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Originally Posted by pwalker8
Hum, not around here libraries don't. Perhaps in some communities.
I think you are kind of missing the point and are falling into the "I do things this way, therefore everyone must want to do it this way" trap.
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Didn't you just fall into that same trap? You are spoiled for choices. Now let's see when choices are more limited, then:
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Originally Posted by pwalker8
I suspect in areas where bookstores don't meet the need, book clubs would simply start meeting in coffee shops and the like. Individual libraries rarely carry that many individual copies of a given book.
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Won't work in areas that don't have bookstores in the first place. The county I live in doesn't have a single dedicated bookstore. The only open to public book clubs are organized by and in the library. We only have one third of the population classified as living in urban areas, two thirds in rural. The whole US has 80% of the population living in urban areas that take up only 3% of the land. So who is in the majority? Ask random people, they will live in a major city. Travel the US randomly, and you are hard pressed to find a bookstore within close distance. My closest B&N is over 40 miles away. No thank you, too far.