# Disposing of books

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disposing-of-books/951344>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** books-writing-myths\
**Created:** [September 25, 2021, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disposing-of-books/951344 "2021-09-25T22:26:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2021, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disposing-of-books/951344/12 "2021-09-26T11:16:27Z")

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This was discussed in this thread:

> [@Books into landfill](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-into-landfill/951014):
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> Any bookstores in the Chicago area that will take technical books? I sure don’t need them anymore.

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