Giving Away Books

I’ve discovered that I have too many books: books I’ve read, books I’ll never read, books I’ve given up on half-way that have since become paperweights, doorstops, dust collectors. In my old apartment, I had seven boxes of books tucked away, under the table, up on the loft, where the books were forced to be of no use whosoever. I’ve got a new apartment now, and I’m putting my foot down. Material minimalism or bust!

What do you do when you have too many books, and you can’t figure out a way to get rid of them? Well, you “hit the books”, and dig up an easy, fun way to give/trade the books away. Otherwise, I’ll have to dump them in that big recycle bin behind a nearby university library. That would hurt.

I’ve discovered an easy way to offload my unwanted books onto the people all over the world who want them. There are actually online services for this sort of thing. Several of them.

How to swap books online

What you’ll need:

• A username @ LibraryThing
• A username @ Bookmooch
• (you might also want to join one or more of the other book sharing websites like RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.