Too many books [Archive] - Talk of The Villages Florida

jblum315

01-30-2021, 02:59 PM

Bjeanj

01-30-2021, 03:42 PM

Check with either Sumter or Lake County library. I know that the Lady Lake library accepts donations, which they either sell to generate revenue to purchase new books, or put into circulation.

Stu from NYC

01-30-2021, 04:09 PM

Sumter county library will accept donations.

villagetinker

01-30-2021, 05:45 PM

Library at Pinellas Plaza accepts donations, and I think you can get a receipt for taxes, it has been a few years since I dropped some off, so not sure about the receipt.

JohnN

01-30-2021, 06:55 PM

Sumter county library will accept donations.

Yep, Friends of the Library at any Sumter county library. Pinellas or on highway 466 are two. Their hours are something like 10am-2pm weekdays. I think they do limit donations to 2 bags per day , so the volunteers can process them.

Taltarzac725

01-30-2021, 09:37 PM

Libraries are usually picky about donations. I had to weed my personal library when we moved from Palm Harbor, FL to the Villages in 2005. Donated many books to the Tarpon Springs, Oldsmar, and Safety Harbor Public Libraries but there were many books no library wanted. Law text books, other text books, various older novels of lesser writers, etc. Had to throw a lot of these in the trash.

I had sold my best art books and other prize items from my library to a Santa Rosa, CA used book store back when we moved to FL in 1996 from Northern California. I also had needed the money to send stuff out to people via the mail in the 1990s.

Try the area used book stores if you have books that might be in high demand like very nice art books, first editions in good condition, etc. You might also Google online used book buyers.

I did find this but have never used them-- Sell Your Books and Sell Back Textbooks At sellbackyourBook.com (https://www.sellbackyourbook.com/)

johnfarr

01-31-2021, 05:03 AM

I put mine on EBay. Lowball prices. Tales some time, but they are slowly going to someone who wants them. Same with CDs and cassettes. I had yo invest in a small scale and a special label printer. They have been paid for many times over through my sales.

mike1946

01-31-2021, 05:56 AM

Join in a neighbourhood garage sale !!

mlmarr1

01-31-2021, 06:00 AM

Library at paradise lake by fire station will take them.. call or stop by..they are open.

La lamy

01-31-2021, 06:18 AM

Yes the library at Paradise Rec center is called "Mark Twain Library" and they did accept my donations recently. Here is a link for it. Mark Twain Library - The Villages, Florida USA - Libraries on Waymarking.com (https://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/wm100BN_Mark_Twain_Library_The_Villages_Florida_US A)

eeroger

01-31-2021, 06:31 AM

Running out of space

I have about.200 new books (mostly fiction but many nonfiction) that I want to sell or donate and I have no idea how to go about it.
Any advice would be welcome. Please send me a private message and I will respond

How about donating to an assisted living or nursing home! Libraries have a budget to but new books. Nursing homes do not. In the past - pre COVID - they were thrilled to receive my books. However, rules may have changed due to COVID.

noslices1

01-31-2021, 07:10 AM

soniak4@gmail.com

01-31-2021, 07:15 AM

Pbthrockm@msn.com

01-31-2021, 07:18 AM

Lake Sumter Library at Pinellas takes books of any kind.

dtennent

01-31-2021, 07:27 AM

I put the books into a tote outside my front door and sent a note out to the neighbors that there were free books available. After that, it's to the library.

Phil B

01-31-2021, 07:32 AM

I donate mine at Citizens First in Brownwood. They resell them cheap and ALL proceeds go to a local battered women house.

PaulinTV

01-31-2021, 07:35 AM

Habitat for Humanity's Restore in Leesburg may be another donation option.

Skunky1

01-31-2021, 07:49 AM

Take them to the Mark Twain library in Paradise in the villages

bilcon

01-31-2021, 07:54 AM

Get a Kindle and you won't have to worry about getting rid of books. No problem giving them to local library. They are not picky about what they accept.

allsport

01-31-2021, 07:56 AM

Citizen'a Banks accept donations, they have a big fund raiser where they sell them and I think the money goes to a Women's Shelter.

Viperguy

01-31-2021, 08:02 AM

Hundreds on the "cloud" at Amazon and in my Kindle. No more on bookshelves at home. Saving space

MacScuba

01-31-2021, 08:02 AM

Newer books sell well because people are buying them for “Zoom backgrounds” to place on shelves behind them in a Zoom meeting so as to appear well-read. Give the rest to the Salvation Army.

Dgodin

01-31-2021, 08:10 AM

Running out of space

I have about.200 new books (mostly fiction but many nonfiction) that I want to sell or donate and I have no idea how to go about it.
Any advice would be welcome. Please send me a private message and I will respond
Try operation paperback (operationpaperback.org). The organization donates books to deployed troops and military treatment facilities.
Sign up on line.

NotGolfer

01-31-2021, 08:15 AM

Is the bookstore (which has used) in Colony still open for taking books? I've taken some of mine there in the past but that was before the "lock down".

jmm2352

01-31-2021, 08:50 AM

Running out of space

I have about.200 new books (mostly fiction but many nonfiction) that I want to sell or donate and I have no idea how to go about it.
Any advice would be welcome. Please send me a private message and I will respond

Marian markets has a stand in isle H. She sells her books for .50 cents each and said she takes donated books to help keep her cost down. All books she sells are .50 cents. It was awesome. Very nice lady!

spip911

01-31-2021, 09:17 AM

Donate to a hospital

WindyCityzen

01-31-2021, 09:24 AM

I had the same problem back home when I was downsizing to move here. I ended up taking them to Half PricedBooks ( a retail reseller). I got a whopping $50 for at least 200 books. I was disappointed but at least they were gone - I have no idea how many they actually resold vs other ends. There just isn’t a decent market for old books.

WindyCityzen

01-31-2021, 09:27 AM

Get a Kindle and you won't have to worry about getting rid of books. No problem giving them to local library. They are not picky about what they accept.

Oh yes they are. They get bombarded with donations. And despite what I thought they were worth, the grim reality is they are with close to zero.

Shoogley

01-31-2021, 09:50 AM

Take it to the library.

wdst1

01-31-2021, 10:00 AM

Mark Twain library.. It a small, volunteer run library. They accept all book donations

hobo272

01-31-2021, 10:09 AM

An excellent place to donate your books (or most anything else) would be Centsibles upscale thrift shop on 441 in Summerfield. It is run by religious organizations and all religious books are free, while all other books in their large book section are priced very low. It is also an excellent source of a wide variety of books for book clubs. You can also get a reciept for tax purposes, if desired. The warehouse in back of the store is open M-F, at 10 to 4 pm. for donations.

Huskies

01-31-2021, 10:22 AM

Paradise library will take them

newgirl

01-31-2021, 10:37 AM

A jail or prison, homeless shelter may love them now with covid, thrift stores etc.

DAVES

01-31-2021, 10:54 AM

Running out of space

I have about.200 new books (mostly fiction but many nonfiction) that I want to sell or donate and I have no idea how to go about it.
Any advice would be welcome. Please send me a private message and I will respond

When we moved to the Villages, I had hundreds of pounds of books and a wife screaming we will not have room for them. I had several hundred current photo books as I used to sell them and they were samples. I was disappointed that our library didn't even want them. We had a new library with many empty shelves. No interest in what I had or in making the effort.

Selling them? There are used book stores. I think you will be shocked at how little they will pay. You can give them to one of the villages libraries they all resell books. I expect with Covid not all are opened and people trapped in their homes are doing stuff like getting rid of stuff. My friend has cleaned his garage 2-3x this year. Fortunately it has not effected me.

I expect, I HOPE, covid will be over in six months and like spring after a tough snowy winter life will re-emerge. Hey not much snow in Florida. Had you lived in Syracuse with
120 inches of snow a year, it would make sense.

chrissy2231

01-31-2021, 11:00 AM

Donate to library or vets

zendog3

01-31-2021, 11:01 AM

Why do you give your books to a library? Because you are not going to reuse them, and they are taking up space.

The big problems for libraries are 1. Not enough money to buy new books; Not enough staff to process new materials and service patrons; Not enough space to store and display new materials.
The cost to process materials and put them on the shelf is substantial. If the library has more unpaid volunteers than they can use for shelf reading and other chores, the money the book sales take in MAY justify the space for storage and periodic book sales, but the "gift" of your unwanted discards is, at best, a mixed blessing.

The library wants to serve you and needs your help. If you give them a few bucks every year, that would be great. Donating last year's pot boiler -- not so much.

Dzurinko

01-31-2021, 12:03 PM

My wife has donated many books to Sumter County Library in Pinellas Plaza. They have an outside drop box near the front door. You can drop books in there 24/7. They either place them on library shelves or sell them in their tiny book store. The best thing about it is you can put 20 in the back of your vehicle and when your out that way, day or night, weekday or Sunday, you can’t put them in the drop box. Will take some time to get rid of 200, but a little at a time and you’ll be done.

shortstack

01-31-2021, 12:18 PM

I would like to see what you have. 515-321-5070

Hancie2

01-31-2021, 12:35 PM

Public library will take them

kathyspear

01-31-2021, 12:42 PM

Donate them to the Coleman Prison.

When we did a major downsizing up north I decided to do some serious pruning of my books. I wanted to donate them to a charity that provides books for prisoners and was shocked at how picky they were. No fiction over 2 years old regardless of the author. They had a list of "preferred subjects" which included books on witchcraft. (Alas, I had none.) I ended up donating them to Goodwill or Salvation Army, I forget which.

kathy

Taltarzac725

01-31-2021, 12:48 PM

Good to hear from a former librarian.

Why do you give your books to a library? Because you are not going to reuse them, and they are taking up space.

The big problems for libraries are 1. Not enough money to buy new books; Not enough staff to process new materials and service patrons; Not enough space to store and display new materials.
The cost to process materials and put them on the shelf is substantial. If the library has more unpaid volunteers than they can use for shelf reading and other chores, the money the book sales take in MAY justify the space for storage and periodic book sales, but the "gift" of your unwanted discards is, at best, a mixed blessing.

The library wants to serve you and needs your help. If you give them a few bucks every year, that would be great. Donating last year's pot boiler -- not so much.

rogerk

01-31-2021, 12:51 PM

Consider the public library in all 3 counties will accept donations as we as the Mark Twain Library in Paradise Rec center (limited).

Also there is a used book store in Colony, "All Booked Up"

I hope this helps!

patfla06

01-31-2021, 01:09 PM

Before I moved here I donated 500 books to John Knox Village in Tampa for
their Senior library.

Pinellas Library takes donated books also.

I finally had to start using Ibooks due to my avid reading. ☺️

DaddyD

01-31-2021, 01:13 PM

Donate them to Hospice via the Hospice Thrift Store in Summerfield located at 17820 SE 109th Ave Unit 607, Summerfield, FL 34491

The store is located across the street from the Super Walmart on Hwy 441

chnewton@msn.com

01-31-2021, 01:14 PM

We will be glad to have you donate books to the new Free Little Library just installed in Wildwood by the Woman's Club of The Villages (read about it in today's Daily Sun). You may contact Carol Newton at 352-399-6307 or chnewton@msn.com.

retiredguy123

01-31-2021, 01:48 PM

macawlaw

01-31-2021, 03:15 PM

DH and I are starting to clear the house in preparation of his retirement in two years and moving to TV. We gave away 1000+ books in December. Our local library is picky about what it accepts, and that many was too much for them to handle. I practice law in multiple counties. I took a trunkful to different counties and gave them to Salvation Army or Goodwill over a week or so. All were grateful.

Kerlampert

01-31-2021, 03:39 PM

I'll take/buy some. About 10.
Pls private message me your contact info.

Villa1072

01-31-2021, 03:41 PM

All Booked Up
271 Colony Blvd. the villages 352-350-6669

They offer new and used books, large print books, children’s books and audiobooks. They accept trade-in allowance on used books. Located in the Publix Colony shopping plaza.

EBWhite

01-31-2021, 04:05 PM

Please donate books (max 2 boxes at a time) to Friends of the Villages Library at either Pinnellas Plaza or Lady Lake. We sell fiction and non-fiction donated books and have raised over $500,000 for literacy programs in the area since inception. Usually open Mon-Friday 10-4 pm. Thank you.

Florida17

01-31-2021, 04:23 PM

Talk to the library

Cheryl Barrios

01-31-2021, 05:01 PM

Running out of space

I have about.200 new books (mostly fiction but many nonfiction) that I want to sell or donate and I have no idea how to go about it.
Any advice would be welcome. Please send me a private message and I will respond

Do any of the rec centers have a library? I sure would love to be able to pick up a book and drop off a book every now and then. When I taught, my class did a special project where they built a "Little Free Library". People donated books for it and then people could get one to read, return it or keep it and get another. Focused on grade school aged children but I have seen them for older children and adults.

retiredguy123

01-31-2021, 05:24 PM

Do any of the rec centers have a library? I sure would love to be able to pick up a book and drop off a book every now and then. When I taught, my class did a special project where they built a "Little Free Library". People donated books for it and then people could get one to read, return it or keep it and get another. Focused on grade school aged children but I have seen them for older children and adults.
I don't think the rec centers have libraries. But, if you need a jigsaw puzzle, they have them at the Silver Lake rec center.

Mohawksin

02-01-2021, 07:20 AM

Happy Anniversary. You have been on TOV for one year. In that time you have created 4003 posts which I suspect is a new record.

Mimi0808

02-01-2021, 07:20 AM

Try the schools in the areas.

MizJodi

02-01-2021, 09:27 AM

Don’t know how to pm. Scheduling a fund raiser in Hillsborough for our AED program. Are books still available?

chuckpedrey

02-01-2021, 09:36 AM

Contact the Mark Twain library for donations

Rsenholzi

02-01-2021, 10:03 AM

I used to donate my books to the schools. Any books they couldn’t use they put in the faculty room for the teachers

crydzanich

02-01-2021, 10:34 AM

The Santiago Womens Club has a book sale every year. The monies made go to local charities. It’s always been held in March but because of COVID they couldn’t have it. The next one is scheduled for August.

retiredguy123

02-01-2021, 10:44 AM

Actually, the Sumter County library at Pinellas doesn't accept donated books, but, the Friends of the Library located inside of the library does. The library opens at 9 AM, but the Friends of the Library opens at 10 and closes around 2 PM. I was there a few months ago when a guy had to haul several boxes of books back to his car because the library wouldn't accept them because the Friends of the Library was not open. Also, the library does not want you to put donations into the outside drop box. That box is only for returning borrowed material.

KWinka

02-02-2021, 08:55 AM

Hi! Are these books still available and where are you located? Our neighborhood is having a community yard sale to benefit our AED program. We would pick up whatever you would like to donate.

Arctic Fox

02-02-2021, 04:26 PM

I have about 200 new books that I want to sell or donate. Please send me a private message and I will respond

I sent you a private message on January 30th and you have not responded.

Are you still interested in selling your books?