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    Is there anything particularly useful I could do with these? I can't imagine Goodwill would want them, but that's the only thing that I can think of doing with them... I'm not interested in selling them (some of them are probably WAY too old for that anyways) because I want to get rid of them asap.
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    Used book store or if you're near a campus, most bookstores will buy back books... at both universities i went to, there was a 'holiday' for the day after classes: everyone sold their books back and bought kegs... If the stores don't want em, you could always box em, and drop em off at a campus union w/ a sign...

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    http://www.betterworldbooks.com/Prog...Donations.aspx

    They as a company are not strictly non-profit, but you can specify that your book proceeds go directly to one of four non-profit programs (listed in the into paragraph top of page)


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    Random, these are all books that they wouldn't buy back so I kept them (stupid me!). Do you think a used book store would really want them?

    Scarlett, that's a great link! Not all of my books meet their standards (poli sci and stuff) and I'd like to be able to drop them all at once... but if I can't, I'll send some there (even though paying for shipping sucks... bummer).
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    If I might ask, what books are they? I've got a thing for old textbooks...






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    Music History, Poli Sci, Psychology, American short stories, "How the other half lives" and stuff like that.
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    Music history would get picked up by a used book store. Others maybe- some dealers love textbooks, some hate them.

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    you could also put them on CL.

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    If you just want to get rid of them what about the local city library?

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    There's always the recycle bin!

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    I've donated mine to Goodwill...
    whether they wanted it or not. lol

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    Try putting them on

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    Amazon also has a pretty extensive list of books

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