I’ve been so pleased about the response of local bookstores and neighbors and friends. I opened the library on Saturday, and so far – it’s now Wednesday – no stolen books. “I did close the library for a week while we were away (normally I have a neighbor keep it up for me) and put up a sign saying that I was not going to stop providing books for the kids in the neighborhood, and won’t let one bad apple spoil it for all.
#Selling old library books free
In response, she put up a sign on the Little Library, stamped each book to indicate it was from a Little Free Library and approached local bookstores to explain her situation. Steward Terry Weiss of Corvallis, OR had the entire contents of her Library removed multiple times over a period of several months. We could respond by installing lights and automatic alarms but that just doesn’t seem consistent with the character of this friendly enterprise.
Maybe your Library has been among the victims. A homeless fellow needed pocket change and took books 10 miles each day to the used bookstore.
Like kids collecting returnable soda bottles a generation ago, a couple in one city has occasionally cleaned out several Little Libraries in the hope of scoring some easy money. But in a half-dozen or so communities we know of, Little Libraries have been cleared of their contents and the violation of trust can affect us all. The spokesman also pointed to the council’s new strategy to move away from hard copy newspapers and provide customers with more choice.It’s not a worldwide conspiracy or even a very smart local business. If no volunteers can be found to run the libraries and they were to close, it remains unclear what would happen to their stocks of books. The council will still own and provide stock for community managed libraries. Flying Scotsman timings for London stations as it passes through Croydon, Hounslow and Acton.Ealing's under-threat librariesĮaling is proposing seven of its branch libraries are run as community managed libraries.īut if volunteers cannot be found to run the at-risk libraries they face being closed. The books sent to Revival were a mix of fiction, non-fiction, out-of-date reference books and children books, the council said. If this does not happen then, as libraries have only limited space, the option is to sell the book to a company like Revival - 7p is not a large amount but the other option would be to bin it, which is a horrible idea and comes with its own costs.” “When it is withdrawn, most library services then try to sell the book to the public. “A normal book can be loaned up to 40 times so a library service gets serious value for money from it before withdrawing it and it’s normally only withdrawn when it is in poor condition, no longer popular or if the shelves are lacking space. A library that does not replace books is one that is not buying enough new books. Mr Anstice said: “All public libraries need to replace bookstock. Ian Anstice, editor of Public Libraries News, said this kind of arrangement isn’t unusual and was necessary in order to keep library offerings up to date. Revival was contacted for comment for this article. “We also work with many charities, and collect and process thousands of books each week.” The website reads: “We work with over 20 public library services across the UK as well as a number of university libraries and college libraries. Some of the books are sold through AmazonĬustomers also have the option to purchase the company’s more expensive books directly, either by email or over the phone. Revival’s website states the company sells books through a variety of third party portals including Amazon, Abebooks, Ebay, Alibris and.
She said Revival was known to sell many of the books it purchased online, saying one West Ealing resident had even purchased one of them and had been surprised to find a library stamp on it. “For example, some of the talking books cost over £70 each and were sold at a flat rate of 7p.” Books sold on Amazon and Ebay More importantly, though, most of the books that were sold off to Revival cost a lot of money.
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