What to do with all those old books.

Maybe I am a strange person. But books are more than just paper to me. They are the values, thoughts, words, ideas inside. That's why I always have inhibitions about disposing of books. Passing them on, yes. But throwing them away, burning them? Then they must be trash or otherwise bad - not worth the paper they are written on.

I started selling books on the internet, but since there are a few big players in the market who set the prices algorithmically and set the postage half as high as what I have to pay at the post office, that's no longer an option. We have a book box at the station, but you're not allowed to put anything in it, just take it with you. The women's association, which fills it with books from the second-hand bookshop, doesn't want anything religious, political or brochures. But you can smuggle reasonable books in. And with an estimated 3000 passengers a day, there are also walk-in customers...