What is the best way to donate used textbooks?

I am trying to donate all the textbooks and other books I have accumulated from high school to college. I know I can drop them off at Goodwill or try to donate them online, but What would be the best way to put these dated, but still useful resources in the hands of those who can find better usage than I can?|||In our town there is a group/organization called "Friends of the Library." People donate books to them, and a couple times a year they have a huge sale in the conference center at the library. Actually, you can get as many books as you want and donate what you want.





Maybe your town has an organization like that.|||CHEGG!

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|||call the salvation army -- they will come and pick them up

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|||Old textbooks are almost useless. Libraries don't want old books--people always think they do, but, as a librarian, believe me, they don't. And I doubt very much the Salvation Army will pick them up. I had a huge sofa once and I practically had to beg them to come and take it.

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|||Flea Market, Salvation Army, Goodwill, Thrift Stores, Garage Sales, Donate to a Hospital, Military Base!

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|||i once got a papercut on me wanker. ouch. i still donated the book

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|||donate them textbooks to me.

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|||i agree i dont think library would take old books

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|||Give'em to your kids for when they go to school.

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|||F*CK YOU AMAZON DOT COM BUYER!

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|||If you want to provide it for free, you can open a small library kind of thing with a small room.


Or if you want to sell for money, i think you put it on ebay or something, if the books are worthy.

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|||YOu could give them to me i could use them

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|||BetterWorldBooks.com -- they use the books and money raised for literacy and other causes in Africa. You can mail them your books for cash or donate. My college campus had a huge box placed in the bookstore for their donations. Contact them and they'll help you. http://www.betterworldbooks.co鈥?/a>

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|||you should have given the best answer to ducky! i had all my old txtx books. that site is awesome:)

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|||I would use GreenTextbooks.org


Save Money, Save The Planet





GreenTextbooks.org specializes in the recycling of textbooks, DVDs, CDs. Buying used textbooks not only saves you money, but cuts down on greenhouse gases caused by the manufacturing of new textbooks.


http://www.GreenTextbooks.org

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|||good idea

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|||i cant donate my textbooks because i write on them. nobody wants them even for free. (i would though, seeing as i know the true value of those books) otherwise i buy only superb books that i am positive will tech me what i need without redundancy, academy talk and needless digressions.

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|||I believe leaving it for you college books to your college people might be able to use it. also in your local library.

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|||chegg.com. they buy and sell used text books, but you can also donate them as well.

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|||What a stupid question. Why make such a big deal out of something so insignificant. Either find students who can use the books or if you can't, sell them as paper.

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|||Do Chegg it is a really good site to help out Collage students so they don't have to buy the costly books!!!! :D

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|||Do Chegg it is a really good site to help out Collage students so they don't have to buy the costly books!!!! :D


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http://www.uggucci.com

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|||@ my library they don't really take old books. and the ones that are brought or dropped of are sold. The best way would be chegg.com. You could find out if you can get money for the books. Or you could try hospitals.

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|||YA GREAT

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|||Our library takes old books, but is very specific about NOT taking textbooks. There are organizations out there which collect old textbooks and take them to countries where there aren't enough textbooks for the students.

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|||I would buy used at GreenTextbooks.com - Saving the Planet One Textbook at a Time


GreenTextbooks.com is your online leader for finding used textbooks, DVDs, CDs. With GreenTextbooks.com you're not only saving trees, you are saving some green.


http://www.GreenTextbooks.com

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|||You should send them to http://www.DonateTextbooks.org

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|||You can sell your textbooks at chegg.com . The webiste also sell their textbooks to students for a much cheaper price than if they bought them new in a store.|||Donate the books to the high school from where you came from. The teachers will make better use of them.|||See if your public library wants them.|||Paper recycling bin.


Most of them are made obsolete to generate new sales. Recycling them as paper makes sense in the big picture.|||Half.com Then take the money and give it to a good church.