Serious question: is it wrong to take all of these #doctorwho novels from a little free library? (I donate on average a dozen books a month to LFLs, but don't want to be greedy.)
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FWIW I took inspiration from a local used book store and lightly tie sets together with string to indicate it's not wrong to take a whole trilogy or whatever. (Less of an issue with serials but who wants to hit a LFL and find books 2 and 3 only anyway?)
Take them and read them. The person who put them there will walk by and see they are all gone and it will bring a smile to their face knowing the books found a good home.
My LFL is geared to a younger audience because of the kids in my neighborhood. But if someone were to take a big chunk of the books in there I’d be delighted. I often stop by the used book store and pick up a new batch of books once a month or so. I’m just happy kids are reading instead of scrolling
Unless you live in a very cool neighborhood, those were put in as a set, so it's rude to break up the siblings. If you want an equivalent exchange, you should toss in another series... incomplete if you're nasty
One benefit people get from having LFLs is "Book Shelf Space"
and if you take those books, you will be giving the proprietor even more opportunities to reclaim space on their shelves.
My thought w these libraries is this is where we put books we want to get rid of and don't want to put in the recycling bin. You don't have to return them. No one wants to see the same shit when they stop by again. Just donate some other books some other time.
If you can provide an equal number of equivalently entertaining books, and return them to the LFL when you’re done (maybe even tied in a package because Who books are kinda like good potato chips in that they’re more satisfying as a group) I’d say it’s fine!
Nope. As long as you support the overall FLL ecosystem - and it sounds like you do - then it’s absolutely fine. They are going to an appreciative home.
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Especially if you usually leave more, you're good.
FWIW I took inspiration from a local used book store and lightly tie sets together with string to indicate it's not wrong to take a whole trilogy or whatever. (Less of an issue with serials but who wants to hit a LFL and find books 2 and 3 only anyway?)
Basically, don't assume it'll be empty for very long if you take a bunch. It'll just look popular.
But yeah, it's what it's there for, so go right ahead.
and if you take those books, you will be giving the proprietor even more opportunities to reclaim space on their shelves.
Leaving it empty is the party foul.
Do *not* sleep on the Pizza For Everyone book!