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text 2020-03-19 16:14
What to do with old books

A significant number of us love books and discover them unfathomably difficult to leave behind. In any case, in the event that you've decided to clean up your racks, these top tips will empower you to discharge your fortunes to new homes without an ounce of blame or rubbish!

 

While many of us realize that trade-in books are the best, basically in light of the fact that they're more reasonable than new hardcovers. To sweeten the deal even further, utilized books go to your home with their own characters. All things considered, who among us hasn't discovered an intriguing photograph or note emitted away inside an old, almost overlooked book?

 

That is each of the an indirect method for saying that I get you, book geek, and I comprehend your tension over how to manage your trade-in books. To help make leaving behind your trade-in books somewhat simpler, look at the five reusing techniques on the rundown beneath.

 

Donate them to your local library

Before you do anything with your old books, call up your neighborhood library and discover what their strategy is for gifts. Most libraries sell gave books to produce income, and some will even put great condition duplicates they get into flow.

 

Sell them on Internet

Bring in some cash on eBay, Amazon or in a used bookshop. You can purchase scarcely any different books utilizing that cash. I realize numerous who use to sell their books on Amazon and purchase the other utilized one in a lot less expensive rates utilizing rebate coupons from offer locales like couponsabc. That is acceptable approach to course the great peruses in minimal effort.

 

 

Start your own library

For an insignificant speculation, you can set up your own small library in your locale, and stock it with the trade-in books you never again need.

 

Give them away

There are various foundations that take utilized books, yet better world books exchanges the volumes it gets and gives the cash to overall education activities. Unsold volumes are given to other foundation accomplices or reused. Likewise, giving to this association is overly helpful.

 

Reuse

When in doubt, there's in every case classic, reusing. The two books and magazines might be set in the "blended paper" reusing class. Books that have been water harmed or turned dark colored with age can't be reused, nonetheless, and ought to be tossed out with your normal trash.

 

In case you're similar to me, in any case, you may adore a trade-in book deal excessively a lot. I claim several books, and, despite the fact that I do make at any rate one winnowing go through them every year, I have an extremely hard time leaving behind any of them. As a youngster, I was persuaded that the individuals who got my books wouldn't take great consideration of them, so I should save them to their benefit.

 

Presently, I realize that the individuals who purchase utilized books are other book sweethearts like me, yet I despite everything need to ask myself whether they'll cherish my books as much as I do.

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text 2013-06-15 16:52
Reblog: What to do when your obsession falls apart?

As we all know we have a passion for books (or we wouldn't be here right?) but what do we do when our favorite old books fall apart? I hate to part with these old titles that have become more like old friends then just belongings. I've been looking over the web for ways to recycle these loves into art that can stay with me and spread a little cheer to others that visit my humble home. Here are a few of my favorite ideas.

 

For the love of books shared a wonderful idea to turn old book spines into bookmarks. It's such a clever idea!

 

 

Google image search turned up this interesting birdhouse made from old books. Wish I could find a tutorial for it but it does look pretty straight forward to make. Another idea would be to buy a wooden birdhouse and use something like mod podge to cover it in your favorite pages.

 

 

To go with this cute house I'd love to make a little paper mache bird to sit on the perch. Something like this little guy made out of my favorite pages. That Artist Woman has a wonderful tutorial on her site.

 

 

I also have to admit that I love the idea of turning old books into works of art. That's what they are to me. Beautiful words that have gifted me with wonderful highs and lows and to see them turned into art that can transfer that emotion in a few seconds is a beautiful thing over here to view more of this artist's creations.

 

 

For the chic literary fashionista here's a tutorial to guide you through making your own book purse. I'll be the first to admit I'd love a whole collection of these.

 

 

And finally I found an etsy store selling book bins. They've taken simple wooden bins and added old book spines to the front. It would be such a simple project to DIY. I think we'll have to make some for our school bookshelves to hold our markers and math blocks. They would look great from the front and would give our shelves a clean, organized look. The kids can help pick out their favorite spines from their old books to recycle.

 

 Originally posted by My library love affair

 

 

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text 2013-06-15 04:35
What to do when your obsession falls apart?

As we all know we have a passion for books (or we wouldn't be here right?) but what do we do when our favorite old books fall apart? I hate to part with these old titles that have become more like old friends then just belongings. I've been looking over the web for ways to recycle these loves into art that can stay with me and spread a little cheer to others that visit my humble home. Here are a few of my favorite ideas.

 

For the love of books shared a wonderful idea to turn old book spines into bookmarks. It's such a clever idea!

 

 

Google image search turned up this interesting birdhouse made from old books. Wish I could find a tutorial for it but it does look pretty straight forward to make. Another idea would be to buy a wooden birdhouse and use something like mod podge to cover it in your favorite pages.

 

 

To go with this cute house I'd love to make a little paper mache bird to sit on the perch. Something like this little guy made out of my favorite pages. That Artist Woman has a wonderful tutorial on her site.

 

 

I also have to admit that I love the idea of turning old books into works of art. That's what they are to me. Beautiful words that have gifted me with wonderful highs and lows and to see them turned into art that can transfer that emotion in a few seconds is a beautiful thing <3 I can imagine a father that always read to his daughter and these are their favorite books. Head over here to view more of this artist's creations.

 

 

For the chic literary fashionista here's a tutorial to guide you through making your own book purse. I'll be the first to admit I'd love a whole collection of these.

 

 

And finally I found an etsy store selling book bins. They've taken simple wooden bins and added old book spines to the front. It would be such a simple project to DIY. I think we'll have to make some for our school bookshelves to hold our markers and math blocks. They would look great from the front and would give our shelves a clean, organized look. The kids can help pick out their favorite spines from their old books to recycle.

 

 

 

 

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