| Several avid readers might be highly surprised and | | | | public at a later date. A book gets recalled when |
| even out-raged at some of the unusual places that | | | | authors claim that they events they write about in |
| used books, even old classics, have been found in | | | | their memoirs are true, but actually they have been |
| the past. There are some people who really have no | | | | fictionalized instead. It seems as if this is happening a |
| respect for literature and the variety of ways that | | | | lot lately and it makes one wonder if this is a simple |
| some individuals dispose of their used books that | | | | publicity stunt by the publisher or are these authors |
| they have around there homes proves this point. | | | | simply getting lazy. This is exactly what happened to |
| Classic literature titles have been found in such places | | | | the original edition of the O. J. book that is known as |
| as dumpsters and the individuals that find these used | | | | his confession book if you remember, because it was |
| books simply wonder how they happened to get | | | | recalled and then later the price of the book |
| here. Individuals will often clean out their attics, | | | | skyrocketed. |
| basements, garages, or homes and come across | | | | An even more shocking fact has been found that |
| these books and no longer have any use for them. | | | | public libraries have been known to toss books into |
| Instead of taking the time to take them to a thrift | | | | their dumpsters as well and the latest of this |
| store or a used book store, the individual will simply | | | | occurrence that I could locate was in February of |
| toss the used books into the trash like they are an | | | | 2008, which was to say the very least shocking. In |
| old watermelon rind. | | | | fact, a full blown investigation was completed by the |
| Unfortunately and surprisingly, an individual was | | | | local news station and found that several trash bags |
| dumpster diving in a dumpster at a school and came | | | | had in deed been tossed into area dumpsters within |
| up with perfectly good copies of classic literature of | | | | particular branch libraries and these are books that |
| titles that included Little Women and Treasure Island. | | | | were paid for with the taxes of the residents of that |
| The really sad thing is that not only did these books | | | | county. |
| still make noise as you opened them, which meant | | | | These books included books for children, CD books, |
| they were relatively new, but schools should know | | | | text books, magazines, and several other used |
| better. I am sure that there were students at that | | | | books. The amazing thing was that several of these |
| school that would have loved to have had those | | | | books were still in fabulous condition and the library |
| books to own for themselves. The school did not | | | | was continuing to toss the books away weekly, |
| even consider give the books away nor did they | | | | which was such a loss to the entirely community. The |
| consider have any type of book drive either. | | | | real disappointment was that the books were being |
| One question I have wondered about for a long time | | | | paid for with the tax dollars by the residents of the |
| is do publishers always destroy every single recalled | | | | county and then simply being trashed weekly, which |
| book or are these books simple passed off to the | | | | were ending up in a landfill. |