Little Free Library Etiquette

[Anonymous]

oh that's not good

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just put the book back in when you’re done with it.

This! Do the read books just sit around your house?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Just put the book back in when you’re done with it.

This! Do the read books just sit around your house?

Bookshelves store books and as inanimate objects, they do not ever "sit" like humans or pets do.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why are you donating the books instead of putting them back in a box? I don't get it.

Put the books back in any box. This is why a lot of these are empty!

Is there any way to know where the empty ones are? All the ones around me are overflowing.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is there any way to know where the empty ones are? All the ones around me are overflowing.

There's one in Briarpatch Park in Sterling that gets a lot of use and needs frequent refilling. Kids books go quickly there. It's not resellers; the books aren't usually worth the effort (condition, Chickfila books, etc).

[Anonymous]

It's fine. I regularly donate and I am very pleased when I see that someone has taken the books.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just put the book back in when you’re done with it.

This! Do the read books just sit around your house?

Bookshelves store books and as inanimate objects, they do not ever "sit" like humans or pets do.

Would you like a dictionary for Christmas? Or would that be far too long to wait?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:^raided

Better than razed!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think ad long as you put book back into free rotation some how it’s fine.

Little free library to another little free library.

Not even.

LFL is about doing carpentry and giving books away. If you are worried about anything else, you are thinking about it wrong.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If I take one out, I put it back in the LFL. If I forget to put the same one back, then I put a different one in from home that I've been meaning to donate.

It is called Little Free LIBRARY. So, I do think of it as a library.

I recently saw the local LFL empty. What is wrong with people? They shouldn't raid them.

There are also nuts who are targeting LFLs and LFPs (Little Free Pantries) because they think anything that doesn't promote their view must be purged. It's really exhausting when all you want to do is share some stuff with your neighbors and these people ruin it for everyone.

This is why professional libraries exist. Without strong defense of property rights, It only takes one enemy to destroy the work of dozens of contributors.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just put the book back in when you’re done with it.

This! Do the read books just sit around your house?

Bookshelves store books and as inanimate objects, they do not ever "sit" like humans or pets do.

Would you like a dictionary for Christmas? Or would that be far too long to wait?

This isn't the Christmas gift thread. Put a dictionary in a LFL.

[Anonymous]

I have never tried to use one before but am interested so I was researching the etiquette. I’m just about done with my current book and wanted to try using this neighborhood book treasure!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just put the book back in when you’re done with it.

This! Do the read books just sit around your house?

Bookshelves store books and as inanimate objects, they do not ever "sit" like humans or pets do.

Would you like a dictionary for Christmas? Or would that be far too long to wait?

This isn't the Christmas gift thread. Put a dictionary in a LFL.

Okay, I will bite. What is the proper wording?
Does a book "sit" on a shelf? Does a book "lie" on a shelf? Does a book "lay" on a shelf? Does a book "rest" on a shelf?
What is the one and only proper way to say it?

[Anonymous]

It definitely does not lay on a shelf. You can lay it on a shelf, however. That’s how a transitive verb works.

[Anonymous]

I appreciate you stewards out there! We have several immediately around us and I’m amazed at the crap people put in them. But the owners must regularly sift through and take out the garbage because the next time I come back, the LFLs are just full of wonderful, good quality books again. My kids particularly love them.