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Ask Slashdot: Prioritizing Saleable Used Computer Books?

Posted by timothy on from the books-are-heavy-man dept.

g01d4 writes "I volunteer at a used bookstore that supports the local library. One of my tasks is to sort book donations. For > 5-year-old computer books the choices typically are to save it for sale (fifty cents soft cover, one dollar hardback), pack it, e.g. for another library's bookstore, put it on the free cart, or toss it in the recycle bin. I occasionally dumpster dive the recycle bin to 'rescue' books that I don't think should be pulped. Recently I found a copy of PostgresSQL Essential Reference (2002) and Programming Perl (1996). Would you have left them to RIP? Obviously we have very limited space, 20 shelf feet (storage + sale) for STEM. What criteria would you use when sorting these types of books?"

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  1. Re:Too late by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Shhhh... if people could use Google all by their widdle lonesome, then there'd be no Ask Slashdot.

  2. Re:Ya know... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    How much do you want for your old copy of Kids These Days?

  3. Re:Programming books by the inventors by zjbs14 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Pascal? I'm not sure it's Wirth it.

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  4. Re:By Year... by Joce640k · · Score: 3, Funny

    I scan all my old books page by page. That way I always have a copy.

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  5. Re:Donate to Goodwill by Radres · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm gonna pop some books. Got 20 dollars in my pocket. I'm I'm hunting, looking for a COM book.

    This is fucking awesome!