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Originally Posted by Worldwalker
By the way, a lot of libraries won't accept donations of pbooks for their collections, either. They'll just put them in the bin for the next book sale. I suspect they're afraid of being flooded with "donations" from every kook on the planet, and really don't want to give shelf space to the flat-Earthers and other whack jobs.
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Our library happily accepts paperbacks. They put some in revolving racks and people can check them out, but it is not an "official" checkout, i.e. they don't track it and so it's essentially honor system as to whether you return or not.
Plenty go to the annual library sale. I suspect those that are in good shape go here.
Others go to the "library shelves about town" program. Various businesses have a little library shelf, and these are stocked with paperbacks. Again, checkout on the honor system, i.e. you are expected to bring it back, but no one is gonna be after you if you don't. Our library likes to encourage readers. They also are forward looking on ebooks... and have been having a yearly e-reader play day, where they show people who are new to the whole thing how to use the library ebook lending.