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Originally Posted by issybird
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It's always amazing to me the value people put on things they no longer want. You don't want them; why assume anyone else would? I suspect there's a large element of doublethink in these "donations"; people know if they examined the issue that they'd have to acknowledge they're really just playing hot potato with their junk.
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I think that's being a bit harsh on people who do read books but can't/don't want to keep them
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Originally Posted by ZodWallop
I understand that people put an inherent value in books and the thought of throwing them in the trash is repellent to many people.
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Exactly. If you value books and reading then it's painful to think of them being thrown away when you know that some people have access to very few or no books at all. We've recently been landed with a hoard of paperbacks and after finding out that charity shops really don't want them nowadays we've reluctantly earmarked most for recycling and some I've been taking in batches to our nearest book swap (little free library) locations. At least they seem to disappear from there quick enough so someone's getting some use from them.
Andrew