The Ghana Ministry of Education later provided the land for a permanent distribution center and funding from DANIDA enabled the GBT to construct the centre on the site. Initially, the GBT's programming focused on the distribution of North American donated books provided by CODE through its affiliate the International Book Bank. These books included textbooks, reference books and curriculum planners for teachers, and general reading materials all of which were made available to primary school, secondary and post-secondary institutions and libraries. 

Among the early beneficiaries of CODE's support in Ghana were the Accra Technical Training Centre, the Ghana National Association of Teachers, the National Catholic Secretariat, the Ghana Library Board, the Universities, the Ghana National Commission on Children, the Voluntary Adults Literacy and Vocational Education (VALVE) and the Military Hospital and a number of schools throughout the country. 

As the GBT became more established it obtained books from a variety of other sources including Book Aid International, The Sabre Foundation, Books for Africa. Over 20 containers of books a year were being received and distributed by the GBT to beneficiaries across Ghana. 

GBT has evolved to include more focused programming which supports children's literacy while at the same time continuing to help meet the huge demand there is in Ghana to provide donated books to support education. The donated book program also served to assist the organization's cash flow thus enabling it to expand it's programming into the establishment of more libraries and reduce the reliance on external funding for administration costs. 

CODE remains the principal funder of GBT programs. The services of the GBT were recognized by the Ghana Parliament. GBT also received the Ghana Book Award in 1999 for being the best in library development.