Comment on What's the proper way to get rid of books?
ed_cock@kbin.social 11 months ago
it’s bad juju to throw books in the trash right?
The books you are talking about are mass produced commodity items, right? If you don't want them anymore and don't know anyone else who does just treat them like any other print product and toss 'em out. They weren't painstakingly copied by monks, the knowledge inside will not be lost, just being a book doesn't make them special.
Signed, someone who had to teal with a slew of outdated guidebooks, encyclopedias, cookbooks, reader's digest issues and whatever else from a deceased relative because they just couldn't bring themselves to put them in the recycling bin.
mohKohn@kbin.social 11 months ago
just … bring them to a library or thrift store… they're better at figuring out what's actually valuable
FelipeFelop@feddit.uk 11 months ago
Another vote for charity shops/thrift stores. It’s a good way to raise a little money for charity and for someone to get a book they might no afford at full price.
I don’t know about the rest of the world but here in the UK, supermarkets and businesses sometimes have a little bookshelf. You leave any books you don’t want and people can take them putting a few coins in a collection tin that goes to a good cause.
Another thing to do is take them to work, colleagues might well want them.
ed_cock@kbin.social 11 months ago
If you have one nearby then maybe, but I bet you even they don't want that slightly water damaged, smelly copy of some cheapo 80s encyclopedia.
Around here it's also relatively common to sell old books by weight/volume, either on flea markets or classifieds/Ebay.
macrocephalic@lemmy.world 11 months ago
My local thrifty shop had a pallet of assorted books and you can fill a bag for $5. I think of it like a lazy person’s library, I get a bunch of books, pay my dues, and then return them when I’m done.