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I gave all my books to Goodwill last year -- a lifetime of collected & curated sci-fi & fantasy paperbacks, plus some antique tech titles (the "Be Book" was in

by chiph 13y ago

I gave all my books to Goodwill last year -- a lifetime of collected & curated sci-fi & fantasy paperbacks, plus some antique tech titles (the "Be Book" was in the pile) and went digital. I have maybe 20-25 books now. Nearly all of them are technical titles, because the typical reader device isn't large enough to display their diagrams/charts (Amazon doesn't sell the 10" Kindle any more, and iPad-like devices don't have the battery life for a reader) I do miss the possibility of re-reading the titles that never made it to digital (muddy copyright ownership, lack of interest on the part of the publisher), but I'm happy that perhaps someone browsing through Goodwill might pick it up and enjoy it too.

lutusp 13y ago
> I gave all my books to Goodwill last year ... Why not a local library? Same tax advantage, but a much higher chance that the books will get into the hands of readers at no cost. I mean, assuming lending libraries even exist any more -- I haven't checked. :)
- tjr 13y ago
  Looking to discard a bunch of paper books a few years ago, I discovered that local libraries often do not particularly want donations of books, and if they do, they have particular requirements of what they might want. E.g., if they accept anything at all, they might accept a novel in good condition, but probably not a first edition of "Just Java".
- chiph 13y ago
  I found the local libraries to be disappointing (Raleigh, Charlotte, Austin) in that they focus on romance and children's books. They have no interest in older sci-fi paperbacks, and certainly not in acquiring 4 cubic yards of them. In tech towns like Raleigh, Austin, the Bay Area, I would think there'd be a market for a sci-fi/fantasy specific lending library, but I don't know if it'd pay to run it as a business.
ejdyksen 13y ago
Amazon did stop selling the Kindle DX, but they have since resumed selling it: http://amzn.com/B002GYWHSQ http://amzn.com/B002GYWHSQ

by chiph 13y ago

lutusp 13y ago

> I gave all my books to Goodwill last year ... Why not a local library? Same tax advantage, but a much higher chance that the books will get into the hands of readers at no cost. I mean, assuming lending libraries even exist any more -- I haven't checked. :)

tjr 13y ago
Looking to discard a bunch of paper books a few years ago, I discovered that local libraries often do not particularly want donations of books, and if they do, they have particular requirements of what they might want. E.g., if they accept anything at all, they might accept a novel in good condition, but probably not a first edition of "Just Java".
chiph 13y ago
I found the local libraries to be disappointing (Raleigh, Charlotte, Austin) in that they focus on romance and children's books. They have no interest in older sci-fi paperbacks, and certainly not in acquiring 4 cubic yards of them. In tech towns like Raleigh, Austin, the Bay Area, I would think there'd be a market for a sci-fi/fantasy specific lending library, but I don't know if it'd pay to run it as a business.

ejdyksen 13y ago

Amazon did stop selling the Kindle DX, but they have since resumed selling it: http://amzn.com/B002GYWHSQ http://amzn.com/B002GYWHSQ