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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 259525" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>I hope your public library doesn't get hit by the easy child trend. Ours is safe - with a large university there are several LARGE groups in town who actively fight any kind of censorship.</p><p></p><p>I have read most of what those authors ahve written, but thanks for the offers. Here, if nothing else, we can donate the books to our Library Book Sale. It happens 2 times a year, in addition to having a large lobby section in the library with books for sale. But the book sales are HUGE here. Some books the library culls, and TONS of books donated from from people. </p><p></p><p>We have 5 smaller towns who want our booksale rejects after each sale!!! They used to offer them for free to any people who would take them off, after that they threw them away. Then one year a local small library had several people with trucks and vans come in to take the freebies. They came in and asked if they were allowed to haul off what individuals didn't want for free (they asked for books our locals didn't just haul off after the sale, even offered to pay for them, they didn't ask for them for free). So the library board had all the members on hand for the sale and took a quick vote to not let individuals take books for free after, tehy would ALL be donated for free to the smaller library.</p><p></p><p>Then everyone who knew someone in a smaller town told someone about it and now there is a rotation between the smaller libraries. Which is good because at a max price of $1 per hardback and $25 per kids book or magazine, with books sold for $3 per paper grocery bag the last day, well, they are cheap enough for those who live here. The book dealers were a HUGE problem as books were being given away for free. They are bad enough during the sale (they push and shove and have NO manners, even taking books out of kids' hands! last sale they banned all dealers until the bag sale because they were just out of hand!)</p><p></p><p>So maybe a local library would be able to sell them to fund a new book, or whatever they need?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 259525, member: 1233"] I hope your public library doesn't get hit by the easy child trend. Ours is safe - with a large university there are several LARGE groups in town who actively fight any kind of censorship. I have read most of what those authors ahve written, but thanks for the offers. Here, if nothing else, we can donate the books to our Library Book Sale. It happens 2 times a year, in addition to having a large lobby section in the library with books for sale. But the book sales are HUGE here. Some books the library culls, and TONS of books donated from from people. We have 5 smaller towns who want our booksale rejects after each sale!!! They used to offer them for free to any people who would take them off, after that they threw them away. Then one year a local small library had several people with trucks and vans come in to take the freebies. They came in and asked if they were allowed to haul off what individuals didn't want for free (they asked for books our locals didn't just haul off after the sale, even offered to pay for them, they didn't ask for them for free). So the library board had all the members on hand for the sale and took a quick vote to not let individuals take books for free after, tehy would ALL be donated for free to the smaller library. Then everyone who knew someone in a smaller town told someone about it and now there is a rotation between the smaller libraries. Which is good because at a max price of $1 per hardback and $25 per kids book or magazine, with books sold for $3 per paper grocery bag the last day, well, they are cheap enough for those who live here. The book dealers were a HUGE problem as books were being given away for free. They are bad enough during the sale (they push and shove and have NO manners, even taking books out of kids' hands! last sale they banned all dealers until the bag sale because they were just out of hand!) So maybe a local library would be able to sell them to fund a new book, or whatever they need? [/QUOTE]
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