Old Books and media

[countrygirl12]

So for cassette tapes you can buy an cassette to Dvd player/burner which transfer all the stuff onto a DVD as for books just donate them about 80% of the time you can find a digital copy of it but if you can't live without them there's always a storage unit near by where you can just dump it in for $$ a month/year ?

You cannot put a cassette tape on a DVD.  You can convert them to digital and either burn them to a CD or just put them on a mp3 player.  As I stated before the VHS tapes cannot be converted to a DVD.  If you don't believe me look it up.  Find a converter VHS to DVD for sale and read the specs and it will tell you that if the VHS is copyright protected (ie the movies purchased in stores) you will not be able to convert them.  Just like you cannot make copies of you purchased DVDs or Bluerays.

[mamatygress]

I've always been a library person.  Rarely buy any books. 

[aflyingmonkey]

You can donate your books to charity -- the Salvation Army takes them, for one.  You can also donate VHS tapes/movies & cassettes... they take all that stuff.  I've been in Goodwill & have seen tons of that stuff for sale, there is still a market for old media.   

[mrisha]

I also have hardcover books, novels, stereo etc.  I don't plan on giving them away.  In some places people are looking for Vinyls.

[dinkydawes]

consign the books you don't want. I hate clutter, so I have no difficulty getting rid of stuff.

[mrsmere]

I think the library will take the books but the cassette I'm not sure what to do with them.  The internet is really convenient for looking up things and stays current as an encyclopedia can become obsolete.

[sfreeman8]

Everything is digital these days.  I have old cassette tapes, LOTS of old books, old encyclopedias and they take up a LOT of room in the house.  I hate throwing old books away but I don't know what else to do with them.  I don't know if libraries even want any of that stuff anymore.  I also have lots of old video tapes.   I have a tape player but not sure if it still works so I'm think I should throw those away too.  I just hate getting rid of all the old disney tapes, although, I don't watch them anymore. 

HA!! I have not only old cassettes, but -tracks and 45 records.

Yes, I've also got a stash of old books. Most of them are paperbacks. Online book buyers like Book Scouter are really only interested in textbooks and major best-sellers (unless they already have too many of them) so it's very difficult to unload them there. My town does, though, have a used bookstore that buys and sells books by the pounds, so I'll probably take them there someday. I'm like you; I can't bear the thought of actually throwing books in the trash. 

I've got books dating back to the early 1900s. Most are county histories with biographies and other historical records. I have an Atlas from 1938 and encyclopedia set from when I was in grade school.  I even have some Mickey Mouse story books that were from my mom's era ( '20s & '30s). Plus a library of cookbooks that were my moms. Some from the '50s. I was selling books on ebay but my camera/phone gave out and I haven't gotten a new one yet so all are just here. Time to get rid of everything.

[cathy37]

I am in the process of moving and have some books and my daughter's VHS videos of the Disney movies.  I hate to get rid of them, but not sure if I will have room for them.

[linderlizzie]

Suggestion: Take them to the Goodwill. I go there to find old movies and such.

It's such fun to find an old movie or an old book there.