What to do with old books

What To Do With Old Books 

There are many options for you to consider for used books and magazines:

* Donating to any library is a good idea. Even well read publications are appreciated. If they do not make it to the library bookshelf, they will be sold in their annual fund-raising book sale. There are many kinds of libraries to consider aside from public ones - including church libraries, retirement home libraries, coffee shops and mobile libraries.

* Go online to find the Operation Paperback Organization, which accepts donated reading material for the military.

* Trading in at the used bookstore is a great way to support a local store that focuses on reuse.

* Get involved in exchange loops with friends, family or co-workers.

* Using the keywords "book swap" and “used book stores” and the name of your area in a search engine will reveal many places for trading used books.

* Leave a box of books near the door for guests to riffle through and have their pick. This way you don't have to remember to haul out the box when people are visiting.

* Donate to any fundraising event held by schools, churches or non-profit groups.

* Used books are a popular item in garage, or yard, sales, but you might have books and different types of magazines to offer for free as well. During a garage sale once, we we set out a large box of various magazines, thinking we would be lucky to see half of them off. One of the first bargain hunters happily scooped up the entire box. She couldn't believe her luck and was so very grateful. That experience took us by surprise, and we felt great having made her day. A book collector visited a sale we put on one weekend and bought every single author-signed book that we had... and we had a lot, being professional book reviewers at the time.

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* Consider asking the receptionist at any business or office that has a waiting room for their clients - such as the doctor, lawyer, accountant and banking offices. 

* Ask your own boss and also ask your family members to check, if one is allowed to leave donated reading materials in their staff lunchrooms area.

* Consider hospitals and old age homes - their patients need to do something healthier than staring at a TV.

* Find out who runs your local literacy program - they are always hungry for like-new books.

* Coffee shops are another great place to donate, as many of them offer reading materials to their patrons.

* Shelters for the poor or disadvantaged, women's shelters and missions are other places to consider for your donations. There are a number of less-privileged areas (i.e. Africa) that are hungry for our used school and university books in particular. In keeping with this topic, using the key words 'book donation' in a search engine turns up pages of places to donate to. (i.e. donate used university botany books)

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