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Old 07-15-2022, 11:01 AM   #47
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Originally Posted by ZodWallop View Post
I know that decades ago when I regularly used the public library I would check out Stephen King mass market paperbacks. They had spinner racks of mass market paperbacks to borrow.

So at least back then, Libraries did have regular retail copies.
The libraries around here still have quite a few mass market and/or trade paperbacks in their collections and they still use the spinner racks for them. Unlike the hard cover editions, these are considered as short term additions since they will not take the abuse that library patrons seem to give books.
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