Where is Book Heaven?

Our local Tesco has started a book swap, they have just put a book shelf unit inside the store where customers can leave or select books they like. If you don’t have one maybe your library might take some.

Do you have a community centre or residential home near you. They are always grateful for books etc.

Have you got a homeless shelter or women's refuge near you? Maybe a local residential home would be interested in taking some? If so might be worth asking them.

We were fortunate last month, we had to "cull" our books due to house renovations and our charity shop took them all.

Our village library are usually grateful for books for their independent loan section

We have a charity called FARA in my local high street, who have two shops, one is a dedicated book shop and as such is more impressive for second hand books than the other charity shops, so I take my books there. Apart from charity shops, as others have stated, I imagine libraries might be pleased to have books donated.

One of our local garden centres had a stall for second hand books. People could take one and leave a donation that went to a charity.

A second-hand bookshop ? There's one in my local village and each time I've passed I've always seen a fair amount of people inside so it's popular.

Our local bus station has a shelf for used books, and there are always people browsing there. I’ve seen them in railway stations too.

Our local hospital has a second hand book shop, some small local companies have book exchanges in their reception area. Our library also accept books as gifts. We always head for book stalls at car boot sales if you wanted to earn some extra cash.

One of our local pubs has a book-swap box, although "hundreds" of books would be more than they could handle!

Try putting them in a box by your garden gate (on a fine day) with a notice "Help Yourself: Free to Good Homes". Where I used to live, there was a lady who regularly rehomed surplus plant cuttings in this way.

Some county libraries accept donated books which are in good condition. Mine does.

Consider other charitable cause other than the the usual big names. We have a community bookshop which raises money to buy mobility scooters which can be hired by shoppers or for longer term use.

Our village hall has a bookshelf. The parish council recently acquired the old telephone box which is now used for book swaps.

Our local scout group has a big twice-yearly booksale and welcomes donations.

The city university has bookshelves of donated fiction in its various campus buildings.

A market trader might take them or consider setting up your own sellers account through Amazon.

Lastly, consider releasing some of your books into the wild to see where they end up. www.bookcrossing.com/

A few years ago I had a big clearout of books. I asked various people, groups (as above) and the only ones I found a home for were some almost new french ones about WW2 - the local library were very grateful for them.
So the others ended up at the tip. A shame because there was one set of international short stories that I inherited from my Grandad. Very old, but rather smelly (cigarettes.)

I donate ours to the local library. Good specimens go on their shelves if they haven’t got multiple copies, and the rest they sell for 50p or less.

Christian Aid runs a massive spring book sale.

Ziffit, online , box them up and get some money for them. Not a marketplace site, you know how much you get before you send.

I noticed on the latest charity bag collection it had " no books " printed on it.

Have you an Oxfam bookshop somewhere near you?

My church set up a book stall with just my donated books.
I didn't know what to do with them. Twelve banana boxes of them.
Just a warning, six years on i still miss them even though I've kept hundreds .

If you have enough then perhaps you could do the same.
Or give them to a hospice to be sold on their open day.

Not sure where you are bohemian but There is a brilliant second hand book shop in Alnwick called Barters Books, it’s based in the old station and is one of the biggest (if not the biggest) in the country . They will buy books from you .

www.barterbooks.co.uk/

Hillwalker70, what do you mean by 'not a marketplace' site? Where online can you sell books?

National Trust properties have second hand book shops at their sites.

Thank you GN'rs for coming up trumps again.

Will ask the local library tomorrow (I had no idea they adopted second hand books). I'd forgotten that my city hospital has a League of Friends book stall. Oh! gillybob I wish I lived in Northumberland - Barter's looks a readers heaven. Tesco's here aren't so hospitable, there's no FARA or Oxfam bookshop locally (or community hall)....BUT I'll start off with the library. Thank you for your ideas.