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Friday, June 6, 2008
Q&A, v. 6: Where can books get a second life?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Well, I’m the only one with a question this week, but it’s one that I trip on every day when I leave this house: where in this town should I donate or sell old books?
I have a nasty habit of hoarding reading material. When I moved here, I made a big decision to thin the collection so it actually fits on the shelves. That left me with several large boxes and stacks of books — fiction, literary nonfiction, text books, good books, awful books — piling up by the door and threatening to tumble every time I open it.
But I love my books — oh, the hours I spent deciding which ones should go! — and I want them to go where I know it’s helping people, or at least where someone is likely to see it and have a chance to enjoy it like I did.
There was an interesting AJC story about Better World Books, a for-profit company that holds book drives and sends some of the profit back to non-profits while reselling the books.
I see giant book collection bins outside of Krogers and Whole Foods around town, too.
And Dr. Bombay’s Underwater Tea Party, the little coffee shop in my neighborhood, sells used books for 50 cents to benefit Mary Lin Elementary.
I’m sure there are plenty of used-books buyers in town, too. A great list of Atlanta-area book stores emerged on the blog this week. Who would be willing to take a few (hundred) off my hands?
SO! If you have a question, remember, we look for answers every Friday. Leave your questions about the best of, history of, quirkiness of Atlanta and Georgia in the comments or in my e-mail at jgumbrecht@ajc.com. We’ll try to get your questions answered in Friday’s post. Don’t be shy.
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