When it comes to old books, we usually either save them, loan them, or sell them. We don't typically plan craft projects around them. But we don't see anything wrong with the idea, especially if the book is really dated and has little reading value left. And this iPod case idea is pretty cool.
At studenthacks.org we just found 10 creative ways to reuse old books.
We've been using Bookmooch to trade books for the past 3 months (a detailed review of that service is coming soon), but there are some books that no one seems to want to borrow. We can't give them away, and we know we'll never read them again. So why not turn one into a bookshelf, or a clock? Or, like the pictiure above, an iPod case.
Get all those ideas and instructions at studenthacks.org.
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As a librarian... that is SO WRONG.
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I don't really get people's overly sacred attitude towards books... the OP says usually they get them to somebody else to read and only then would they use these hacks, I can't agree more.
Having sorted out my hoarder booklover Gran's house recently, I can tell you that some books really are best using like this diy project. There were several books I really couldn't see anyone else wanting (travel guides from the 70's, physics textbooks missing out fundamental research from the last three decades), and some (books on how to look after pet rabbits from the 60's for instance) that had downright cruel advice I wasn't prepared to let get into the hands of the innocently ignorant. I'll admit the books in these categories are mainly non-fiction; I'll bet you could find some really cool titled books for this!
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As a librarian...that's a great way to give old yucky books a second life and not buy new things to store electronic stuff.
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Book Killer! Books are the only way we have to reflect on our past. Films can be changed and doctored. Electronics can go on the fritz, but a book will always be the same.
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