lammstrellicon:

jadedhavok:

kedreeva:

kedreeva:

kedreeva:

read-and-be-merry:

Found this on Facebook 😢📚

Please stop spreading this.

I looked into the matter at the request of a friend (and because I was considering going if it was true) and could not find any info online regarding it. So, I gave in and contacted the number to get into contact with Fred.

What I got was a person who was upset that this FALSE information has spread so virally. The Facebook OP asked if he could tell some friends and was told ok, but the information above is inaccurate. The collection is not (and never was) being liquidated. The books are not in danger of being lost or destroyed. And in actuality there are only 3.4-4 million, not 10+. The owners have, in the past, allowed a few people in, family and friends and friends of friends, to browse and buy, but not strangers.

I asked if he wanted this to continue and he said no, frankly he wished it would stop. So PLEASE pass along this sentiment, and do not contact this man further. Leave him and the books in peace!

From my conversation with him earlier today:

Adding the original call group to hopefully get this spread again: 

@books-cupcakes @buttermybooks @mariethelibrarian @dukeofbookingham @mariesbookblog @trinareadsbooks @books-and-cookies @bookwormboutique @bookavid @octoberreads @readthebloodybook @bookphile @tilly-and-her-books

@thebibliosphere

Okay here’s the debunk, y’all should reblog this instead. Let’s let this poor guy be.