Treats in Store

[callmemadam]

Here's just some of the books I've been lent, given or have bought in the past few days. It looks like Christmas! The Kate Atkinsons are new but were bought in the SCOPE charity shop this afternoon where it was 'all books 50p'. Oxfam: look and learn.

Comments

[lethe1]

Many charity shops just throw them away

Oww! You mean literally throw them away, not even trying to resell them to book dealers? Makes one think twice about giving things to them, doesn't it.

As I said, we have no shortage of antiquarian bookshops here, and some of them are even specialised in children's books. Do I have to keep an eye out for specific titles? You never know, you might strike lucky.

[callmemadam.livejournal.com]

Oww! yes! They throw them in skips! Books! They could at least put them in a 10p box. The trouble is that some of these charities are big business and they have corporate strategies which determine what the shop managers are allowed to do. Oxfam, for instance, my bugbear, has a RULE that all paperbacks cost £1.99, no matter what their condition is. The best shops are the ones run by small charities, like ours for our local hospital.

I couldn't begin to list the scarce children's books I would like to own!