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Old 02-26-2011, 03:28 AM   #63
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Originally Posted by JeremyR View Post
Libraries need to stop spending so much money on dvds and cds and video games and computers and spend more on real books.
That is very narrow point of view. Libraries spend money on the media that patrons want to borrow. Whether that's trashy novels, DVDs or video games (or in-branch internet access) is really not that different.

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People wonder why Blockbuster went under.
Because of competition from the public libraries? Please, be serious. Bookstores are failing for the same reason, do you think?

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... competition from Netflix and Red Box.
Now you're talking.
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