Slightly OT : Getting rid of geek books
Jerry Feldman
gaf at blu.org
Wed May 30 07:15:11 EDT 2001
Some thrift stores take books. There is one in West Roxbury on the VFW
parkway next to the Burger King. There was also a place in Brookline on
Longwood Avenue near Coolidge Corner. It was closed when we went there.
Unfortunately I don't remember the name.
Duane Morin wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Thought somebody on this list might know an answer to this one. I'm moving
> shortly, and want to prune out my library. I've got a stack of paperbacks
> that I want to donate (or sell cheap someplace) rather than cart to the new
> place. Standard geek fare, including a selection of Heinlein, Pratchett,
> Vonnegut, Card, Asimov, some King and Crichton, etc... (I'm keeping the
> Tolkien, Adams, and my favorite Heinleins :)). Call it about 50 books total,
> thus far.
>
> Anybody know what I should do with them? It's not really worth it to me to
> put them all on ebay. I just want to do something besides throw them out, I
> hate throwing out books. Do donation places like Big Brother/Sister take
> books?
> I don't even know. Something like that would be best. Second best would be
> someplace I can take the whole box and just leave it (or possibly get a few
> bucks for it. That's not high on the priority list but why turn down money?)
>
> In case it's relevant, I live in Quincy. I suppose I could lug the box into
> work (Boston's financial district) if it helped.
>
>
> Thanks!
>
> Duane
>
>
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