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ThePeter
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I have a few textbooks that are too old and outdated to sell on eBay. Is there anything good to do with them aside from just chucking them into the recycling bin?

12/30/2012 11:05:12 PM

ncstatetke
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http://savedbylovecreations.com/2012/04/50-things-to-make-from-old-books.html

12/30/2012 11:20:02 PM

merbig
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A good ol fashioned book burnin.

12/30/2012 11:26:54 PM

Snewf
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this vase isn't going to hold water

http://savedbylovecreations.com/2012/02/how-to-make-a-vase-from-an-old-book.html

12/31/2012 12:45:44 AM

LaserSoup
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I've got a few, I know one is/was the intro to EE text. I was thinking about what to do with them a couple of months back then I forgot about them.

12/31/2012 12:47:34 AM

lewisje
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thrift-store donations

I know I for one had the ♥ back in the day for some old textbooks that some college students donated to Goodwill; the town I grew up in didn't have a bookstore or an institution of higher education, and the library wasn't as well-stocked as a big-city library.

12/31/2012 12:48:30 AM

dbhawley
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make a book safe http://artofmanliness.com/2010/12/07/how-to-make-a-secret-book-safe/

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1/1/2013 12:24:47 PM

moonman
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The Mellow Mushroom in Greenville has a bunch of art made from books that's hanging from the ceiling.

1/1/2013 9:19:10 PM

BridgetSPK
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You can send them to other countries. I sent a whole bunch through Bridge to Asia:

http://www.bridge.org

1/1/2013 10:22:06 PM

GREEN JAY
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take em out back and shoot em

1/10/2013 8:50:09 AM

wdprice3
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A good ol' fashion book burning!

1/10/2013 9:34:30 AM

ShawnaC123
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Pretty sure you can donate them to betterworldbooks but I don't know what they do with them.

Sometimes around campuses they have a bin that you can put them in to donate.

1/10/2013 9:17:27 PM

synapse
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thrift store donations

1/10/2013 10:10:04 PM

Str8BacardiL
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bonfire

1/15/2013 3:41:19 PM

BigHitSunday
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leave em at bus stops

1/16/2013 5:46:00 PM

TreeTwista10
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1/16/2013 5:55:16 PM

Agent 0
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put up an ad for them as free on craigslist and put them outside on the curb. they will disappear in about 15 minutes.

1/17/2013 12:15:21 PM

Kris
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toilet paper

1/17/2013 1:22:58 PM

TragicNature
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collage

1/18/2013 4:18:34 PM

Senblar
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I'll throw in another vote for book burning. That's what we always used to do back in the day.

1/18/2013 10:57:04 PM

ComputerGuy
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use the pages for when I'm rolling a fattie.

1/18/2013 11:17:47 PM

AntiMnifesto
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Use as building blocks to make shelves, desks, or other simple structures. We used to reinforce 2 x 4 planks on homemade shelves with horizontally laid books to prevent the middle bowing problem.

1/19/2013 12:51:07 PM

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