"J. Clarke" wrote in message
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"Carpentry" found a bunch of childrens' books, a few on trim and finish
carpentry, and four that might be decent--they've been out of print so
long that Amazon doesn't even have a picture of them so I can't tell for
sure. Their holdings on that topic are so meager that I'm tempted to cart
some of the books that I'm done with down and donate them.

My wife and I have done that. They accept donated books for two reasons:
either they sell them to raise money (if they don't need/want them on the
shelves) or in some cases they'll put them in a library binding and
circulate them if it's a title they'd like to have (but currently cannot
afford to buy). We've had a lot of use out of our local public library so
we don't mind giving them books we no longer have room for. And it doesn't
matter how many bookcases I build, they're always instantly full as soon as
they're in place.