Comments on: Parting is such sweet sorrow http://www.dystel.com/blog/2013/09/parting-is-such-sweet-sorrow/ Mon, 26 Jun 2017 15:15:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.15 By: Heather Moore http://www.dystel.com/blog/2013/09/parting-is-such-sweet-sorrow/comment-page-1/#comment-36712 Tue, 01 Oct 2013 13:00:31 +0000 http://www.dystel.com/?p=9232#comment-36712 I donate them to my library or send them to goodwill. But it is hard to get rid of books, and I’ll often have a box sitting around for awhile.

]]> By: Susanna http://www.dystel.com/blog/2013/09/parting-is-such-sweet-sorrow/comment-page-1/#comment-36708 Mon, 30 Sep 2013 14:34:37 +0000 http://www.dystel.com/?p=9232#comment-36708 I’m in Colorado, and our basement flooded a little in our recent downpours. To save the bookcases themselves, we had to swiftly unload the books and carry them upstairs. With some shelves overflowing or doubled up, this was the last straw — we downsized 7 boxes of books and some videos. We parted with cruddy editions (except my annotated ones), books we’ll really not read again, and classics that we can easily repurchase used or immediately download for free in e-editions. We gave them to Goodwill, because I love finding great bargains there. (My favorite day was when three books I picked up from different sections were all signed from the same person’s collection – clearly, my reading soulmate!)

]]> By: Siri Kirpal Kaur Khalsa http://www.dystel.com/blog/2013/09/parting-is-such-sweet-sorrow/comment-page-1/#comment-36704 Sun, 29 Sep 2013 22:51:25 +0000 http://www.dystel.com/?p=9232#comment-36704 We do this too.

]]> By: Julie Nilson http://www.dystel.com/blog/2013/09/parting-is-such-sweet-sorrow/comment-page-1/#comment-36702 Sun, 29 Sep 2013 04:16:01 +0000 http://www.dystel.com/?p=9232#comment-36702 The library system in our small suburb takes donations. They don’t usually add many donated books to the collection, but the other books then go into the GINORMOUS used book sale they hold every year to raise funds for the library. Teachers get a discount. It’s fabulous.

]]> By: Stacy McKitrick http://www.dystel.com/blog/2013/09/parting-is-such-sweet-sorrow/comment-page-1/#comment-36699 Sat, 28 Sep 2013 04:07:03 +0000 http://www.dystel.com/?p=9232#comment-36699 I’ve donated books to my library many times. They always seem happy to get them. I can’t imagine throwing out a book!

]]> By: D.C. DaCosta http://www.dystel.com/blog/2013/09/parting-is-such-sweet-sorrow/comment-page-1/#comment-36696 Sat, 28 Sep 2013 01:58:45 +0000 http://www.dystel.com/?p=9232#comment-36696 I dislike giving away anything that:
a) I want to read again (but know I’ll never get around to)
b) I respect (Churchill, Dickens, Twain)
c) I think I may someday want to use in research

Beyond that…well…

I attended a conference of writers of a certain genre. On the sign-in table were “free books” (paperbacks). Being a cheapskate, I took my share. Once I got them home, I read no more than four pages — at random — in each before throwing all 12 of them into the recycling bin.

Books have no value per se.

]]> By: Melissa http://www.dystel.com/blog/2013/09/parting-is-such-sweet-sorrow/comment-page-1/#comment-36694 Fri, 27 Sep 2013 21:27:10 +0000 http://www.dystel.com/?p=9232#comment-36694 Seriously? I get digital copies and sell the hard copies to secondhand stores. I’d MUCH rather have a digital copy!

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