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Post by Carl LaFong on May 10, 2022 0:14:25 GMT
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Post by twothousandonemark on May 10, 2022 2:36:31 GMT
I donate them to local libraries. I've no idea if they put them into circulation or not, yet their dropboxes are open 24/7.
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Post by llanwydd on May 10, 2022 6:40:13 GMT
I donate them to local libraries. I've no idea if they put them into circulation or not, yet their dropboxes are open 24/7. Same here. Occasionally, I will see them being sold later on for 25 to 50 cents.
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Post by theravenking on May 10, 2022 11:44:39 GMT
So true!
I donate them to charity. Where I live we also have one of those small free libraries in an old red telephone booth. I must've given away hundreds of books in the past years.
And as much as it pains me to do this: sometimes when a book is in a very bad condition (I'm talking of cheap old paperbacks here, not antique books!), already falling apart and missing some of its pages, I'm forced to make the tough decision to have it "euthanised", meaning I throw it away into the paper recycling bin.
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Post by Zos on May 10, 2022 13:07:51 GMT
Spat shops. (may not be politically correct terminology)
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Post by novastar6 on May 10, 2022 22:13:08 GMT
Thrift shop, which coincidentally is where I get most of mine.
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Post by Carl LaFong on May 10, 2022 23:34:20 GMT
Spat shops. (may not be politically correct terminology) Never heard that term before.
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Post by Penn Guinn on May 11, 2022 1:07:03 GMT
When I thin the collection, books and magazines go to the local library for their booksales and to several thrift stores depending on condition, re-sellability and what the store was interested in having.
Local library gets so many donated books that are locally unsellable that they package them up and ship them to a re-seller who pay them by the pound. They even pay for the ones that will be shredded to make new paper.
The library only sells newer books and copies of "the classics". They used to have a hallway filled with FREE books but those get shipped away now.
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Post by Zos on May 11, 2022 13:07:07 GMT
Spat shops. (may not be politically correct terminology) Never heard that term before. Short for spastic, was a de rigueur term when I was at school.
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Post by Catman on May 11, 2022 13:18:14 GMT
Catman for some odd reason had kept all his textbooks from college and had also over the years collected a large number of first-year college rhetorics. None of them were of use to anyone, so Catman donated them to the local resource recovery plant which burned them to make electricity.
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Post by Feologild Oakes on May 12, 2022 21:00:30 GMT
I give them away.
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Post by Captain Spencer on May 13, 2022 2:10:32 GMT
I donate them to Goodwill.
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Post by Carl LaFong on May 13, 2022 23:45:19 GMT
Never heard that term before. Short for spastic, was a de rigueur term when I was at school. Ah, I see. Cheers. |
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Post by mmexis on May 17, 2022 2:01:55 GMT
We have a number of little "free" libraries on people's lawns. They go there. YA books go to my school and end up in a classroom somewhere. Anything else goes on the free book truck outside my school library (nothing inappropriate or too old, of course. Textbooks go to the recycle.)
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Post by Vassaggo on May 17, 2022 7:34:25 GMT
That's never actually happened. The not wanting a book anymore. If space on the shelves gets tight I add more shelves in the library. Currently I have 4' 6'tall units and 5 3' tall units. Some where close to 600-700 books.
Now I have had duplicates before (still have a couple basically some rarer first editions or autographed ones and a reading copy) Others come from multiple places mostly gifts. I either take them to 2nd and Charles Used Book Shop Chain or to one of the book shops I go to on runs. 2nd and Charles tends to give you better credit than the local book shops but sometimes you got to support the smaller shops inventory for the next guy.
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Post by Domestic Wife on May 23, 2022 2:06:02 GMT
I've actually been thinking about that recently. I'm considering asking someone at our library if they'd accept quite a few books.
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Post by Penn Guinn on May 23, 2022 2:11:50 GMT
I've actually been thinking about that recently. I'm considering asking someone at our library if they'd accept quite a few books.
If they don't want them, check your local thrift stores.
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Post by Domestic Wife on May 23, 2022 2:23:40 GMT
I've actually been thinking about that recently. I'm considering asking someone at our library if they'd accept quite a few books.
If they don't want them, check your local thrift stores.
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Post by mmexis on May 29, 2022 4:09:38 GMT
If they don't want them, check your local thrift stores. You may also be able to donate some to nursing homes. They often have libraries for the residents.
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Post by CrepedCrusader on Jun 1, 2022 21:43:02 GMT
I dropped off a few at the Salvation Army not long ago. Given a few away to people I know.
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