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Originally Posted by treadlightly
My guess is that some people would prefer to not have to purchase a book for the bookclub, and so nominate/vote on freebies, which are likely out of copyright and therefore as you say, old. Perhaps when we revise the monthly bookclub selection criteria we could agree on some sort of compromise. I agree with Jon, I would like to see variety.
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That may be the perception, but it's not the reality. In 2014, only three of twelve selections were public domain and one was in Classics month and one was in Patricia Clark Library month, where it would be expected. The third was a Dickens Christmas novella in December and surely that can be forgiven. In any case, I hardly think 25% of the selections is overkill.