[geeks] Conflicted - old books

[Lionel Peterson]

I've stored them for years, and I too have no problem paying folding money for
older tech books, but they aren't typically software release-specific.

For example, I have a small crate of 2003-2012 windows server certification
manuals - they also have literally no value.

On the other hand, I've bought books like "The Pentium Chronicles"

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0471736171/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_imm_AQHVMB7WJB9W1RGF
SF2J

(But I wouldn't pay $42 for it!)

Ken

> On Mar 18, 2021, at 22:47, Joshua Boyd <jdboyd at jdboyd.net> wrote:
>
> o;?On 3/18/21 9:54 PM, Grant Taylor wrote:
>> The easy answer is pull the CDs out and recycle the book, but can I
>>> do that?  It used to be that you couldn't recycle books (binding an
>>> issue, I presume), is that still discouraged?
>> I can't say as I've heard of an inability to recycle the book.  But I'd
>> think that a band saw would go through a stack of books cutting the
>> spine off and then allow you to recycle loose leaf pages.  The covers
>> might need to be dealt with differently.
>>
>> However!  Before you do that, I'd consider seeing if there is anyone
>> that might be interested in the books as they are for what they are.
>>
>> I personally have purchased with fiat currency almost a dozen books
>> anywhere between 5 and 25 years old within the last year.  I had to pay
>> shipping for some of them.
>
>
> I buy a couple a year as well.B  Rarely anything as new as only 5 years
though. That said, I can imagine it would be tough to re-home dozens of
boxes.
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