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Originally Posted by crich70
The problem is that most libraries are on a budget. They can only afford to buy so many new books in a given year. And they aren't likely to buy books that they don't think their patrons will actually read. So if only say 5% of their patrons will read a given genre but 55% will read another given genre they will buy to meet the tastes of the 55% rather than the 5%.
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In that scenario, would it not be fair, though, to spend the book-buying budget roughly in proportion to the borrowing trends? ie Spend 5% of it on the first genre, and 55% on the second?