You can still burn books because book burning seems to be a thing we as the human race enjoy doing.
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Books are Worthless Nowadays.
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Smellincoffee
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Over half my reading is done on a e-reader, but I certainly wouldn't call books useless. They can't be remotely deleted or "updated", and many collectors find their physical presence attractive, especially volumes that are well done. Of course, the attraction of a book depends on its subject: most people don't have the patience to thumb through big recipe books, and home repair videos are arguably more useful to DIYers than printed instructions. Booktubers are still buying them by the boxes..
Brickwizard
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The Pendle Witch will only read the printed page, she has no interest in electronic readers, hell i have a quiet life as she could not even turn on the computer to save herself.
Library told us to toss them in a dumpster.
Schools weren't interested although would accept donations for Chromebooks.
Most of the books we had were old school books we used when we went to college so pretty dated.
Seems all of the institutions are using tablets and Chromebooks.
If the prison wasn't so far away and we weren't in our 70s we would've taken them there where I bet they would've taken them.
No one wants anything nowadays but money to get whatever it is they are using.
I actually thought of doing that but it's against a city ordinance.You can still burn books because book burning seems to be a thing we as the human race enjoy doing.
Book burning - Wikipedia
I like books, it not the same curled up in bed with an iPad.
I have a large collection of military history, I reckon crimes would be very interested in the escape and evasion section.
Brickwizard
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I'm in the USA "Where the wind comes sweepin' down the plain".
Would that be..where
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Yes that would be.
No one wants books nowadays leastwise technical books or educational books.
We have a thriving used bookstore at our local library which sells donated books of every kind, including technical books. So, I guess that "no one wants books nowadays" may be a bit too broad.
Since your local library has a thriving used bookstore which sells donated books of every kind, including technical books.
I'll contact you the next time and you can come and pick them up and re-purpose them.
I did my part I called around and drove a few different places to try and repurposed the used books and no luck.
I wasted to much time on a useless effort when I should have just tossed them in the trash can in the first place.
If a person is willing to drive all over town to try and re-purpose stuff, junk, etc they no longer want they can find a place for it.
I'm not that person I'm old and really don't care anymore it's easier to toss stuff away or just set it on fire as @f33dm3bits posted.
Personally I'd have soaked the books in a barrel of water making them denser which is what I've done with telephone books I shot.
truckerDave
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Had the same experience with the libraries here. My mother has collected more than 3000 books that I now pay storage on. Even goodwill won't take them.
Just give them to @jrw his local library has a thriving used bookstore which sells donated books of every kind, including technical books.
Save the planet by burning the books! 
truckerDave
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I guess, if we get in a SHTF scenario, I can stay warm for a few monthsSave the planet by burning the books!
