So, what do you all do with your hardback novels after you read them?

[BWVDenise]

I checked out ebay and it doesn't look like books are a very hot item over there. I just don't know what to do with them. I don't have a whole lot of hardbacks, but the ones I have I don't intend to read again...

[deno2]

I either sell them on Amazon or donate them to the local library.

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[becka]

Mine are currently filling up huge bookshelves in my bedroom. I really need to sell them or give them away but I just hate parting with most of my books even if I know that I will probably not read them again.

[TigerBear]

Do you have any Half Price Book stores in your area? I'm not sure how much you would get for them but it might be worth checking.

[Lars624]

My parents live in a senior citizen apartment building and they have a small library in the community room. I donate most of my hardcovers to them.

[zurgswife]

I've been giving them to our local thrift shop....get a little tax deductions.....I figure I'll never have a house with a Library and I don't really have room now to keep them.....And if I ever did It would be because I won the lottery so...I just buy more books...:D

[nativetxn]

I try to avoid hardbacks but I usually get some for Christmas and stuff like that, I donate my hardback books to either our local library or the library at one of the hospitals :)

[SuiteDisney]

I don't know what to do with all my old books and I won't part with them. I must have 20 storage boxes full of books upstairs and I have 6 bookcases packed full of books downstairs. It's my worst obsession. I buy books like most women buy clothes or jewelry. :rolleyes:

[helenabear]

If I have no intention of reading the books again I sell them to half-price books or I just give them away to various places like churches or senior centers or something like that.

[BrerMom]

It's my worst obsession. I buy books like most women buy clothes or jewelry. A kindred spirit!!!! We actually have "books" as its own line in our budget. :)

I donate paperbacks, but I usually hold onto hardbacks. I left a whole bunch of family-type magazines in a doctor's office that only had Field and Stream type magazines! :p

[The Mystery Machine]

Books are a very hot item at garage sales. Also in our area you can donate books for a huge sale downtown, for charity. Happens once a year. Kinda cool because all the libraries are the drop off places.
Maybe you might find a place that is doing something similiar.

Alas I could never part with my hardbacks.

[iluvorlando]

I have two bookcases full of hardbacks. I really collect by my favorite author, so I have some paperbacks too. I usually try to sell my paperbacks at garage sales or I donate them to charity. There is no way that I will part with my books!! I also buy books like *********** said.:)

[bsnyder]

So glad to find out I'm not the only one!!

I'm another one that has "books" as a separate line item in Quicken. I would be embarassed to tell anyone how much I spend on books every year. And I'd rather buy the hardcover than the paperback. :eek:

I just keep buying more bookshelves. And if someone wants to borrow a book, I'll usually just tell them to keep it. I have some favorites that I'd never part with.

[Cindy B]

try www.half.com, I have bought and sold books there...

Or donate them to the library/womens shelter....

[KimRaye]

In the case of Harry Potter hardcovers, I gave those to DS's school library.

[Kirby]

Return them to the library. I very rarely buy books, I read so much I would go broke.

[MineeBaby]

I am another half.com user...i sell and buy most of all my books from there, and it definetely pays off..there USED to be a website called switchouse.com that was a swapping sorta site...you would just switch your stuff with someone elses--a big sharing network, but i dont think its up and running anymore. :)

[cotye]

Originally posted by becka
Mine are currently filling up huge bookshelves in my bedroom. I really need to sell them or give them away but I just hate parting with most of my books even if I know that I will probably not read them again.
Same here Becka. I have tons of them, but I don't want to get rid of them... and so the number continues to grow. I can't beat the thought of selling them for a song when I spent so much on a novel. LOL...