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Posted: 1/14/2023 12:36:35 PM EDT
I have a basement full of books I will never read again. Couple of shelves of books from when I was a kid that I kept for nostalgic reasons but won't read.
Called the library and they said they will just sell or trash them. Goodwill? Is there somewhere else that would get better use out of them? Thought about boxing them and putting them in the garage but it gets 90+ in there in the summer. |
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I take them to a church thrift shop and then pick up some new ones for $.50 each.
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Put them on Bookshelves. Never sell a book.
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This is why I use Libby and sometimes Audible, or Kindle e-books on occasion.
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We have a used book store here. They don’t give you a huge amount of money for them but it is better than throwing them away.
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Library Thrift Store.
I generally donate my books to the college. Some are gonne books, but most are WW II history books that I no longer need. |
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#53 says, "Take 22 mg absorbed Vit C per lb plus 1 gram Chaga daily. Don't forget 2000iu Vit D-3 & K-2, 30 mg Zinc and 2 mg Cu."
Unfettered with the formalities of an economics education but well read in monetary history. |
I have a small collection . Some from 1920, 1910 . A few earlier . Some are worth some money .
Most are not . Maybe put them on eBay ? |
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sell them at half priced books.
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Chris
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Got any good books for kids….say 7ish to young teens?
Classic books? Sci-fi? Fantasy? Military memoirs? I might be interested in buying some. My kids read an ass load of books. Media Mail rates are pretty cheap. |
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I give them to a local used book store. I love going to used book stores.
Throwing books away is the same as burning them. |
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I have the same “problem”. I’ve thought about donating them to overseas deployed military but don’t know who to talk to about that….
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Do they have Half-priced Books near you?
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I tried that whole cancer thing. It wasn't for me. Good Riddance.
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OP, look around for a library within driving distance that has a "Friends of the Library" program going.
a LOT of libraries have that, and they have a used bookstore that generates funds for the library outreach programs. I have donated thousands (literally yes thousands) of books to FOL. You generally get a receipt for tax donation (though somebody said the donation deduction has changed and is not really viable now--I haven't looked) of $1 per paperback and $3 per hardcover. Even without the deduction, it gives the books a second chance at life. Goodwill throws them in the dumpster out back. |
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Donate or find someone else who likes them I know
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Donate to the library book sale for the tax write off, in the old days
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I keep the ones that have some type of significance for me.
The rest I hand over to secondhand book shops. |
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Originally Posted By ApacheScout: I give them to a local used book store. I love going to used book stores. Throwing books away is the same as burning them. View Quote This. The few times I've had to throw books away because of irreparable damage, it's made me feel downright ill. My kids are going to have an interesting time going through my library when I die. |
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Well, I avoid tossing books. To the point I have about 4k of them stored in another state, in a unit that ain't exactly cheap.
As has been said, friends of libraries would work. If it's science fiction, as most of mine are, a good place to donate them to is the Heinlein for Heroes program . "Founded in November 2013, Heinlein For Heroes H4H is a program for placing science fiction books, especially Heinlein books, into the hands of active military personnel particularly those deployed their families, and into the hands of veterans in veterans' hospitals." |
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There are a couple book boxes in the neighborhood. Like a cabinet on the sidewalk.
You take what you want and leave something you've already read. |
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If they are military or historical in nature, look up Jason Pipes on Facebook. He runs Skirmish Line Books out of North Carolina and also admins a couple Facebook sale groups.
I am normally very reluctant to introduce people to Jason, since I have dumped a LOT of money down that guy and he's sort of like my drug dealer. But he DID find me the Volume IV of the late Harve Saal's long out of print MACV-SOG history and it only cost me three hundred. |
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Don’t know if there is a 2nd & Charles in your area but that’s where we dispose of them. It’s very akin to a pawn shop in terms of what they give you but we buy a ton from there so store credit is good enough to get them out of our house.
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You'd be surprised at what some books are worth (and sell for) these days. Just as an example, I have a few "modern conflict" books that are now discontinued. They go for hundreds each.
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A chance to cut is a chance to cure
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I had an old tattered paperback copy of Burke Davis' Marine about Chesty Puller and when I was done reading it, took it to the gunsmithing skool and asked the instructor if there were any marines in his class. He told me which workbench to leave it on.
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#53 says, "Take 22 mg absorbed Vit C per lb plus 1 gram Chaga daily. Don't forget 2000iu Vit D-3 & K-2, 30 mg Zinc and 2 mg Cu."
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I dump mine in the break room at work. They usually disappear.
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Than there came from hunting, the weather-eyed shooter.
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I keep them then reread them. It's always seemed like a new book because I'm different now than when I first read them so I understand things I didn't before or see things through a life that has experienced new things.
But now that I'm at the end of my life, I think it's time to pass them on so I'm glad I found this forum. |
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Originally Posted By Tiempos_Peligrosos: I keep them then reread them. It's always seemed like a new book because I'm different now than when I first read them so I understand things I didn't before or see things through a life that has experienced new things. But now that I'm at the end of my life, I think it's time to pass them on so I'm glad I found this forum. View Quote @Tiempos_Peligrosos Yo, man. You good? |
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I just throw them away. There are so many used books in the world that will never be looked at again. Philosophically, I hate throwing them away, and I will pull out some that might have special meaning to someone, but in reality, no one wants them.
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Half Price Books will pay for books they know they can resell. The rest…. their dumpster out back is usually full. I think they locked it up after I maybe raided it one too many times.
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Originally Posted By AZCOP: I'm in this group. I also would not give them away. Jay View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By AZCOP: Originally Posted By cayman_shen: Put them on Bookshelves. Never sell a book. I'm in this group. I also would not give them away. Jay We were in this group for a long, long time. We became overwhelmed, and as cool as having a library in the house was (literally, not kidding, we built a library room in our first house), it just wasn't worth it. First we donated all the paperbacks, just kept hardcovers, and even then, it was just too much, so now, unless it is a truly unique book, or one with special sentiment, we let them go to other homes. |
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I try to get my kids or co-workers to read them and they usually could give a fuck less. Then I just re-read them 30 years later. Going through all my Raymond E. Feist books again but this time in chronological order instead of published order. I'll get to read the last few I never read from the last 10 years or so. I'm going to do The Wheel of Time again for the umpteenth time but will finally read the final volumes Brandon Sanderson had to write after Robert Jordan's death. Wrapping that series up will finally happen after almost 30 years.
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Donate them to Adult Literacy if you have one in your town. I volunteer at one in Wichita Falls and once a year we have a book fair sale. The proceeds go back into the program that helps people learn to read, write and get their high school diploma.
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I donate boxes of books about twice a year to the VA hospital and local nursing/rehabilitation/retirement homes. By far the most appreciative folks are at the retirement home...
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Gave them to the thrift store of the local battered women's shelter. Lots and lots of hard backs with dust covers. Most were in perfect shape. It was hard to part with them. I'm a Kindle guy now. Just too dang easy and convenient.
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Same problem here. I have saved so many books. I'm seriously re-reading a bunch now but overall I'll never read them all again (many have already been re-read to be honest). My kids don't want to read them. There's no value in selling them. I've thought about building one of those free library boxes or whatever and putting in my yard just to be creative.
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Originally Posted By FaygoJoe: I've thought about building one of those free library boxes or whatever and putting in my yard just to be creative. View Quote Do it. Those little library honor boxes are great projects for a scout group to do, or as a high school community service project for a woodshop class, etc. |
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A chance to cut is a chance to cure
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Donate to library for library book store.
I take mine to the College for the college library. You can also Fleabay them. |
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Every time I consider getting rid of my physical books the image of a diabetic scientist submerging his sealed books in his septic tank for use by future generations comes to my mind. E books and PDFs have their place, but a widespread shift away from physical media to digital streaming content is a bad thing. Way too easy for unpopular content to be disappeared. Look at what they're doing to Dr Seuss and Disney movies that are deemed improper. Old TV shows that were innocent enough back in the day that now carry a content warning. The list goes on.
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*post contains personal opinion only and should not be considered information released in an official capacity*
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Originally Posted By Tiempos_Peligrosos: I keep them then reread them. It's always seemed like a new book because I'm different now than when I first read them so I understand things I didn't before or see things through a life that has experienced new things. But now that I'm at the end of my life, I think it's time to pass them on so I'm glad I found this forum. View Quote Just fyi this dude hasn't posted since this. Looks like we lost a fellow Arf book reader |
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Originally Posted By Scalped: Just fyi this dude hasn't posted since this. Looks like we lost a fellow Arf book reader View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By Scalped: Originally Posted By Tiempos_Peligrosos: I keep them then reread them. It's always seemed like a new book because I'm different now than when I first read them so I understand things I didn't before or see things through a life that has experienced new things. But now that I'm at the end of my life, I think it's time to pass them on so I'm glad I found this forum. Just fyi this dude hasn't posted since this. Looks like we lost a fellow Arf book reader @Tiempos_Peligrosos - you there Brother? |
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Originally Posted By medicmandan: I have a basement full of books I will never read again. Couple of shelves of books from when I was a kid that I kept for nostalgic reasons but won't read. Called the library and they said they will just sell or trash them. Goodwill? Is there somewhere else that would get better use out of them? Thought about boxing them and putting them in the garage but it gets 90+ in there in the summer. View Quote I list them on paperback swap Gets me credit for MORE books If paperback, the Appalachian Prison Book project will take them Mrs |
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Yard/ garage sale works for me
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I am a Kindle person now. The few books on my shelf are going to a donations bin.
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Originally Posted By medicmandan: I have a basement full of books I will never read again. Couple of shelves of books from when I was a kid that I kept for nostalgic reasons but won't read. Called the library and they said they will just sell or trash them. Goodwill? Is there somewhere else that would get better use out of them? Thought about boxing them and putting them in the garage but it gets 90+ in there in the summer. View Quote Hospice thrift, or to a bookstore for bookstore credits, local friends of the library, that sort of thing. |
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