{"id":1322,"date":"2011-01-16T07:00:50","date_gmt":"2011-01-16T12:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/?p=1322"},"modified":"2018-04-03T10:00:27","modified_gmt":"2018-04-03T14:00:27","slug":"days-309-315-books-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/days-309-315-books-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Days 309-315: Books &#8211; Where to Take"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Days-309-315-Books-3-before-002.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-1323\" title=\"Days 309-315 - Books 3 before 002\" src=\"http:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Days-309-315-Books-3-before-002-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>It\u2019s book week #3 and I\u2019m now evaluating the bookcases in the dining room. Technically this room has three bookcases but two of them are actually display shelves with stuff we\u2019ve collected from various countries. One bookcase has books related to the continent of Asia, the second has books on Africa. Most of these are memento books and dictionaries &#8211; not really books to read. I\u2019d feel guilty getting rid of them, so I&#8217;m focusing my attention on the catch-all bookcase.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Days-309-315-Books-3-after.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1324\" title=\"Days 309-315 - Books 3 after\" src=\"http:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Days-309-315-Books-3-after-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>The photo above on the right is the <em>before<\/em> photo and the one on the left is the <em>after<\/em>. Unfortunately they don\u2019t look all that different. For the record though, out of 270 books, I\u2019m getting rid of 45 and moving 4 to a more appropriate bookcase. Many of the books I\u2019m keeping are books I use as resources for planning prayer services. Others are books on nature, health, household repair, and geography. Oh yes, this is also where I stash all our catalogues which I reduced by about a third. For those who care, there is a website, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.catalogchoice.org\/\">www.CatalogChoice.org<\/a> that helps you eliminate unwanted catalogs.<\/p>\n<p>A more satisfying experience today was finding a place to sell\/donate all the books I collected from weeks #1 and #2. I took them to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hpb.com\">Half Price Books<\/a> which is a store that sells books for half price but also buys used books, even text books, raggedy books, records, movies, etc. I took in over 250 books and got a whopping $10. Admittedly, few of the books were current or in good condition but since I was going to give them away anyway the payment was not important. The books that aren\u2019t new enough looking to sell, they donate to non-profits. Those that don\u2019t even meet that criteria, they recycle.<\/p>\n<p>PS: I used my $10 toward buying several other books at the store<\/p>\n<p>PPS: Other places to take used and books of questionable value are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Friends of the Library (most libraries have this organization)<\/li>\n<li>Senior citizen centers and condos with a library like novels and classic movies<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\">Amazon<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\">Powells<\/a>, and other online stores buy current books in good condition but it takes a bit of work to use their systems.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>2018 April Update: Joshua Becker just did a blog post on <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.becomingminimalist.com\/20-places-to-donate-used-books\/\">20 Place to Donate Used Books<\/a><\/span>. Check it out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s book week #3 and I\u2019m now evaluating the bookcases in the dining room. Technically this room has three bookcases but two of them are actually display shelves with stuff we\u2019ve collected from various countries. One bookcase has books related to the continent of Asia, the second has books on Africa. 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