# What to do with old text books? **URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-to-do-with-old-text-books/64115 **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic **Created:** [March 7, 2009, 2:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-to-do-with-old-text-books/64115 "2009-03-07T14:09:18Z") **Posts on this page:** 20 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![MrSmith](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mrsmith/32/5254_2.png) [@MrSmith](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MrSmith) #### Post date: [March 7, 2009, 2:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-to-do-with-old-text-books/64115/1 "2009-03-07T14:09:18Z")
I have a bin full of college books that I am looking to get rid of. I don’t want money for them but I don’t want to see them thrown in the garbage either. Any ideas where I could take these where they would be put to good use? ---
### Author: ![Freek](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/freek/32/7357_2.png) [@Freek](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Freek) #### Post date: [March 7, 2009, 2:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-to-do-with-old-text-books/64115/2 "2009-03-07T14:09:44Z")
library? ---
### Author: ![ryanmcell](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ryanmcell/32/7510_2.png) [@ryanmcell](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ryanmcell) #### Post date: [March 7, 2009, 2:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-to-do-with-old-text-books/64115/3 "2009-03-07T14:16:50Z")
I had a few outdated old books and felt the same way. I listed them on [Amazon.com](http://Amazon.com) and surprisingly all of them sold in like 2 weeks, was a nice 100 bucks from junk I was just going to toss out. ---
### Author: ![RedGoober4Life](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/redgoober4life/32/7610_2.png) [@RedGoober4Life](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RedGoober4Life) #### Post date: [March 7, 2009, 3:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-to-do-with-old-text-books/64115/4 "2009-03-07T15:00:28Z")
use them for reference! yoow ---
### Author: ![baseball24](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/baseball24/32/7452_2.png) [@baseball24](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/baseball24) #### Post date: [March 7, 2009, 3:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-to-do-with-old-text-books/64115/5 "2009-03-07T15:03:47Z")
burn them ?? i always had fun watching phone books burn ---
### Author: ![02svtfocus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/02svtfocus/32/7318_2.png) [@02svtfocus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/02svtfocus) #### Post date: [March 7, 2009, 3:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-to-do-with-old-text-books/64115/6 "2009-03-07T15:15:15Z")
I always kept the ones I may think I need down the road for reference and what not. Others I pretty much gave to some of my friends that took similar classes. ---
### Author: ![ultradriver10000](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ultradriver10000/32/7397_2.png) [@ultradriver10000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ultradriver10000) #### Post date: [March 7, 2009, 4:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-to-do-with-old-text-books/64115/7 "2009-03-07T16:29:50Z")
![http://www.freefoto.com/images/33/15/33_15_15---Fire-Flame-Texture_web.jpg](http://www.freefoto.com/images/33/15/33_15_15---Fire-Flame-Texture_web.jpg) Or ![http://www.cooperativeindividualism.org/library-books.jpg](http://www.cooperativeindividualism.org/library-books.jpg) ---
### Author: ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk) #### Post date: [March 7, 2009, 4:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-to-do-with-old-text-books/64115/8 "2009-03-07T16:33:50Z")
donate them to your local library. or, have a coffee table that needs leveling? or if you’re extremely lazy, put up a posting on craigslist: > FREE Textbooks (Acme 101 - 108), pick them up at Subway on 123 Main st after 5pm today. 1st come 1st serve. ---
### Author: ![somedude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@somedude](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/somedude) #### Post date: [March 8, 2009, 9:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-to-do-with-old-text-books/64115/9 "2009-03-08T09:00:07Z")
I have a math book new in the plastic… that always makes me lol because I still got a A ---
### Author: ![Jim1234664](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jim1234664/32/7438_2.png) [@Jim1234664](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jim1234664) #### Post date: [March 8, 2009, 9:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-to-do-with-old-text-books/64115/10 "2009-03-08T09:22:41Z")
> [@somedude](#): > > I have a math book new in the plastic… that always makes me lol because I still got a A sounds like a pretty demanding program ---
### Author: ![somedude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@somedude](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/somedude) #### Post date: [March 8, 2009, 9:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-to-do-with-old-text-books/64115/11 "2009-03-08T09:55:19Z")
my bad it wasn’t math it was english ---
### Author: ![BigEd88](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/biged88/32/5064_2.png) [@BigEd88](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BigEd88) #### Post date: [March 8, 2009, 10:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-to-do-with-old-text-books/64115/12 "2009-03-08T10:10:29Z")
there’s a paper recycling plant on Walden I think. ---
### Author: ![deebo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/deebo/32/5218_2.png) [@deebo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/deebo) #### Post date: [March 8, 2009, 10:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-to-do-with-old-text-books/64115/13 "2009-03-08T10:35:38Z")
put them on a bookshelf to make yourself look smart ---
### Author: ![Toda\_Party](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/toda_party/32/7354_2.png) [@Toda\_Party](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Toda_Party) #### Post date: [March 8, 2009, 10:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-to-do-with-old-text-books/64115/14 "2009-03-08T10:57:53Z")
yo [half.com](http://half.com) it up ---
### Author: ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa) #### Post date: [March 8, 2009, 11:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-to-do-with-old-text-books/64115/15 "2009-03-08T11:32:10Z")
If you have a lot, throw them on Ebay or Amazon. Chances are they will sell and you will make a few bucks on them. ---
### Author: ![BillysRevenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@BillysRevenge](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BillysRevenge) #### Post date: [March 8, 2009, 12:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-to-do-with-old-text-books/64115/16 "2009-03-08T12:05:25Z")
I fired mine in the recycling bin… ---
### Author: ![BigRon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/58956e/32.png) [@BigRon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BigRon) #### Post date: [March 8, 2009, 2:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-to-do-with-old-text-books/64115/17 "2009-03-08T14:03:37Z")
I put them on [half.com](http://half.com) for cheap to build up my reseller rating ---
### Author: ![Toda\_Party](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/toda_party/32/7354_2.png) [@Toda\_Party](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Toda_Party) #### Post date: [March 8, 2009, 8:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-to-do-with-old-text-books/64115/18 "2009-03-08T20:35:18Z")
BTW you still have your TRL101 book? Trolling 101 ---
### Author: ![iwanagofast1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a9adbd/32.png) [@iwanagofast1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/iwanagofast1) #### Post date: [March 9, 2009, 6:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-to-do-with-old-text-books/64115/19 "2009-03-09T06:22:52Z")
You should keep them to touch up on things you aren’t exactly clear on this is what i would do but it is totally in your hands not mine ---
### Author: ![turbo\_ls1\_ss](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/turbo_ls1_ss/32/7303_2.png) [@turbo\_ls1\_ss](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/turbo_ls1_ss) #### Post date: [March 9, 2009, 6:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-to-do-with-old-text-books/64115/20 "2009-03-09T06:26:27Z")
i also have a SHITLOAD of books i’ve never taken back… probably $2-3000 worth [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-to-do-with-old-text-books/64115.md?page=2)