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What to do with books

goldensrbest — Tue, 17 Apr 2018 14:07:49 GMT

I have quite a few religious books , by different authors, no use for keeping them ,clearing out stuff,don't know what to do with them,hate to throw away.

Re: What to do with books

Diva on The Q — Tue, 17 Apr 2018 14:15:02 GMT

There may be some churches or religious organizations that may be interested in the books. Also, nonprofit organizations such as the Salvation Army accept book donations.

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VanSleepy — Tue, 17 Apr 2018 14:12:40 GMT

Donate them. We're always getting postcards in the mail from organizations looking for donations. They accept books and will come pick them up.

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Ms tyrion2 — Tue, 17 Apr 2018 14:12:56 GMT

Take them to Goodwill. Or to a senior care center. Or to a hospital. Many hospitals have a rack of books offered free to whoever wants them.

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Laura14 — Tue, 17 Apr 2018 14:13:51 GMT

My library has a donation bin right on site. You may want to drop by your local one or stop in. They usually take them for their book sales.

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Daisy Sunflower — Tue, 17 Apr 2018 14:19:48 GMT

Ask your library if they'd want them. Our library has a little table of books for patrons to buy. They keep it just inside the door so you can browse through them before or after your visit.

Or ask Goodwill if they'd want them.

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OKPrincess — Tue, 17 Apr 2018 14:29:17 GMT

We took many books, etc. mainly religious to a large used bookstore locally and “donated” them as well as old yearbooks. These belonged to my parents.

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qualitygal — Tue, 17 Apr 2018 14:31:48 GMT

Churches do have libraries, libraries have book sales. There may be senior centers, or shelters for people, who would appreciate these books.

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151949 — Tue, 17 Apr 2018 14:41:49 GMT

Libraries will always take donations of books as long as they aren't dirty books. If they can't use them they sell them cheap.

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Sooner — Tue, 17 Apr 2018 14:44:51 GMT

I'd check with any local prisions or half way houses, women's resource centers, or the Salvation Army will take them and use or resell them.

Lots of people can benefit from used books in many ways.

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CareBears — Tue, 17 Apr 2018 14:45:34 GMT

@goldensrbest Our local libary gladly accepts gently used books. Most thrift shops also appreciate books as donations!

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riley1 — Tue, 17 Apr 2018 14:46:26 GMT

@151949 - FYI Libraries do not always take books when you are looking to donate them. Sometimes they only take them at certain times of the year. In my case, I had many books to donate and they didn't want them until October - well this was July and I could not hold onto them.

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CANDLEQUEEN — Tue, 17 Apr 2018 14:55:45 GMT

I ma not exactly sure what this is called, but in my sister's neighborhood, several homes have a little book rack near their mail box, and you can put books in there that you no longer want, as well as take the books that you might be interested in reading. Her subdivision is probably about a mile, and there are several of these throughout her sub division. She loves it because you always have somewhere to take your already read books to, and you can always pick up a new book....

I am not sure what the exact name is called, but it seems to be quite popular and a good way to get rid of excess books as well...

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Alison Wonderland — Tue, 17 Apr 2018 15:01:49 GMT

@CANDLEQUEEN wrote:
I ma not exactly sure what this is called, but in my sister's neighborhood, several homes have a little book rack near their mail box, and you can put books in there that you no longer want, as well as take the books that you might be interested in reading. Her subdivision is probably about a mile, and there are several of these throughout her sub division. She loves it because you always have somewhere to take your already read books to, and you can always pick up a new book....

I am not sure what the exact name is called, but it seems to be quite popular and a good way to get rid of excess books as well...

It's a movement called Little Free Library. You can read more about it here: https://littlefreelibrary.org/about

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CareBears — Tue, 17 Apr 2018 16:37:43 GMT

@CANDLEQUEEN Our neighborhood just recently put out a box like that across the street, so many kids over the summer would use that little box, the one across the street is for kids book, but if someone were to put in an adult book it might inspire others to do it also? But then again, I would not want a child to pick up an inappropriate book either?

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Isobel Archer — Tue, 17 Apr 2018 16:54:56 GMT

If your church does not have a library or a book sale, then I would contact other churches to see if they do - and if they would like these books.

Our church has both and we always appreciate donations - so I think you'll be able to give them away without too much problem.

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CelticCrafter — Tue, 17 Apr 2018 17:07:21 GMT

We donate our books to either Goodwill or the library.

Most times the library will take them any time, there is one small branch that only takes them at certain times of the year.

Just dropped a box, of probably every Mr. Food cookbook ever printed, yesterday to the library.

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Bird mama — Tue, 17 Apr 2018 17:09:51 GMT

@goldensrbest If you have a recycling center nearby that takes paper, you can recycle the books. Or, if you have a local library with a used bookstore, you can donate the books. I've done both :-)

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CANDLEQUEEN — Tue, 17 Apr 2018 17:31:58 GMT

@CareBears wrote:
@CANDLEQUEEN Our neighborhood just recently put out a box like that across the street, so many kids over the summer would use that little box, the one across the street is for kids book, but if someone were to put in an adult book it might inspire others to do it also? But then again, I would not want a child to pick up an inappropriate book either?

@CareBears I never thought of it as maybe kids would use the box as well. I guess you could always have two boxes. Yes you wouldn't want kids getting a hold of adult books for sure......I think it is such a good idea though, and my sister said she has read more books that she probably never would have otherwise!

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chrystaltree — Tue, 17 Apr 2018 17:45:53 GMT

Please don't dump them on a charity unless you know they want those particular books. If you have a church, ask them if they want the books or ask if they have a book drive coming up. My church has a yearly book drive. You can also post a "free spirtual books" add in your supermarket. Someone might want them. Otherwise, if you don't want them, recycle them.