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[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm pretty sure they buy those books by the pound (or tonne), ain't nobody giving them rare copies of culturally significant books to destroy lol

[–] unwarlikeExtortion@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah, sure. Everyone throwing out old books is knowledgeable enough to know and willing enough to check that the book they're throwing isn't rare or important.

You'd think people would check on the off chance it's worth a bunch but you'd be surprised.