What do you do with the books you have already read?

[Alli]

Do you keep them? Do you sell them? Do you give them away? Do you do something else with them?

I tend to keep them which results in my closet getting more and more packed with books lol. I guess I'm a bit of a pack rat.

[Patricia Ramirez]

I'm a book hoarder. I have hundreds and hundreds and not nearly enough book shelves. Lately, I have been giving some away on my blog, but I always hate to part with them...

[Tessa B. Dick]

donate to library, give to friends, sell at yard sale

[Susan Harris]

I keep them all. I'm actually a little concerned about the weight of all those books causing the floor to buckle.

[drey]

I try to give 'em away, but only the ones I've read, lol... Some have made their way into friends' hands...

[pussreboots]

For the most part I release them via http://www.bookcrossing.com

[Suzanne Kamata]

I keep the ones that I think I may read again, others I give to libraries, pass on to friends, or exchange. I also sometimes sell books to used book stores.

[Ziaria]

I keep 98% of all the books I buy. One of these day's I'm gonna run out of room for all my books....

[justanothermusing]

I mostly read ebooks, so I don't do anything with them. Usully if I buy a paperback or hardback it is a keeper though, if its not I give it away on my blog or give it to the library.

[Tina Branco]

I keep them. I want to be able to read them again, or pass them on to my kids and grandkids. If they don't want them, they can give them to a library, sell them, or give them to anyone who wants them.

[Charlotte Garnatz]

I Ebay the ones I can & give the rest to friends & family.

[Andi]

I'm a member of a great book trading site and you can get new ones by swapping them and I love it!
www.frugalreader.com Tell them AndiN sent ya!

[Jacqueline Seewald]

Book trading sounds great. When I was a school librarian at a high school, I tried a summer exchange program. I asked all the teachers to bring in the books they'd read and were willing to swap. It worked really well. I'm also a frugal reader. I also buy books at our local library booksale. When we moved not too long ago, I donated many hundreds of books in excellent condition to our library. It broke my heart but we were downsizing from a house to an apartment. There just wasn't any room for them. Hope they got good homes!

All the best,

Jacqueline Seewald
author of THE DROWNING POOL, Five Star/Gale