{"id":1975,"date":"2013-03-04T07:52:16","date_gmt":"2013-03-04T07:52:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scquest.org\/?p=1975"},"modified":"2013-04-02T16:33:27","modified_gmt":"2013-04-02T16:33:27","slug":"what-to-do-with-books-you-wont-read-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scquest.org\/?p=1975","title":{"rendered":"What to do with books you won\u2019t read again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We read a lot (as you can tell from this blog. We are changing the book reviews so you won\u2019t have them all the time! I promise) and we have accumulated more books than we will want to have to haul around the rest of our lives. So we have to do something with them.<\/p>\n<p>This post will deal with hard copy books, not kindle (for a different post).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scquest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/book.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1976 alignright\" alt=\"book\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scquest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/book-300x224.png?resize=300%2C224\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scquest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/book.png?resize=300%2C224&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scquest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/book.png?resize=100%2C75&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scquest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/book.png?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>First<\/strong> &#8211; evaluate whether you will ever read them again or recommend them to a friend.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Second<\/strong> &#8211; if they don\u2019t pass the test, get rid of them (at least making room for better books). Here are some ideas to do that.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><b>Don&#8217;t buy them in the first place<\/b> unless you know you will want to keep it! Its called a library.<\/li>\n<li><b>Sell them on <\/b><a title=\"amazon.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\" target=\"_blank\"><b>amazon.com<\/b>\u00a0<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Make sure you can sell for over $3 otherwise you are paying to give away a book. Not fun.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Trade them on <\/b><a title=\"paperbackswap.com\" href=\"http:\/\/paperbackswap.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>paperbackswap.com<\/b><\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>This is a great website that is free. Basically you set up a virtual bookshelf of books you don\u2019t want and one with books you do want. When someone wants one of your books, you mail it to them (yes, you pay the $2.53 for postage). Then you receive one book credit which allows you to request one book from someone else.<\/li>\n<li>An audio book costs two credits, so we have been trading two books we don\u2019t want for one audio book we do want.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Give them away to friends<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li>You may not want to hold on to it, but you know someone who could benefit from it. Give it away. Just don\u2019t give away trash books.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sell them at Half Priced books<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>We put this after giving away because you get very little for them. If it can be a help, it is better to give it away then get $.25 for it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tear them up for exercise<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Chances are if you are a big reader, you need some more physical exercise. Here is a great way to do it!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Give them to a child to color in<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>We are not responsible for any collateral damage caused by the child getting into the habit of coloring in \u201cbig people\u201d books.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Leave a comment and tell us what you do with extra books.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We read a lot (as you can tell from this blog. We are changing the book reviews so you won\u2019t have them all the time! 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