Book Adoption
Monday, May 28, 2007
I have a lot of books. But really, until today I had not just a lot of books I loved, but also a lot of books that I didn't want. A few of them were fiction, but the vast majority were metaphysical books back from the days when I believed in all that stuff.
I boxed them up this morning and took them to Half Price Books to sell. I felt vaguely guilty about selling the metaphysical books, so before I left I wrote little notes in them about the subject matter. Yes, it's a little obnoxious, but they are used books. Part of the fun of buying used books is finding something that lets you know about the person who used to own them. At least I think so anyway. And well, the bookstore didn't seem to mind.
I made $27.00 from my book sale, which wasn't a lot really, but much better than nothing, since otherwise I would have just thrown them away. And throwing away a book, even a bad book, just seems like a bad thing to do.
I saved a few extra copies of fiction books that I do love (or haven't had a chance to read yet) to set free via Book Crossing.com.
Monday, May 28, 2007 at 9:02:00 PM CDT
Half price books is just a seriously dangerous place for me...but I love it! I'm thrilled to hear you'll be releasing some books via bookcrossing too!
Tuesday, May 29, 2007 at 10:58:00 AM CDT
I love Half Price Books. They had a 20% off sale Memorial Day weekend. :)
But BooksCrossing? That's new to me. I'll have to check it out.
Tuesday, May 29, 2007 at 11:03:00 AM CDT
Bookcrossing is pretty neat. Kimba introduced it to me through a post on her blog. You can "hunt" for books on the website if you want an idea of where and what kind of books people are leaving around your town.
Wednesday, May 30, 2007 at 5:30:00 AM CDT
I have 4 bookcases of books that I tried selling at the yard sale this weekend, quite unsuccessfully. Now I need to find a charity willing to come pick them up, along with the rest of the stuff.
Wednesday, May 30, 2007 at 4:06:00 PM CDT
Have you seen the guy who burned his books because he couldn't find anyone to take them? It was in the news recently. c
Wednesday, May 30, 2007 at 4:47:00 PM CDT
I didn't see that, Carli. You'd think someone would want them, but I guess not all books are worth something.
Half Price Books recycles the book they don't think they can sell.
Sunday, August 3, 2008 at 12:34:00 AM CDT
www.paperbackswap.com!!!