What to do with excess unbound calculator books and manuals

[Eric Rechlin]

After several years of my HP calculator book/manual scanning project, I have accumulated a bunch of books that I don't know what to do with.

When books are perfect bound (both hardcover and softcover), in order to scan them I have cut off the bindings. When these were borrowed (and cut with the owner's permission), I rebound them with spiral bindings before returning them. However, there are a bunch that I have either been gifted or purchased myself, where I cut off the bindings, and since I don't really have any interest in keeping them, I'm not sure what to do with them.

If they are softcover they can be fully rebound with a spiral binding, though that takes some time/effort, plus the cost of the coil. If they are hardcover, it's more complicated. I can attempt to glue the binding back together (I kept the hardcover binding intact, and just cut out the pages), though it wouldn't be as durable as the original and wouldn't look as good. Or I could spiral-bind the inside pages and skip the cover (I have no means of punching holes in a thick hardcover). But I don't care enough about any of these books to do that for myself.

I have the following books left over, currently as loose sheets. Should I throw them away? Anyone want any of them as-is for the cost of shipping+packaging (shipped from the US)? Anyone willing to pay a few dollars on top to have a spiral binding put on to hold the paper together (any hardcover covers would be provided separately and not bound)? Or anyone willing to pay a similar amount to have me try to glue hardcover bindings back on? (no success guaranteed)

Any of these that I still have in a couple months I'll probably throw away, since I only have room for so much stuff in my house. Or does anyone have any other ideas for what to do with them? Hardcover books are indicated; the rest are softcover.

Precalculus with Calculator Applications, 1982 (Joseph Elich)
English
Hardcover

Feedback, 1982 (Fred Waldhauer)
English
Hardcover

Applied Mathematical Physics with Programmable Pocket Calculators, 1976 (Robert Eisberg)
English
Hardcover

Calculator Mathematics for the Real Estate Professional, 1978 (Lawrence Rosen)
English
Hardcover

Engineering Statistics with a Programmable Calculator, 1982 (William Volk)
English
Hardcover

Trigonometry Using Calculators, 1980 (Joseph Elich)
English
Hardcover

Scientific Analysis on the Pocket Calculator, Edition 2, 1977 (Jon Smith)
English
Hardcover

Building Systems Design with Programmable Calculators, 1980 (Sital Daryanani)
English
Hardcover

Calculator Programs for Chemical Engineers Vol. 2, 1984 (David J. Deutsch)
English
Hardcover

Algorithms for RPN Calculators, 1978 (John Ball)
English
Hardcover

The Yachtsman's Guide to Calculator Navigation, 1980 (Stafford Campbell)
English
Hardcover

Mathematical Astronomy with a Pocket Calculator, 1978 (Aubrey Jones)
English
Hardcover

How to Program Your Programmable Calculator, 1979 (Stephen L. Snover, Mark A. Spikell)
English
Hardcover

Cockpit Computers, 1982 (Paul Garrison)
English
Hardcover

Take a Chance with your Calculator - Probability Problems, 1977 (Lennart Rade)
English

Celestial Navigation with a Pocket Calculator, Third Edition, 1985 (Jonah Slocum)
English

HP 48G Series Advanced User's Reference, Edition 3, 1995 (Hewlett-Packard)
French

HP 48G Series User's Guide, Edition 4, February 1994 (Hewlett-Packard)
French

HP 48 Owner's Manual, Edition 2, March 1992 (Hewlett-Packard)
French

Assembleur sur HP 48 - Aspects pratiques & Programmation, 1996 (Guy Toublanc, Christophe Nguyen)
French

La maîtrise de la HP 48 Tome 1: Programmation et exercices, 2nd Edition, 1990 (Jean-Michel Ferrard)
French

HP 40G User's Guide, Version 1.0, 2004 (Hewlett-Packard)
French

HP 48: Physique et chimie en prépa, 1994 (Hubert Canon, Arnaud Ramboux)
French

Initiation à l'Assembleur pour HP 48S-SX-G-GX, Edition 1, October 1994 (Olivier Nachba, Cedric Lecourt)
French

HP 48: Faites vos jeux en assembleur, Edition 2, 1995 (Loïc Fieux)
French

HP 48: Le livre du programmeur en RPL et RPL-système, 1996 (Loïc Fieux)
French

Les Secrets de la HP 48 (G/GX) Tome 2: Externals et assembleur, Edition 1, September 1993 (Jean-Michel Ferrard)
French

HP 48G Series User's Guide, Edition 2, February 1994 (Hewlett-Packard)
German

HP 48 Owner's Manual, Edition 2, March 1992 (Hewlett-Packard)
German

HP 40G User's Guide, Version 1.0 n/a (Hewlett-Packard)
German

HP 32SII Owner's Manual, Edition 1, January 1991 (Hewlett-Packard)
Dutch

HP 40G User's Guide, Version 1.0 (Hewlett-Packard)
Dutch

Eenvoudig op weg met de HP 48G/GX, August 1994 (Gerlof Donga)
Dutch

HP-41C/41CV Owner's Handbook and Programming Guide (Hewlett-Packard)
Dutch

Edit: Some books claimed

[Sylvain Cote]

Hello Eric,

I am interested to take the following French books:

HP 48G Series Advanced User's Reference, Edition 3, 1995 (Hewlett-Packard) French
HP 48G Series User's Guide, Edition 4, February 1994 (Hewlett-Packard) French
HP 48 Owner's Manual, Edition 2, March 1992 (Hewlett-Packard) French
Initiation à l'Assembleur pour HP 48S-SX-G-GX, Edition 1, October 1994 (Olivier Nachba, Cedric Lecourt) French

Best regards,

Sylvain

edit 1: I had replied to fast, removed some books from the previous list because I already have them.
edit 2: I have several binding machines, so loose leafs is perfect.

[RPLman]

Hi Eric,

Im interest in theses books/manuals bellow and can supply cost in shipping.
However I don't want to take them all there may other members wanting some.

Precalculus with Calculator Applications, 1982 (Joseph Elich)
English
Hardcover

Feedback, 1982 (Fred Waldhauer)
English
Hardcover

Applied Mathematical Physics with Programmable Pocket Calculators, 1976 (Robert Eisberg)
English
Hardcover

Calculator Mathematics for the Real Estate Professional, 1978 (Lawrence Rosen)
English
Hardcover

Engineering Statistics with a Programmable Calculator, 1982 (William Volk)
English
Hardcover

Trigonometry Using Calculators, 1980 (Joseph Elich)
English
Hardcover

Scientific Analysis on the Pocket Calculator, Edition 2, 1977 (Jon Smith)
English
Hardcover

Building Systems Design with Programmable Calculators, 1980 (Sital Daryanani)
English
Hardcover

Calculator Programs for Chemical Engineers Vol. 2, 1984 (David J. Deutsch)
English
Hardcover

Algorithms for RPN Calculators, 1978 (John Ball)
English
Hardcover

The Yachtsman's Guide to Calculator Navigation, 1980 (Stafford Campbell)
English
Hardcover

Mathematical Astronomy with a Pocket Calculator, 1978 (Aubrey Jones)
English
Hardcover

How to Program Your Programmable Calculator, 1979 (Stephen L. Snover, Mark A. Spikell)
English
Hardcover

Take a Chance with your Calculator - Probability Problems, 1977 (Lennart Rade)
English

Thanks

[Eddie W. Shore]

Eric, the books could be possible door prizes at HHC 2024.

[Eric Rechlin]

Removed the 4 French books from the list that Sylvain claimed.

RPLman still hasn't confirmed the ones he asked for (which all fit perfectly into one box), so everything else is still available. Don't feel bad about taking them all!

Eddie, that's a possibility, but it's not ideal. Books like this tend to be the very lowest priority on the door prize table and will just sit around and probably go to attendees who aren't interested in them. And I don't want to pay to ship them to HHC if they'll just end up in the trash. That said, maybe I could bring specific books to the conference if anyone specifically requests them.

[HPing]

As a last resort, you might call your local technical university library too.

A normal city library probably is not so interested.

[knife31]

Thanks for sharing
Randy

[Duane Hess]

Hi:

I would be interested in the specific items:
Engineering Statistics with a Programmable Calculator, 1982 (William Volk)
Scientific Analysis on the Pocket Calculator, Edition 2, 1977 (Jon Smith)
Calculator Programs for Chemical Engineers Vol. 2, 1984 (David J. Deutsch)
Mathematical Astronomy with a Pocket Calculator, 1978 (Aubrey Jones)
How to Program Your Programmable Calculator, 1979 (Stephen L. Snover, Mark A. Spikell)

I live in Nebraska, sounds like media mail is a good choice; although untrackable. If binding is somewhere $3-$5 per item, that works for me.

Please let me know if they are still available.

thanks

[rprosperi]

(08-28-2024 07:27 PM)Duane Hess Wrote:  ...sounds like media mail is a good choice; although untrackable.

Good news, all USPS Media Mail comes with tracking. It's cheap, reliable and no more prone to poor handling than any other mail, I use it all the time.