Millions of trees are destroyed every year to make books. There are many ways to ensure that your used book is read again & again. Here are a few: 

BOOK TRADES

Welcome to www.paperbackswap.com. You can trade books you’ve read for ones you want – for no more than the cost of postage! Become a member (free!) and list the books you’d like to give away. The site will notify you when someone wants one of your books, and you send it off to the buyer. PaperBackSwap will then offer you a credit that you can use towards someone else’s used book. 

DONATE BOOKS

Donate your books to an international organization that ships them overseas. These organizations provide books for needy children and adults in third world countries by accepting charitable donations of paperback books. Check out the website www.bridge.org or www.bookaid.org for more information. You can also donate them to most local libraries. 

Pass along used paperback books to local charities. Youth groups, literacy centers and homeless shelters would appreciate the donation of some well maintained paperback books.  

Sell paperback books at a yard sale. If there are a lot of paperback books for sale, offer to sell them by the bag full. School lunch bags are ideal, as they allow buyers to select several books without over-stuffing the bag. 

Look through the telephone book for used books resellers. If the books are in good shape, stores will offer a fair price for them. 

THE FACTS

Tree Fact Every year in the U.S., over 2 billion books, 359 million magazines, and 24 billion newspapers are published.