting Chaplains as they counsel troops: before redeployment by giving the book, Courage After Fire: Coping Strategies for Troops Returning from Iraq and Afghanistan and Their Families; after reunification by giving a variety of marriage and family team building books (including The Five Love Languages, The Military Marriage Manual, Standing By: The Making of an American Military Family in a Time of War) as part of marriage retreats for Soldiers and families.

- Providing Iraqi Phrasebooks for units on the ground so that they may communicate effectively with local populations;

- Supplying books for the annual book give away at NSA Souda Bay in Crete, Greece for service members and their families;

- Supplying children's books to deployed soldiers who read to their children via webcam or on DVDs.

- Providing free shipments of books to any military family during our semi-annual Blue Star Family Book Giveaway.

Individual citizens, American families and community groups have formed a network of volunteer shippers that have sent over 1.3 million books since Operation Paperback began.

Operation Paperback is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization incorporated in the State of Pennsylvania. Our EIN is 41-2209836. Donations to our organization are tax deductible to the full extent of the law. We are happy to provide receipts for any donations received.