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Originally Posted by Katsunami
If you need money to get some new books into the library, then it might be an idea to not ask people for the money, but for a book. If they donate a book (by paying for it), then they get their names written onto the title page. "Kindly donated by: $name".
I for one would do something like that much quicker than just giving money or buying cakes, especially if I could choose the books myself.
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This is a nice idea that could be expanded to a sort of "What do you think people in our community ought to read?"
This kind of appeals to people's egos without being blatant. A small brass plaque on the front with "Suggested reading by: XXX NNN", all for the small sum of $200.