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Book swap sites - there...

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Book swap sites - there...

Book swap sites - there are tons of them. I always felt weird about unloading my dry academic european history books on Goodwill, or for that matter, on schools in Africa. They just don’t seem like useful material except to a small segment of the population. And book swap sites can hook you up with those few people who do really want them.

Bookmooch lets you donate your points to libraries or prisons or whatever, so you can get rid of stuff without having to get stuff in return :)

Vox Pop: Converting clutter from trash to treasure By: Merlin Mann (28 replies) July 4, 2007 - 6:01am
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  • Julia, just donate it somewhere.... By: Ruth (2007-07-04 14:38)
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  • One of my favorites is... By: Lisa (2007-07-04 18:20)
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  • One activity that I've actually... By: helix (2007-07-05 00:29)
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  • Book swap sites - there... By: Becky (2007-07-09 11:41)
  • I always recycle those that... By: Alan (2007-07-09 14:36)
  • Take your old electronics to... By: Mark R. Brown (2007-07-09 03:40)
  • There's at least one place... By: Alison (2007-07-06 02:59)
  • One point that FlyLady makes... By: Rae (2007-07-07 05:05)
  • There are two amazing places... By: Jim (2007-07-06 05:54)
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