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Before ebooks, I borrowed out of print and new bestsellers, and bought the rest. I'm kinda a picky person, and a book with yellow pages and "spots" was not what I wanted to read. Obviously, that is not a problem with ebooks, and the libraries are catching up with previous series releases. For example, Lisa Gardner, whose book "Beatiful Lies," a freebie from Amazon, is my current author. I had to get a number of the books in hardcover from my library, but as I work through the series, they are adding more of her books in another series. I did buy a couple books in the current series, because they were under $10 (I don't see the reason to pay $12 for an eight year old book).
I pay around $400/year for my library. I do everything digitally-I do not use the research function or the building. But I am fortunate, in that I have a computer and high-speed internet. I remember when I was a kid, how much of a sanctuary the library was. We didn't have money to buy books. I want the library to continue to be a sanctuary for those less fortunate, and they will want to use computers and read things digitally.
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