I also gave up lending (other than immediate familY years ago.
However, when we moved from an apartment to a house 3 years ago, I purged about half my collection. and I've done it twice more because we keep adding more children's books, so my books get shoved out of the bookcase. :P
I give away to friends, donate to the library or recycle, depending on condition, and subject matter.
I'm down to 2-3 boxes of my childhood p-books I'm storing for the kids or am sentimentally attached to, a few favorite series in hardcover, and a small stack of gift books that I don't have the interest in reading in p-book form, but aren't available in e-book. Eventually, when they've collected enough dust or come out in e-book, I'll donate those, too.
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