Free Books

if you move into a condo or an apartment house sometimes they let you donate books and cds to a community clubhouse if they are in good shape and they don't have to take too much care. If you volunteer to take care of the book shelves it's kinda a weening process from your own books.

Lucky people, there's a couple of books there that I wouldn't have minded having a quick look through. Books still have their place, as I along with many others still find it easier to read from a book than from a computer screen. I think when electronic book technology is more of a replication of a traditional book, then I'll give away mine in the street too!

I brought 20 books to work with me and put a little post-it note on them that said: PLEASE TAKE WHATEVER YOU WANT. Most of the books were novels that I had read and didn't like, or they were duplicates of books that I had read and really liked, such as Remainder by Tom McCarthy and Darkmans by Nicola Barker. By the end of the day every single book was still there. I brought them again the next day and put them right next to the coffee machine. Again, no one wanted any of the books, and I even sweetened the deal by putting a copy of A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again, 1rst Edition Hardback, on top. I work in a law office with 27 people and NOT ONE PERSON wanted one of my books. Maybe this is because I live in Los Angeles.

I love love love that you took pictures of the books with their new owners thus giving us a chance to make up stories about who these people are and why they're pickup up Rich Dad Poor Dad or Business at the Speed of Though or Living With Art.

What a brilliant marketing ploy. I love it.

I wonder how many books advertised in this site's right-hand column will end up on a trolley with a sign saying "Free Books" ten years from now. And will a Stefan Saigmeister book make a guy in a hard hat smile?

Amazing article about free books. Its really cool news, i liked it

I like the hat which belongs to the guy wearing the NY t-shirt. Awesome. Free books are a good idea: I have a few I should give away which I am not making the most of!

I totally did this when I was leaving my apartment in Korea. I had all these books, and decided to give them away (granted, I placed them in the lobby rather than out on the street for passersby). The guard tells me that the lady on the 5th floor came along and took the entire box-full. So. Selfish.