Ex-lib books are often discarded from libraries and picked up/ purchased by booksellers for sale. However, some collectors buy them at low prices, and read them; others use them for research or specialty book collecting.
Over on an eBay community forum "gtb-books", a book scout, comments:
02-09-2013
Former library books are seldom worth anything money-wise, unless they are very old, and in very good or better condition. Otherwise they are just reading copies. Collectors usually want pristine firsts [first editions], especially of more recently published works.
(https://community.ebay.com/t5/Archive-Booksellers/Ex-Library-Books/td-p/2738919)
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