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What do you do with your books
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Following on from the thread about what book are you reading now, I wonder what people do with books they have read?
Do you keep them to reread?
Do you pass on to friends?
Do you sell on?
Do you charity shop them?
For me it depends on the author as some authors I have all they have written, for others I may just read one or two and then usually charity shop them or try and find someone who will appreciate them.
Trying to decide to what to do with my James Patterson collection as not sure will ever go back to them |
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Some I keep as they're specific to my hobbies.
Some I keep to read again, or they're part of an authors collection.
Books I buy from charity shops for resale.
Sometimes I write a comment in the flyleaf and leave it laying around for someone else to pick up and read.
I prefer books to a kindle, books have a feel, a smell...... |
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"Some I keep as they're specific to my hobbies.
Some I keep to read again, or they're part of an authors collection.
Books I buy from charity shops I give back for resale.
Sometimes I write a comment in the flyleaf and leave it laying around for someone else to pick up and read.
I prefer books to a kindle, books have a feel, a smell......"
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By (user no longer on site)
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I keep some and donate some. They go to eden Valley hospice bookshop.
Some I pass on to my mum or daughter. They get donated after they've done the rounds. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Some I keep as they're specific to my hobbies.
Some I keep to read again, or they're part of an authors collection.
Books I buy from charity shops for resale.
Sometimes I write a comment in the flyleaf and leave it laying around for someone else to pick up and read.
I prefer books to a kindle, books have a feel, a smell......"
Dont have sense of smell but do often prefer book to kindle, again depending on the author. Seem to use kindle for reading old classics that never read before |
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I got rid of 99.9% of my paper books to a local charity shop. I still have about 200 left. However i have thousands on my Kindle. Much easier to store, amoung many other good reasons to use a Kindle  |
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"I got rid of 99.9% of my paper books to a local charity shop. I still have about 200 left. However i have thousands on my Kindle. Much easier to store, amoung many other good reasons to use a Kindle "
Kindles aren't as good for swatting flies though..... |
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Most go to Oxfam books in Cardiff (where I can leave with just as many as I took in).
Some go to friends, I got three friends one who gets all my music bios, onecall the rugby/cricket books I read, and another the history books. |
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"I got rid of 99.9% of my paper books to a local charity shop. I still have about 200 left. However i have thousands on my Kindle. Much easier to store, amoung many other good reasons to use a Kindle
Kindles aren't as good for swatting flies though..... "
My cats catch the any flies that are around |
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By (user no longer on site)
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A lot of the villages round here have converted there phone boxes into libraries. If I've finished a book, I stick it in the car, when I pass a phone box library I leave my book for someone else and have a look to see if there's anything I fancy.
I collect books illustrated by certain artists, they are treasured items, along with my vinal collection. |
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As a rule now, most of the actual books I buy now are cocktail books which for obvious reasons I keep, stuff I read for myself is all digital in a Kindle |
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By (user no longer on site)
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I only ever read factual books (it's work related) and I keep them all, a kinda knowledge resource centre all of my own!!..then one day they will be passed onto my son, but not any day soon I hope... |
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"Keep them forever... It is just not right to get rid of books...
...here here...  "
Yes same here. Plus there are highlighted passages all over my book, all the quotes, sentences, references I liked so no way I could get rid of them.
They are sort of personalised to what is relevant to me.
I always start a book with a highlighter. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Keep them forever... It is just not right to get rid of books...
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Yes same here. Plus there are highlighted passages all over my book, all the quotes, sentences, references I liked so no way I could get rid of them.
They are sort of personalised to what is relevant to me.
I always start a book with a highlighter. "
Pretty much the same for me. I'm a fan of personal 'marginalia'!!...Saves reading twice as well. If I need to go back to a book for info I just go to the relevant chapter and 'quick scan' my highlights and pencilled thoughts. What I need will be in there somewhere |
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charity shop although half of mine are not English so I have to sneak them in...
i only allow myself to buy a book when I am flying to my family now- I just had too many and they are a pain to move with... mostly listen to audiobooks now 
most outrageous thing I have ever seen was a guy on a train who ripped the book apart they he was reading at the time dumping the read pages in the bin and left with half a book!!! |
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Charity shop, there’s a book exchange at one of our local train stations and I also like to leave one on a train or in a hospital waiting room or somewhere similar as a pleasant surprise hopefully for someone  |
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I keep all the books I like. Those I will never read again or gave up on go to my local library or charity shop, most of my friends aren't readers or I would pass them over.
Still have about 300 paper books and untold thousands on my Kindle and waiting to be downloaded. |
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I keep the books by my favourite authors, or ones that I’ve really enjoyed. I swop with my mum, donate to charity shops and when I go on holiday I leave the books behind.
I usually take a couple with me if I am away for work as well as there’s a couple of hotels I stay in have bookshelves for book swipes.
I’ve left the odd one on a train as well for someone to pick up and take away. I love reading so am delighted if I get a free book. I’ve no interest in reading them on Kindles or the like and I don’t mind an audio book now and again I prefer just to read them |
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