Closing a Chapter by Recycling Your Books

Like many people, I’ve decided to downsize and divest myself of things I no longer need. Getting rid of outworn toasters or old clothes…

Like many people, I’ve decided to downsize and divest myself of things I no longer need. Getting rid of outworn toasters or old clothes wasn’t hard. But something else was a more difficult cord to cut: my hundreds of books, accumulated over the decades.

There’s something sacrosanct about books. They have meaning between reader and author that is personal…