[pm-h] Tech books & decluttering

Trac Taylor trac_t at swbell.net
Sun Mar 22 10:41:10 PDT 2015


Hey Will

I would take 4 of them off your hands if no one has claimed them already.

MySQL
Network programming with Perl
CGI programming with Perl
Learning the Bash shell

I could get them at the next meeting or try to figure out a different way.  

Thanks 
Trac Taylor 

> On Mar 20, 2015, at 9:51 PM, G. Wade Johnson via Houston <houston at pm.org> wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 20 Mar 2015 11:25:12 -0500
> Will Willis via Houston <houston at pm.org> wrote:
> 
>> What do you all do with your old tech books? While I get a since of
>> nostalgia seeing them on the shelf (collecting dust), I no longer
>> have any use for *these* books any more (see attachment). I've
>> thought about taking them to the library, but doubt they'd get much
>> use there either. Most of these are selling on amazon for pennies, so
>> listing, waiting, and shipping them wouldn't be worth my time. I'm
>> trying to find them a better home, as opposed to trashing them.
> 
> I've had some luck donating them to the local library. In some cases,
> they can put the books on the shelf. Some of the libraries have a
> regular book sale, and they can make money with books even if they are
> older.
> 
> G. Wade
> 
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