Please don’t freak out, oh don’t. You are normal, you are totally normal. It happens to every book lover out there. I know you couldn’t keep up your book ban promise and your book shelf is completely full of books and is about to fall off.
No no, I am not asking you to buy another book shelf. All you need is to UNHAUL some of your books to get some space.
Well, come on it’s just few books, it’s alright to let go off some.
Let me give you few pointers to take into account while you unhaul books.
1,Like Or Dislike
Do you see those books? if yes, then pick one among them and ask yourself if you really liked the book. If you liked it then put it back right there. But before putting it back , will you reread the book? . Yes it’s your collector’s edition or may be you have so much memories with that book. Then you cannot let it go.
What if it is not and you definitely not going to read again or you don’t like the book?. Just collect those sort of books.It might consume your time to go through all books at a single stretch. You could stop when you reach a desirable count like five or ten.
Now your unhaul books are ready.
2. Where To Unhaul
There are actually many ways to unhaul the books but those all should be an efficient one.
- Gift to your reader friends or surprise your book club buddies when you meet them in a coffee shop. You really need to appreciate your friends.
- You could donate few books to your library. In that way you could feel satisfied that your book has reached a right place. Someone is going to pick that book for sure.
- You could sell few books if you are too broke through online portals or through your social media accounts.
- Host a giveaway for your followers. In that way you could reciprocate your love for them.
3.Condition Of The Book And Price
Book condition should be good when you try to sell your book. Because that’s what is going to decide your selling price.
As a host you are entitled for the book condition. If anything compromises the condition , do mention that in your book portfolio. You don’t want to miss those priceless buyers who wants to buy again from you.
Don’t scare your buyers with the price. Be fair when you set the price. Sometimes the book may be unread or unused but still its second hand book. Your could get the MRP through online retailers. Be fair and be good.
4.Not All At A Time
You will always have books to unhaul. So make a practice of unhaul every six months. In other words don’t giveaway all your books in one go or in one way. You may gift few, donate few and host a giveaway for few. Sometimes you could segregate the books according to genres and authors to make it interesting for a giveaway.
5.You Are Letting It Go
Don’t regret once you have unhauled the books. Once gone is gone. You can buy same book as new but that’s going to cost you.So decide the books with right mind and importantly when you are at right mood.
Isn’t that easy now?
Start to unhaul few from those pilled up books from that shelf.
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Agree, we can’t unhaul every day or so.6 months is a good time gap. Good pointers, Devika
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Thank you Pragya😊
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Good points
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Thank you so much😊
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Great blog! Thanks for this post. It is really helpful.
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Thank you so much Chetana.
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Wonderful tips Devika! I agree that we need to unhaul books keeping everything open (eyes (for the cover art) , nose (for the smell) and mind (if we would need that book in future) )!
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Rightly said 👍All our senses should be on point while unhauling the books😊
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This was an amazing post.
Read for the first time about unhauling the books.
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OMG, thank you so much. I am really happy to hear this😊
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Great tips for unhauling books. Now, I’ll be more careful and less sad while unhauling them.!! Thank You ! 🙂
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Yes it is important to be well prepared emotionally while unhauling😊😊
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Your post reminded me that I have around 10 to 12 books to donate/ give away. Nice tips.
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Thanks for your compliment. Don’t wait up, you should host a giveaway.
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Just loved it. Very useful tips
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Thank you so much😊
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They are such great tips Devika.. 😀 i prefer not reselling my books coz i love them so much..but i’ll keep these tips in my mind if i’ll think of unhauling!!!
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He he he I have also thought so. But space constrain didn’t allow me to have the books.
My husband promised me to build a room exclusively for my books in our future house 😉😉😉 How that as a tip? A room for books? You will love it.
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Currently I’ve shifted to a very new place… So that place is huge not according to the family but for a single person it is huge. So, I live alone and I have the perks.!! So no reselling.. 🤣
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This topic is very new to me. I agree it would not easy to unhaul your books. After a time they also become a part of life. Nice pointers. I love the post.
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Letting it go is one of the toughest task, been there. Indeed they are part of our life so it will hard😥
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I have also written on the same topic and agree with all of your point. I think the main pain is letting go of books. Glad to found you 🙂
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Thank you for coming up with these tips I have a big pile to decide on.
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Please decide soon. Somewhere someone is waiting for our books😊
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I can never really imagine unhauling my books but I agree we have to say goodbye to some good friends to keep best friends intact.
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Well said, though we will always have the memories of the good friends❤❤❤
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Loved it
Useful tips
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Thank you Anurag😊
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I really like all the points you mentioned here. Will keep them in my mind the next time I unhaul my books.
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Thank you so much Anukriti😊
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I liked your post. It’s so informative & the way you’ve presented is nice! ❤
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Thanks for the compliment 😊😊
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I have so many books to uhaul after reading these amazing tips!😂
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I have so many books to unhaul after reading these amazing tips!😂
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Loved the tips ❤
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Thank you 😊
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Nicely summed up everything in a post
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Thank you so much😊
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I am quite convinced of this idea. But it’s going to be a serious setback for my dream of a personal library
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Yes absolutely it would be but your personal library would not like to have the books you disliked so you could unhaul those.
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OMG I can’t argue against logic 😁😉
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