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Rosriv ,

I’d definitely recommend just leaving them in a book box. The concept is easy: leave a book, take a book. But there’s nothing saying you can’t just leave book. Don’t have one nearby? Create one. 🥰

Noxvento ,
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Based on Fahrenheit 451: Call your local Firefighter.

Opacity9850 ,

In our country we have these peddlers who buy papers, books, metal items for cheap and then they resell them to recycle then ultimately or for other uses.

Nemo ,

Put them in Little Free Libraries, post them on your local Buy Nothing group, or sell them

Xtallll ,
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Leave them on the table in a coffee shop, one or two at a time.

CoffeeBot ,

Here in Toronto we have free little libraries. I would just put them in there.

TurtleLife ,

They have them in Vancouver too. I love the idea of this being more widespread!

simply_surprise ,
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Libraries throw away a shitload of donations. Donate or sell what you can, if you want.

Don’t feel bad about throwing away old books. Books published now don’t last very long, and anything we have is already archived somewhere anyway.

ImADifferentBird ,

If they're in good condition, selling them to a used bookstore or donating them to a library are good ideas.

wrenn ,
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Some libraries take book donations (either for adding to the collection, or for book sales), little free libraries (you can find local ones here), ‘Friends of the Library’ will sell them and donate the proceeds to the library, second hand book shops, thrift shops, charity shops, and of course there’s always throwing them out.

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    wrenn ,
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    I like to cite my sources :)

    MaxVoltage ,
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    fire

    blanketswithsmallpox ,
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    Was about to say. Burn them. They make great fire starter. Arguably one of the densest and best. I'd love the thought as an author to have my words burned away for someone's enjoyment too.

    thisbenzingring ,

    I work with librarians and I have heard them say that sometimes an old worn out book is just a bunch of paper. Would you keep a bunch of paper lying around? Librarians throw out a lot of books.

    andrewrgross ,

    In Jewish tradition, the answer is burial.

    Personally, I think immolation – burning – is an elegant way of returning something to the world without taking space or requiring much effort. I know people have an aversion to burning books, bit I think the difference is similar to that difference between burying a loved one after they pass and burying an enemy alive.

    If your city offers industrial composting, I’d compost your books.

    Lastly, you can do any of these, including throwing books in the trash with a statement of gratitude. Mari Kondo advises that we thank or belongings for their service and then throw them in the trash.

    ABCDE ,

    None of those seem like respectful uses of books.

    Alto ,
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    Yeah when I burned Ethan Frome it was specifically to be disrespectful

    FaceDeer ,
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    Since these are inanimate objects that are incapable of comprehending respect or disrespect by themselves, this meaning is imposed solely by the humans involved in this process.

    A common analogous situation is the burning of American flags. Lots of Americans freak out over it, the official "Flag Code" says burning is actually the respectful way to dispose of them, and most non-Americans just roll their eyes over the whole kerfuffle.

    That said, I have a bunch of books I'd like to get rid of and that I know there'd be no demand for and I've got them stashed away because I know I'm going to have soooo much trouble actually physically dropping them into the recycler. Humans are irrational and superstitious, even when we realize that we're irrational and superstitious.

    FullOfBallooons ,

    Throwing them into a big box marked “FREE” and putting that outside on the curb is probably the least amount of effort.

    Other than that, donating them, selling them to a second hand bookstore, or finding a local Little Free Library and adding to their collection is your best bet.

    ShakeThatYam ,
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    Donate to library or school if in decent condition. Recycle if not.

    Widowmaker_Best_Girl ,

    I worked for a library. Most books we got donated, even if they were in good condition would just get pitched. We just had no need for them.

    bhmnscmm ,
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    I think that’s dependent on the library. The few libraries I’m familiar with are always happy to accept donated books and put them in circulation (as long as they’re in good condition).

    FearTheCron ,

    It probably also depends on the book. I have tons of outdated books on obscure topics within engineering, science, and computing. I doubt anyone would check out my 1995 book on the Vi text editor from a library. Although, if I’m lucky, perhaps it could be a collectors item some day. In reality, I’m probably going to just say “thank you for helping me so many years ago” and respectfully recycle the book.

    bhmnscmm ,
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    That’s probably true, I would expect libraries not be very interested in obsolete technical books.

    However, I image many of the books people have don’t match that description. And in my experience libraries (especially school libraries) are happy to take them.

    FearTheCron ,

    I guess the libraries and schools can make the decision and throw out things they don’t find useful.

    SirElliott ,

    Check with your local library or schools to see if they accept book donations. If not, there are probably a few secondhand bookstores near you that will buy some of them from you.

    DonnieDarkmode ,

    This is the best way in my experience; I was able to get rid of over 20 filing boxes of books this way while helping my folks downsize their collection. It’s a small way to support your local library system, and I’ve had some excellent finds at thrift book stores/library sales over the years so it’s nice to contribute to that as well

    PostmodernPythia ,

    Please check first and accept their answer if it’s a no! Do not dump your 1991 NatGeos without asking. Love, Librarians

    phillycodehound ,
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    Especially Nat Geos. Those things are valuable.

    BNE ,
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    Really? I never knew - are people starting to warm up on collecting Natgeos or has this been a thing around your neck of the woods/world for a while?

    T156 ,

    I believe that may be sarcasm.

    BNE ,
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    That’d be right, lol - thanks for the help parsing the context, I really did just assume it was earnest

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