Public bookcase

A public bookcase (also called a book exchange, a free library or a street library) is a box or cupboard with books in it that everyone can get to. People often put a book they have finished reading into the bookcase, and then take a book out of the bookcase to read instead. People can also take books from the bookcase without giving a book if they have no books to give. Public bookcases are often along sidewalks, in public buildings or in people's gardens near the sidewalk.

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Public Bookcase Media

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  Public bookcase in use, Bonn, Germany (2008)

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  Street library, made with a telephone booth, in Giromagny, France

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  Public Bookcase outside of Grace Episcopal Church (Madison, Wisconsin)

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  A Pizza Hut-themed Little Free Library in Gillette, Wyoming

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  Browsing a public bookcase in Essen, Germany

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  "Free Swap Lilliput Library" bookcase in Wellington, New Zealand

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  "Book Tower" in Wippra, Germany