tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4915444177822430212.post6027487779859373821..comments2023-07-03T15:27:16.872+02:00Comments on From the Big Apple to the Big Bear and Back...: Where should unwanted books go?G in Berlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11168975470282994167noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4915444177822430212.post-722081105842254452011-02-05T22:21:54.317+01:002011-02-05T22:21:54.317+01:00Yes, I think people do donate books in dreadful co...Yes, I think people do donate books in dreadful condition. Though I am basing this on my one experience of buying a second hand book from Amazon. It was described as being in 'very good' condition and when it arrived I opened it to discover the mustiest, damp-spotted, yellow-paged book I have seen in a long, long while. I could have complained, yes, but it only cost me 1p (+ £4.95 fionahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13284847952437148628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4915444177822430212.post-17287612076965212712011-02-05T12:18:54.818+01:002011-02-05T12:18:54.818+01:00Freecycle can also be a good source to get rid of ...Freecycle can also be a good source to get rid of books, in a good way. I recently had some old (10 years+) business school textbooks that oxfam didn't want. Freecycle generated two requestors: someone doing a home startup business on a shoestring (who sent his very simple website to prove it), and an economics teacher who explained that their school library is always in need. <br /><br />heather in europehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06410006235787175537noreply@blogger.com