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Books We’re drowning in old books – but getting rid of them is heartbreaking America is saturated with old books, congesting Ikea Billy cases, Jengaing atop floors, Babeling bedside tables. John Tlumacki/Globe Staff John Tlumacki/Globe Staff On a recent weekday afternoon, Bruce Albright arrives in the Wonder Book parking lot, pops the trunk of his Camry and unloads two boxes of well-worn books. “It’s sad. Some of these I’ve read numerous times,” he says. Albright, 70, has been at this for six months, shedding 750 books at his local library and at this Frederick, Md., store. The rub: More than...
