The redistribution of unused books of the 2024 Free Books Program begins today (at 12:00) by OPECA, according to the Ministry of Social Cohesion and Family.

66,978 books will be made available, which have remained undistributed from the total of 130,000 books in the program for 2024.

As reported by the ministry, a priority order of attendance is followed at the bookstores and publishing houses contracted with the LAE/OPEKA, for those beneficiaries who submitted an application to participate in the program and were not drawn, including the drawn beneficiaries who did not receive their books until 30/ 09/2024.

To receive the free books, beneficiaries should know the following:

– Personal presence of the beneficiary is required, who must have with him:

– The Social Security Registration Number (SIN) of and

– The Police Identification Card.

In the event that the beneficiary is unable to collect the books in person, the receipt can be made by a third party, who must have, in addition to the above supporting documents, an authorization with the beneficiary’s signature considered to be genuine from any public authority. In order to receive the provision of free books, the authorization is delivered to the bookstores or publishing houses contracted with the LAE/OPEKA.

Only books are allowed to be selected and no other items.

LAE/OPEKA subsidizes the companies participating in the program with a maximum amount of 20.00 euros, per beneficiary, which corresponds to the price of the book(s), after a 10% discount has been deducted.

The discount is calculated on the retail price listed in the book. In addition, LAE/OPEKA subsidizes books for each child beneficiary of LAE with the amount of 30.00 euros. In the event that the price of the book or books (including the 10% discount) exceeds the amount of 20.00 or 30.00 euros respectively, the additional difference shall be paid by the beneficiary, without any obligation of LAE/OPEKA.

The list of bookstores and publishing houses contracted with the LAE/OPEKA, as well as useful information for the beneficiaries, is available on the OPEKA website: