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Originally Posted by Fbone
Physical book's cost is in space often in short supply at libraries.
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And many libraries buy multiple copies of popular genre books as consumable paperbacks which would likely be only fit for recycling in two years. My library doesn't even bother fully cataloging many such paperbacks (which is annoying when I'm trying to find the generic 'children's paperback' one of my children has lost).
[It's partly solved the space problem by having a warehouse for books deemed worth keeping that are not often checked out. Patrons can put such books on hold and receive them within the week.]