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We call these "Guilt Alleviation Stations" where you go to get rid of your books. We have always believed that books must be treated with respect, yet nowadays,

We call these "Guilt Alleviation Stations" where you go to get rid of your books. We have always believed that books must be treated with respect, yet nowadays, there is less and less reason to keep massive numbers of books. Yet there is no market value to most books and indeed, few opportunities to give them to charity. So, exactly what you need is a place you can come to drop off your books and then run away before anyone stops you :-)

mbg721 4y ago
While this is true for regular novels (and the instances near me never seem to have anything interesting), they're really handy for kids' books. You can freely give and take books as the kids get older, without the potential guilt of tearing/shredding/spilling-something-on a book from the public library.
- Freak_NL 4y ago
  It's a great way for the children themselves to get into the spirit of sharing and giving. As for the other books: a good bookcase owner curates and tosses out titles that won't ever get taken or borrowed. If you don't, the bookcase will stagnate because it's full, but nobody is ever taking the books in it out.
kasey_junk 4y ago
I think this is probably location dependent. Our lfl has as many takers as givers so we don’t have to deal with unloading books ever. We have had some estate sized drop offs (10x boxes) but those we just moved to a few libraries we know don’t get as many donations. No one I know has any problem unloading books so drop off guilt free!
kurtoid 4y ago
I've help maintain a few nearby and we rotate out books to keep them both fresh and relevant
bluGill 4y ago
Find lfl in a poor neighborhood to drop your unwanted books at people with nothing can't give back, but they need the help.
zoklet-enjoyer 4y ago
There are a lot of little free libraries in my area. A few years ago I took all of my Goosebumps and Animorphs books that were still at my parents house and drove around dropping them off. I hope some kids got as much enjoyment out of them as I did.

mbg721 4y ago

While this is true for regular novels (and the instances near me never seem to have anything interesting), they're really handy for kids' books. You can freely give and take books as the kids get older, without the potential guilt of tearing/shredding/spilling-something-on a book from the public library.

Freak_NL 4y ago
It's a great way for the children themselves to get into the spirit of sharing and giving. As for the other books: a good bookcase owner curates and tosses out titles that won't ever get taken or borrowed. If you don't, the bookcase will stagnate because it's full, but nobody is ever taking the books in it out.

kasey_junk 4y ago

I think this is probably location dependent. Our lfl has as many takers as givers so we don’t have to deal with unloading books ever. We have had some estate sized drop offs (10x boxes) but those we just moved to a few libraries we know don’t get as many donations. No one I know has any problem unloading books so drop off guilt free!

kurtoid 4y ago

I've help maintain a few nearby and we rotate out books to keep them both fresh and relevant

bluGill 4y ago

Find lfl in a poor neighborhood to drop your unwanted books at people with nothing can't give back, but they need the help.

zoklet-enjoyer 4y ago

There are a lot of little free libraries in my area. A few years ago I took all of my Goosebumps and Animorphs books that were still at my parents house and drove around dropping them off. I hope some kids got as much enjoyment out of them as I did.