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Ask HN: What do you do with old textbooks?

by BrianB on 8/18/21, 3:52 AM with 6 comments

What do you do with old textbooks? I studied maths and physics and a bunch of other things and have a special fondness for the books that I have been carrying around for the last 20 years. I also haven't looked inside them in the last 20 years. Should I just dump them at a local library? Recycle? Burn in a cathartic bon fire?
  • by rolph on 8/18/21, 4:57 AM

    i have scanned and stored my textbooks in digital form, the hard copies of most recent editions remain on shelf.

    i donate to homeschoolers that have interest and flair for technical subjects

  • by tsjq on 8/18/21, 4:58 AM

    > Should I just dump them at a local library?

    yes.

    many libraries esp the ones at univ/colleges have shelves / bins for donation books. I found some very helpful books from a library 12 yrs ago.

  • by rahimnathwani on 8/19/21, 12:30 AM

    Don't burn them please. Better to donate them to Oxfam (UK), Goodwill (USA) or a charity of your choice at Community Thrift (San Francisco).
  • by slater on 8/18/21, 3:59 AM

    Donate.