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Originally Posted by Froide
Of course, if you're not hell-bent on owning the book, you might borrow it. FYI, the book's listed in Worldcat.
(How to save big bucks and loads of storage space by borrowing more books than one buys - heed Dr. Melfi's advice to Tony Soprano: "You don't have to eat every dish of rigatoni you see.") |
WorldCat . . . . Well, I have obtained an interlibrary loan a few times, but I really hate to do it. Reason being, while it is "free" for me, it
does cost the local (and maybe the sending, I don't know everything about how these things work) libary postage both ways. And I know that the library here locally, at least, historically and generally has been way underfunded (imho) over the years. Yes, I know that the libraries can use the Post Office's "Library Rate," but it's not all that much cheaper than the low, "Media Mail" rate. Imho, it's just too much money for a library to spend on
one patron for
one item. Sometimes when I feel like I really, really
need a book that they don't have, I'll request an interlibrary loan, though. And when I do, I try not to feel guilty about it.
I've seen bits and pieces here and there about how libraries now are experimenting with
ebook interlibrary loans. Now the potential and possibilities of that are exciting to think about!
Concerning the bowl of rigatoni, my advice to Mr. Soprano would be, "and, whatever you do, be sure not to eat the dish of rigatoni that your mafia enemies have poisoned." ha