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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Look, most real libraries don’t want book donations because they’re not in demand. Donated books are discarded and recycled. I can’t imagine that LFL are bastions of high value literature. I’ve seen tons of graphic novels and book fair books that kids just blow through and don’t want keep. Nobody’s paying for that[/quote]

yeah, but that stuff DOES have value. I'd say that about 50 percent of the stuff in our local ones (and there are tons) is stuff that would appeal to me or my kids—and especially with kids, you can't keep up w/their reading by buying, so if it's some overpriced book fair nonsense, let them read it in 10 minutes, pass it on to some other kid to do the same. etc.

50 percent is just garbage and should be thrown out.

[b]and people should NEVER EVER put religious texts in it. [/b]

The guy who steals from LFL to stock his used book business is still about 10 rungs up the ladder from evangelicals who empty the LFL to put in their version of the bible or whatever. [/quote]

Speak for yourself. I snap up the kids’ Bible stories, read them once, and pass them on. I usually return them to a FLL at a local church so they’ll get to the people who will appreciate them. [/quote]

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