From my best friend who works at my old job…Barnes and Noble is going out of business.
My honest opinion…as much as drawing and artwork is my life, reading has kept me just as busy when artwork cannot ALWAYS be with me 24/7/365 and unlike artwork, books you finish reading can either be lent to a friend, co-worker or relative….OR it can be kept because you loved reading it so much and you may want to read it again in the future.
If you don’t want them anymore, but don’t want to throw it in the trash. There is a way to recycle them. Either sell them at a yard sale or what I do is register them at BookCrossing so each book has its own ID number, put in a bookplate with that ID number in it, leave it out in the open somewhere (they have a supply store for things like bags, stickers, kits, etc.) and hope someone finds it. So far, I haven’t had any luck. TECHNICALLY two books had been found. All they would need to do is (other than read the book) see the bookplate and follow the instructions on the bookplate. When they put in the same ID number into the website, I will get notification that someone has found it. Those two books never got looked up in the BookCrossing website, so I don’t have a clue where they are now. It does work…it’s only a matter of IF you’re in the area at the time, WHERE it is and IF you decide to take it home with you.
If you’d like to know more about BookCrossing and/OR if you have any info on Barnes and Noble, reply back to this. Many thanks.
