What do you do with your old books?

MadeInOz · Jul 28, 2005

Well, okay, I tell a slight lie, I did give away some of my books that I really really hated, and they're now on tour around Australia. I gave them to a friend, and he passed them on to another friend in Sydney, who passed them on and so on and so forth.

Ric · Jul 28, 2005

I keep all of my books that I have read.

My personal library could rival my county's public library.

lillybug0514 · Jul 28, 2005

^ LOL mine too, thats why I've had to give some away, when you nearly break your neck tryin to step over them, you know it way past time

muppy · Jul 30, 2005

I have a hard time parting with my books. I keep them in my spare bedroom and let them collect dust.

Dust and Ashes · Jul 31, 2005

I trade them in for credit at The Book Rack, a small used book store here in town. They have been in business since I was a child so I do my part to help them and they are still going strong.

BurningTorch · Aug 3, 2005

The-Doctor said:
What do you do with your old books?

Keep them, throw them away, Sell em, give them to friends/charity

I keep most of them, sometimes sell a few. I only throw them away if they are ruined, like from being stored in a damp basement and all mildewed.

AnarKiss · Aug 5, 2005

The-Doctor said:
What do you do with your old books?

Keep them, throw them away, Sell em, give them to friends/charity

If they are any good, I pass them on to friends.
Have you heard of bookcrossing.com? It's where you register books then release them into the wild for a stranger to pick up, register, read, then re-release... Theory is that you can track it around the globe.

jul7246 · Aug 9, 2005

Keep them! Old books will be so valuable later! The owners of our apartment left a Bible written in Old Russian and just Russian that was printed in either 1729 or 1829 and one of the guards in our school gave me as a birthday present a book about Greece printed in 1914. I think these books are way too cool!

Hisbygrace · Aug 10, 2005

Most of the time I keep them in case I want to read them again. But, I do lend them out to family and friends.

laushe6 · Aug 10, 2005

I keep what I can and then when I run out of room I trade them online. That way I get books I wouldn't have been able to otherwise.

country woman · Aug 10, 2005

Some I trade in or give to friends

Ainuhina · Aug 11, 2005

I keep them or register them at www.bookcrossing.com and release them into the wild

~Wisdom Seeker~ · Aug 20, 2005

The-Doctor said:
What do you do with your old books?

Keep them, throw them away, Sell em, give them to friends/charity

I keep them.

But, I've also made donations to my local public library, the Goodwill and given a few to friends and family. But, it's rare.

Shyelah · Aug 20, 2005

I give all my books to my little sisters or my niece.

cenimo · Aug 20, 2005

Most are keepers, especially anything non-fiction.

Some I give to the library, some I put in our church library,some I leave in waiting areas

I was doing the bookcrossing thing for awhile but got kind of soured on that. You get a number to put in a book and then leave somewhere, just like where's george, but with books. Well it seemed instead of random chance these people were all arranging bookswaps before dropping thir books of anywhere - what's the point? (For those doing it, more power to you- I think I had 4 "catches" out of 137).
Anyway, it took me a whole bunch of books left here and there before the light came on - I get a DOH there.

symphonyb · Aug 21, 2005

I hold on to my books.We built a den in my home,my books have a final resting place

Chargebolt1374 · Aug 21, 2005

I always keep my old books

Ainuhina · Aug 22, 2005

cenimo said:
I was doing the bookcrossing thing for awhile but got kind of soured on that. You get a number to put in a book and then leave somewhere, just like where's george, but with books. Well it seemed instead of random chance these people were all arranging bookswaps before dropping thir books of anywhere - what's the point? (For those doing it, more power to you- I think I had 4 "catches" out of 137).
Anyway, it took me a whole bunch of books left here and there before the light came on - I get a DOH there.

I know what you mean (I haven't caught a book in the wild till now) but i really like the idea and as I have far too much books to have them all in my small room

But it's true that most books are exchanged at the bookcrossing meet-ups or left at the place the meeting took place at.

HisJavajunkie · Aug 22, 2005

Very rarely do I give them away. 98% I keep. All the way from college I still have the books. I only gave 2 or 3 away this year during tax time.

I love books!!!

skipper · Aug 22, 2005

I keep my favorites and give away the ones I didnt enjoy

What do you do with your old books?

What do you do with your old books

Keep them

Throw them away

sell them

give them to charity/friends

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