Since I started this discussion, I would like to point out again that it was a new shrink-wrapped book (
this one). I was not talking about worn-out old books.
The public library in our city had 2.63 million books, magazines and new media in 2017, divided into several branches in the various districts.
No one needs to tell me that this book would not fit into the acquisition program, because I had already borrowed similar books. Or that the simple foiling and cataloging would cost so much of the budget.
Anyway. That they didn't seem to want it at all didn't upset me. What annoyed me is that they had apparently accepted it only to put it to ”another use” and hadn't told me about it.