Eco-friendly reading

The library is a wonderful place to borrow books, and recorded material. In essence you have already paid for them via tax dollars.

If you live in a large building or work in an office building, there may be opportunities to exchange books with neighbors or coworkers. In my building, people leave magazines they have read near the mailboxes and anyone who wants the magazine may take it.

Rethink your relationship with money... http://www.urbanfrugal.com ( http://www.urbanfrugal.com/ ).

Freecycle's great for books in general, though if you're a grad student, you may find it tough to get takers for the books of obscure theory you're trying to get rid of :P I did, however, meet another grad student via freecycle and swapped books :)

Virginia -- 12 books a month is a lot!

Happy reading everyone --

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I got a whole box of gorgeous art books through freecycle last week.

I am such a slow reader. To finish one book in a month is about my limit - I admire everyone able to accomplish more reading.

Birdie
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I only read about 12 books a month. I get many of them by doing all those things you suggest. I buy used books online. I love to leave books behind for strangers to read when I travel.

I also write books that I fervently hope people will go to a bookstore and buy. I buy web design books by the carload myself, so my shelves overflow with books that have no value donated to the library or Goodwill.

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I love my library! It's the best "green thing"! Great list of ideas! (I like freecycling books better than the release program at bookcrossing - though releasing into the wild is fun, it's probably not reliably green.)

~Denise
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