E-books are not for me. I would be unspeakably disappointed if I couldn't read an actual printed-on-paper
book, and there is nothing like the smell of a brand new book. ;-))

Our library is too difficult for me to get to...too far away from handicapped spaces...so I buy all the dozens
of books I read every year. I buy some from alibris.com, always choosing hard copies rated very good or
new, and new ones from a retailer which has an online site. When I am finished, I donate them to a small
town library near me (their budgets are pretty small), and if they can't use them, they sell them in their
de-accessed book area which gives them some money to add to their budgets. Sometimes I donate them
to a charity thrift shop. And sometimes, if my budget is a little low, I sell them to a used book store in my
city. I don't get much...about $2/book for brand new best sellers...but it helps when my monthly expenses
need some help. (I generally spend about $150-200 a month on books and new DVDs.). I have only sold them
once in the past year.

I would love to donate my videotapes, along with a player or two, but nobody wants them.

N.