I got the idea for this post from personal experience. I had a lot of books to donate, but where to? It was easy enough, and I was lucky none of them were romance books. Why? Because most places don’t accept romance books, it’s HARD to find one that does.
I did a little research and now I’ll share the results about what you can do with them:
1- Donate to hospitals, nursing homes or women’s shelters
Average/ Mainstream Romances
“They are always in need of reading material for their patients. FYI, they are also in need of magazines.” There’s not a lot of options to choose from.
2- Sell them on Craigslist
Any Romance
Any Romance
3- Look for an used bookstore
“Most every major city has a couple of used bookstores, but some specialize in only certain types of books. If you are interested in taking this route, find a used book store that sells mostly genre paperback book. Even better, find one that will probably pay you.”
4 – Be a part of a trading/sharing/swapping program such as: BookCrossing, Bookins, Swapbooks, Paperbackswap, Readitswapit and many other.
Any Romance (check each community to see what’s best)
Any Romance (check each community to see what’s best)
5- Gift/ borrow it to a friend or fellow blogger
6- Have a giveaway!
Now go on and donate some book and you'll have enough space to buy some more!
- Nat
Article originally posted at the Reading Romances Blog
4 comments:
You left out the library!! Our library system has an annual book sale (through the friends) and we also have a room that has books for sale every day. Alot of donations we get are put into circulation if they are in good shape. Budget cuts ya know!!
That's awesome! I gess it depends on the library too, right?!
Thanks for sharing =D
I agree about the library! We have them here too!
If you want to donate your books just post on facebook everybody will love to get that :)
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