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What do you do with your books after you read them?

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Anne

donate them to my local library

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Jenn

Usually one of three things: keep them, donate them to the free little libraries on our street, or sell them in a local Book Buy and Sell group on Facebook.

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Sarah

I take them to the charity shops..

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Allison

I try to pick out people in my life who o think will enjoy them and then give them the book. Or I take it back to the library if it came from there ?

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Yvonne

Pass them on to family and then donate.

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Dawn-Marie

If they are on my kindle I keep them, if they are actual books I put them on my bookshelf or if I don’t intend to keep them I will give them to goodwill.

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Maria

Hoard them! That’s right! I’m a book hoarder. ?I do share a few with my Grandma. But, she makes me bring them back home. LOL!

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SheilaQuestion author

That is my problem!

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Krissy

I keep them and read them again.

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Rocio

If I really love the book I keep it. Otherwise I donate or pass down to a friend/family. I would like to sell them too.. but haven’t done it yet.

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Mara

I donate a lot. Give as gifts. My Kindle books I hold on to.

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Marcia

I did donate them to Goodwill in the past. Now that I live in a retirement community, I will donate them to the library or activity room there.

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Marjorie

Pass them on

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Hilda

Donate them!

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Noreen

Sell them to buy more books. Very rarely I keep a book.

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Michelle

Donate them to Friends of the Library for their yearly sale. I don’t keep any unless they are very worth keeping like Fannie Flagg books.

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Jeanyee

I get mine from the library and the ones I do get. I keep. I have way too many.

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Bonita

Keep my favorites-donate the rest.

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Jeanann

Take them back to the library, where I got it from!

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Shela

I ship many books to my brother and SIL, give some to friends, and donate others to my local library.

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Bonnie

For now gave them to somebody to read them too but then I wont to gave them to the library or some were !!!

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Mary

My sister read them and then I give them to Savers so other people can enjoy them.

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Sally

Donate to the lirary

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Author

If I like a book, I keep it. Sometimes if I really like a book I’ve checked out at the library, I’ll go buy it anyway to have my own copy.

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Louise

Donate

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Ricci

Pass them along to my daughter. If it’s a fave I get it back. If it isn’t I pass it along to friends.

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Barbara

Before Kindle, I used to bring all my books to a used book store named Bookmans. You got store credit for the books, and l used it towards getting more books. If Bookmans had too many copies of your books, we would donate those to the library. Now we donate all our read books to the library for their book fairs.

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Bonnie

Pass them on or donate to the library

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Rita

I have a book sale

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Ina

Pass them on to friends donate to other organizations and keep my favorites

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Jill

Take them back to the library to get more?

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Brandy

I used to share them but then found out they were being mistreated so I started keeping them to myself.

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Stephanie

Love my kindle. I get to keep them all, lol.
Before kindle I passed them on to friends that love to read.

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Jill

Pass them to friends and family, donate to the library, sell on EBay.

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Lori

Keep a few faves but sell some to make room for more 🙂

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Katie

Paperback swap

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Amy

me too

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Amy

http://www.paperbackswap.com/

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Ami-May

Keep them lol

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Katie

Too many to keep

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Ami-May

I have loads here and more at my mums xx

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Glenda

Donate them to the used book room at my local library.

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Missy

I collect/keep certain authors and series, otherwise I take them in for trade.

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Angela

give them to my mom to read

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Andrea

keep them in case i want to reread them

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Vikki

Pass them on. Mostly I read ebooks though.

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Auni

I give to friends or donate, i don’t keep them.

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Jodi

I pass them on, I normally don’t keep them

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Sherry

After I loan them to my best friend then I do one of 3 things. My favorites I keep then I either sell the remaining or put them on paperbackswap.

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Gail

The Library

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Scottie

Keep them and read again later

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Susan

Pass along to others. Send some back home for my daughter in law and son

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Sher

Reread and repeat

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Melissa

Put them in my “Already Read” bookcase. ?

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Jessica

Im switchin over from my nook to hard/paperback if anyone wants to sell/donate

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Lisa

keep them

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Cindy

Keep them. I will often reread. Always discover something that I missed:)

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Buntin

Save, share, reread…share again :))

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Lennine

I exchange them at a local used book store.

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Melissa

I keep the ones that mean something to me and the ones I don’t keep I give to friends, Little Free Library or to friends.. but I think I’m going to starting keeping them and let people barrow.

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Marleny

Classics and those I love, I keep. Books in great condition I donate to library otherwise they go to good will. Wish I could keep them all.

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Danette

If they are a favorite, I keep them. Sometimes I buy these same books at thrift stores just so I can pass them on because they were so good. 🙂

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Linda

Some of them I keep the rest go away..

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Kate

I send them to my local library

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Angela

Give them away, donate them.

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