I mean it’s bad juju to throw books in the trash right? What’s the proper way to get rid of them? (with the least amount of effort)

  • FearTheCron@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    It probably also depends on the book. I have tons of outdated books on obscure topics within engineering, science, and computing. I doubt anyone would check out my 1995 book on the Vi text editor from a library. Although, if I’m lucky, perhaps it could be a collectors item some day. In reality, I’m probably going to just say “thank you for helping me so many years ago” and respectfully recycle the book.

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      1 year ago

      That’s probably true, I would expect libraries not be very interested in obsolete technical books.

      However, I image many of the books people have don’t match that description. And in my experience libraries (especially school libraries) are happy to take them.

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        1 year ago

        I guess the libraries and schools can make the decision and throw out things they don’t find useful.