On 10/23/2025 10:42 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
On 10/23/2025 2:59 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
On 10/22/2025 6:24 PM, William Hyde wrote:
Lynn McGuire wrote:
On 10/3/2025 2:52 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
a425couple˙ <a425couple@hotmail.com> wrote:
Do some self righteous people here really think you get a
bonus in Heaven if your heirs find your now unwanted
old books is pristine condition? >
Yes.˙ Books are sacred, like forests, and we only borrow them until >>>>> the
next owner comes along.˙ Take care of them.
--scott
I am considering disposing of 3,000 of my 4,000 SF/F books.˙ I have
no idea what to do with that many books.
My sister has a new daughter in law, who is about to receive a few
yards worth of novels. They have vast expanses of wall without
bookcases!
My parents had 6,000+ books between them.˙ We are having difficulty
getting rid of them except the 25 yd^3 dumpster that I have sitting
in the driveway.˙ The local library in Port Lavaca, Texas took 300
hardback books and said no more.
I can make a call to one of several charities, they'll tell me when
they will be in the area, and I leave a box of books (or whatever) on
the porch and they pick it up.
Or we can drive off to Goodwill and drop off as many as we want.
As long as the spines are intact, covers on, and the books are free
of mold.
William Hyde
A quarter of the books are in the garage and have mildew on them.
Lynn
And another quarter of the books were in the afternoon and have very
faded dust covers.
Lynn
I've been looking into selling to Half-Price Books since they are large
enough to take a large influx (although mine is only a 1000). Seems I'd
be lucky to get much over a dime a book on average. So mine are most
likely going the friends of the library.
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