Sadly it's not just vandalism that caused such ventures to fail.

The one in the waiting room at the staion here started out fine, dozens of bopoks on a little book-case all ready to be borrowed. But people didn't return the books or donate others so the last I saw of it, there were just three extremely battered and dog-eared books on the windowsill of the waiting room and the bookcase wasn't even there any more.

Teddy