The Weight of Stuff

[zhaneel69]

As part of my moving I'm trying to be very good about culling. This has included one of the hardest tasks for me

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[aneska_]

I understand. I have found that it is not worth it to me to take them to a used book store anymore. I just take them to the library and donate them.

[zhaneel69]

My understanding is that if Half-Price Books can't/won't sell them they donate them. FAQ here Those items we have trouble selling may end up in our Clearance section or be donated. We donate hundreds of thousands of unsold books every year to schools and non-profit organizations around the country and overseas. I've donated to the library in the past (Hayward) and always felt a little off? Like they were just going to toss them instead of lend/sell. =[

(Of course they also mention the book club thing there, so doh to me).

[codrus]

I'm still in the ongoing process of trying to figure out how to cut my book collection in half. Mostly because books + games + electronic junk has definitely expanded beyond what I have room to keep.

[zhaneel69]

It was really fun to uncover the various strata of reading habits.

[lyahdan]

When I moved to the studio and had to get rid of something like 3/4 of the books that had traveled with me to that point...ouch.

Now, I tend to pull a few that I think will actually return money worth my time to sell and donate the rest to SPCA or the library.

I'm finding my library more and more down to a handful of fiction that I will/do reread, a tinier handful that have sentimental value, and the bulk are reference or gaming books. Even the reference ones I'm getting pickier on. "Does this have anything that I'm likely to pull a book out for, or will I just hit the internet."

And with rearranging the entire apartment, I have another pile to send out into the world since the last time I culled. *sigh*

[zhaneel69]

The "will I ever come back to this or use the internet" justified a few of the writing and herbal ones.

[tsgeisel]

If you think the value return for books is bad, try CDs. Ugh.

[zhaneel69]

Eeek. I've never tried that but I can see that being frustrating.

[groblek]

Yeah, I don't even try to get money for books I'm culling - they just go to SPCA thrift after friends pick them over first. I'm pretty bad at getting rid of books too, though the majority of my collection is the ones I've thought good enough that I was willing to ship them to NZ and back, so they were culled pretty hard then. That was pretty hard to do, and there are a few I've regretted getting rid of - I've mostly acquired new copies of those, though. Now, most of my books are ebooks, so storage space didn't prompt getting rid of many this move.

[zhaneel69]

Yah, I think you did an amazing job with the NZ move. And I'm glad you were able to keep it down since then.