A huge library in Dammam declares bankruptcy and offers 300,000 books for sale at a price of one riyal per book • Al Marsad Newspaper

Al-Marsad newspaper: A huge library in Dammam declared bankruptcy and offered 300,000 books and volumes for sale, at a price of one riyal per book.

For his part, a member of the Saudi Society for the Noble Qur’an and its Sciences, Muhammad Al-Anizan, published a video clip showing the books being packed into large cartons, and offered for sale at less than their original price.

He said: “The offer to sell the entire quantity “wholesale” in Dar Al-Rawi warehouse in Dammam, and wholesale sale at once to one party, as the owner of the house told me.”

He continued: “The books were placed in more than 1,600 large cartons, and their information was collected in one file that contains the title of each book, the name of its author and publishing house, the number of volumes if the book is more than one volume, the copy price, the number of copies and the total price.”

How it makes me sad that such clips spread to some libraries and publishing houses that announce their closing or liquidation in light of the decline in purchase and the reluctance of people to read..

Is it reasonable to display more than 300,000 books, one riyal for each cover or volume! pic.twitter.com/WC6WVHgyPe

– Muhammad Al-Anizan (@abumoath1) June 12, 2022