Many of us love books and find them incredibly hard to part with. But if you've made up your mind to declutter your shelves, these top tips will enable you to release your treasures to new homes without an ounce of guilt or trash!

When you consider that only 24 books are produced for every tree felled, it makes sense to spread the love by passing our books on to other people.

Throw a book swap party. Get a few bottles of wine (organic and fair trade, of course) and get together your friends, family or neighbors for a book-swapping party. You can make up "rules" if you wish, or just let people dive in and help themselves.

Donate your books to your local library. You can feel great knowing your old books will be read by hundreds more people.

Take them to your local charity, thrift or goodwill shop. Profits raised from your books can help other people benefit from a better life.

Donate on Freecycle. You might even find yourself a like-minded friend from your neighborhood in the process!

Sell them on Green Metropolis. If you're in the U.K., you can sell your books on Green Metropolis, which donates money to the Woodland trust for every book sold.

Sell on the Internets. Make some money on eBay, Amazon or in a second-hand bookshop.

ReadItSwapIt. Do as the name suggests, and ReadItSwapIt. You'll meet a virtual community of people who want to read your book and swap their own. Paper Back Swap offers a swap site for U.S. readers.

Become a Book Mooch. BookMooch offers a similar system, but instead of swapping, you earn "points" for every book you give away, which you can use to "buy" other people's books.

Set your books free. BookCrossing is a wonderful idea — you just leave your books on a train seat, in a restaurant or at a hotel for a new reader to find! You can "tag" your book with a unique code and follow your book as it travels across the world.

Share the love. A local hospital or hospice would love to take your old books from you for patients to enjoy.

Educate others. Take children's books to a local school and specialist textbooks to a local college or university.

大多數的人們都是愛書的，于是和這些說再見就變得相當困難。但是如果你已經下點決心整理你的書架，那么下面這些小竅門會讓你使這些書找到新家而不讓你有一絲愧疚也不會產生一丁點垃圾。

當你想到每一棵倒下的樹只能生產24本書，那我們播撒愛心，讓我們的書傳到其他人手中，是多么的合情合理。

1.       舉辦舊書交易派對。

準備幾瓶酒（當然是有組織的公平交易），讓你的朋友、家人或者鄰居歡聚在一起，辦一場舊書交易派對。如果你愿意你可以制定一些規則，或者就讓他們隨意的自由交易。

2.       捐贈當地的圖書館。

你將會強烈的認識到，你的書將會被數以百計的人們閱讀。

3.       送給當地的慈善機構，或者慈善商店

從你的書所獲得的贏利可以幫助他人得到更好的生活。

4.       當成禮物贈送他人。

這這個過程中，你或許會發現你和你的鄰居原來是志同道合的朋友。

5.       在綠色大都會出售。

如果你是在英國，你可以在綠色大都會出售這些書，所得來的錢將會被捐給林地協會。

6.       通過網絡銷售。

通過易趣網，亞馬遜或者其他二手說點出售。

7.       書籍交換網站。

就像建議的名稱一樣，和他人交換，閱讀。你會發現一群真實的人們，他們想要閱讀你的書，并且愿意交易。Paper Back Swap是為美國讀者提供的一個網站。

8.       建立一個二手書交換網站。

二手書交換網站采用的是一些相似的體系，但是并不交易。你可以通過捐出一些書而獲得積分，然后可以用這些積分來買其他人的書。

9．讓書自由流動。

書的漂流是一個絕妙的主意，你只需要把你的書故意遺留在火車座位，餐館或者飯店，等待新的讀者去發現。你可以留下一個帶有唯一的線索小標簽，并隨著你的書環游世界。

10.   分享愛。

你可以把書贈送給當地的醫院或療養院，讓里面的病人從你的書中得到享受。

11.   教育他人。

你可以把一些兒童讀物送給當地的學校，把一些專業書籍送給當地的學院或者大學。