Prospero's Books is destroying its cache of used books because they will not sell. Supposedly it is a protest against the lack of love for books today.

Quoted:
"During these ten years we have seen reading decline dramatically. The National endowment of the Arts study on literary literacy in America painfully highlighted the rapid decline of reading in America. In our own community, we've watched as bookstore after bookstore has folded. During these ten years we have seen reading decline dramatically. The in America which painfully highlighted the rapid decline of reading in America. In our own community, we’ve watched as bookstore after bookstore has folded. "