What Should We Do With Our Old Books
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Why It Is Hard To Get Rid Of Old Books Books are hoards of knowledge, fun, stories and literacy and who would want to get rid of such treasure? But once you have read all the books available at home, they seem to be of diminishing utility.
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“One must always be careful of books," said Tessa, "and what is inside them, for words have the power to change us.” ― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel
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Book Swapping Events
â–¸ Try to organize book exchanging events in your locality, where people can join and exchange books.
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Donate Your Books To Organizations
â–¸ You can donate your books to organizations who sell your books to raise funds for underprivileged people.
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Donate To Local Libraries
â–¸ Most libraries will be more than happy to fill their shelves with your books to upgrade their stock.
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Give Them Away Online
â–¸ There are several online book swapping websites working for free. â–¸ You just need to upload your book name and picture and the book will be picked from your home.
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Create a Free Book Box
â–¸ With the consent of the management, you can place free book boxes at different public places like a park, a railway station or a hospital where people can keep their useless old books or can take a book to read.
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Send Your Books To Prisoners:
â–¸ Pack your old books and send them to local prisons so that the prisoners develop a love for reading behind bars.
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Donate your books to underprivileged areas
â–¸ Your books for Africa can bring a change and can help educate little children. â–¸ There is an organization with the name of Books for Africa working since 1988.
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Donate Your Books To Soldiers
â–¸ There are different programs running to send your old and used books to soldiers who are away from home.
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Bring Your Unreadable Books To Use
â–¸ If you have books with torn or missing pages, you can make envelopes using these pages or gift tags can be created by cutting the pages into different shapes.
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