Originally Posted by WMUTeach

Someone mentioned not buying books because of the musty smell. That can be true. I volunteer at our local library book sale every other month. These are recycled books donated by the community members but they are seldom musty, dusty or smokey. Some are less than a year old while others are 50 plus years old. A crew sorts the books by genre and will pull out the damaged or smelly ones. The source of the books means a lot on how they smell. If you are a look lover and shy away from the smelly ones, check out your library for sales. My library makes about $5000 at each sale that goes back to support the purchase of new books for the library. A win-win in so many ways. The most obvious is that folks can purchase books for less than $1 and support the library at the same time.