Such a program exists-- sorry to mislead you. (An attempt to
make my post
more hard-boiled, I suppose.)
But I consider any book which has need of extraction from the
library to
have
been "trashed." The only ones which leave in the care of the
trash man are
those too damaged or worn to be sold in the booksale area.
And if a
salvagable book is left for too long on the booksale shelf,
it goes to the
warehouse for the Big Sale. And if it doesn't sell there,
well...
It's true-- the folks who handle the book sale take in a
considerable amount
of cash. It's a good thing, for them and for the book
hound.
But there is that damn Willeford which hasn't circulated in
two years...
should I discard it so I can buy it for ten cents?
"It's a question of etics, as in he ain't got any."
--Miller's Crossing
Tom
>
>Gawd, Tom! What forbids you from selling all those
books to people, like
>Mark, who want to own the authors? I belong to a
library support group
>that sells weeded cast-offs and donated books. We
maintain two shelves of
>sale books in the library year-round, store the rest,
and mount one big
>sale each year. Dimes and quarters (paper and hardback
prices) add up to
>thousands we are able turn back to the library. Half
the HB books I own
>were purchased this way.
>
>Dismayed,
>
>
>
>Bill Hagen
><billha@ionet.net>
>
>
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