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No. Almost none of the books you donate to the library get to the shelves. If they can sell it, they will. Otherwise they are thrown away. I even read on a web
by BeetleB 2mo ago
No. Almost none of the books you donate to the library get to the shelves. If they can sell it, they will. Otherwise they are thrown away.
I even read on a web site of a librarian that their library had stopped accepting donations because "patrons should know how to throw away their own trash".
- merely-unlikely 2mo ago> "patrons should know how to throw away their own trash" That makes me a lot sadder than AI companies destroying the books but at least preserving (most of) their knowledge.
- BeetleB 2mo agoIt's the reality. If you're old enough to remember when people subscribed to magazines ... how often did you throw out a magazine? How often have you thrown out manuals for products you don't use any more?