AceFuzzLord@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
I have seen a few of those around in my city and even some version of it at the college I attend. I wholeheartedly think these are great, so long as people don’t abuse them. I’ve never seen one being abused here, but I can guarant in some regions it has already been abused.
Psythik@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Meanwhile I’ve never seen one not abused! People love to take the books, but not return them. I know this because I’ve made multiple trips to restock my local little library and every single time I went, nearly every book was gone, every time. I never saw any of the books I added ever again.
Mog_fanatic@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Yeah I haven’t kept up with it but for a while there around me, these had a huge problem of people cleaning them out and selling all the decent books in them for some cash. Rinse and repeat every time it was restocked.
Godnroc@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I was reading their FAQ section and they suggest marking, stamping, or otherwise defacing a book to lower its resale value. A line of marker down the spine won’t ruin the reading, but will make it hard to sell.
ayyy@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
I wonder if it’s one shitty person causing all the problems.
AA5B@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I’ve seen this once or twice but barring knowing the goal of the owner wasn’t sure if it’s appropriate to help restock.
As a big example I believe many of these are lgbtq or diversity friendly but that can be controversial. It’s not my business to make a statement in your library: should I donate an lgbtq book? a western? Romantic? I have them all and support your goal, just need to know what it is