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.

大多数的人们都是爱书的，于是和这些说再见就变得相当困难。但是如果你已经下点决心整理你的书架，那么下面这些小窍门会让你使这些书找到新家而不让你有一丝愧疚也不会产生一丁点垃圾。

当你想到每一棵倒下的树只能生产24本书，那我们播撒爱心，让我们的书传到其他人手中，是多么的合情合理。

1.       举办旧书交易派对。

准备几瓶酒（当然是有组织的公平交易），让你的朋友、家人或者邻居欢聚在一起，办一场旧书交易派对。如果你愿意你可以制定一些规则，或者就让他们随意的自由交易。

2.       捐赠当地的图书馆。

你将会强烈的认识到，你的书将会被数以百计的人们阅读。

3.       送给当地的慈善机构，或者慈善商店

从你的书所获得的赢利可以帮助他人得到更好的生活。

4.       当成礼物赠送他人。

这这个过程中，你或许会发现你和你的邻居原来是志同道合的朋友。

5.       在绿色大都会出售。

如果你是在英国，你可以在绿色大都会出售这些书，所得来的钱将会被捐给林地协会。

6.       通过网络销售。

通过易趣网，亚马逊或者其他二手说点出售。

7.       书籍交换网站。

就像建议的名称一样，和他人交换，阅读。你会发现一群真实的人们，他们想要阅读你的书，并且愿意交易。Paper Back Swap是为美国读者提供的一个网站。

8.       建立一个二手书交换网站。

二手书交换网站采用的是一些相似的体系，但是并不交易。你可以通过捐出一些书而获得积分，然后可以用这些积分来买其他人的书。

9．让书自由流动。

书的漂流是一个绝妙的主意，你只需要把你的书故意遗留在火车座位，餐馆或者饭店，等待新的读者去发现。你可以留下一个带有唯一的线索小标签，并随着你的书环游世界。

10.   分享爱。

你可以把书赠送给当地的医院或疗养院，让里面的病人从你的书中得到享受。

11.   教育他人。

你可以把一些儿童读物送给当地的学校，把一些专业书籍送给当地的学院或者大学。