Old Books/Magazines. What to do?

[Orionaut]

I am moving and have a ton of old books/Magazines. (New scientist/Nat Geo and so on)

No really, probably more like 2 tons or even more (As in 2000Kg+)

I do not want to keep all of them, but I do not want to throw them out either.

Most are not the sorts of Books that charity shops might want "Some" might even be potentially valuable (I am sure there is a first edition Penguin of lady Chats there somewhere ) but most are just old.

I cant believe I am the only one who has faced a problem like this.

So, What to do??

 

[Deleted member 77746]

If it's top shelf magazines just give them to the kids who build tree houses and the likes.

I would be tempted to see if any of them would go in bulk on selling sites. Pile them up in issues and same types n put them on gumtree. You never know. Other than that they probably all worthless now if you can't get shot of them that way.

 

[Hades]

Try selling the books on the likes of webuybooks, ziffit, musicmagpie, etc. Recycle bin the rest.

 

[Martynt74]

Offer them on facebook marketplace,

I got about 300 woodworking magazines from there, which i had great intentions with. They're now sat gathering dust in my house rather than someone elses! Really need to relist them!

 

[Vidar]

A friend of mine sells similar magazines on Ebay and does quite well on them.

 

[lokiss]

Yep there's many willing to buy these things. Even though most magazine collections are viewable online, having the collection of Input magazine was something I had to have.

 

[Quartz]

Ask your local schools and hospitals if they would like the National Geographics and New Scientists.

Very generally, books are only worth something if they're a first edition or signed, preferably both. And even then only possibly.

 

[Ahleckz]

I took a heap of old textbooks to the recycling center on Saturday, and assumed I could recycle them. I was told to dump them in with the rest of the household waste as due to the glue they can't recycle them.

Bah!