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'Dummies' are Coming to a Library Near You
The Gwinnett County Public Library will soon receive their prize after an online contest.
After winning a contest in April, the will soon collect its prize— a truck full of "Dummies."
In celebration of its 20 years of publishing the “For Dummies” series, Wiley Publishers gave away over 1,600 copies of their “For Dummies” books to the library with the most “Likes” on their Facebook page dedicated to the how-to books. For two decades, they have helped readers learn with titles covering everything from “Korean for Dummies” to “Homebrewing for Dummies.”
The contest ended April 30, and Gwinnett County Libraries won with 5,002 fans. In second place was the Salem-South Lyon District Library in South Lyon, MI with 3,803, while the took home third with 2,418 fans.
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The books will be delivered to the Lawrenceville Branch on Wednesday, August 3rd at 10 a.m. where they will be unloaded and transferred to the Magnolia Room where they will be labeled with a bookplate and tag and distributed to GCPL branches.
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