Thread: Libraries Can't Meet eBook Demand
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Old 01-19-2012, 03:44 PM   #147
Andrew H.
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Originally Posted by astrodad View Post
Why not just increase the revenue of the libraries so that they can purchase more books? Throw out the DVDs and video games and put in a cafe akin to those in Barnes and Noble. Use the extra funds to buy more books.
There's no reason to fetishize books. DVDs and popular fiction are both basically leisure time activities - I can't see any reason why a library should carry Tom Clancy but not Steven Spielberg.

Also, if libraries are going to demand $100+ dollars every year in property taxes from every homeowner, they should try to get buy-in from as much of the populace as is compatible with their general mission.
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