#also once i withdrew a shitty book and wrote 'if you believe this youre a fucking idiot' on the title page

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Hi! I just saw your post about queer books in libraries, and my local system has always surprised me with its many good queer and trans books!

It does bring to mind a Library Question that you might be able to answer for me, though: if a library book (say, anti-trans, antisemitic screed "Trans" by Helen Joyce) is destroyed (by accident of course) and the upstanding library patron who did it pays the lost book fine, will the fine be used to replace that book in the system, or just go to general library needs?

as a quick disclaimer I don't know how all libraries work across the country or world but most libraries I am aware of just have it go into their general revenue which will be allocated somewhere, probably to the collections budget for the purchasing of other books

HOWEVER! if it is a super popular book like if trump wrote a book or something they would definitely have to replace it to fulfill demand. but an older Ben Shapiro or whatever that no one has cared about for years? probably won't be missed :)

#i cant tell you this is ok but i will say that sometimes i bend random pages in the middle of shitty books just to feel something #also once i withdrew a shitty book and wrote 'if you believe this youre a fucking idiot' on the title page #then i stuck it in a pile to go to our huge book sale #dont tell on me #omg also once my partner and i withdrew like 100 james pattersons and put mustaches and stuff on the author photos ajbdksbz