Comment by BeetleB

> Also what exactly are these 'normal means'?

Normal means is throwing it in the recycle bin. Especially for stuff like a 1982 John Deere manual. I've never donated an old appliance's manual to the library. Have you?

Amongst my friends, I'm one of the rare folks who donates books to the library. Most people just trash them. And I know the library only wants them to try to sell them in their book sales (or online) so they can get money. Almost nothing one donates to a library actually ends up on the library shelves.