Thread: Have you ever purchased a book when it was available at a library?
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Old 06-09-2025, 02:32 PM   #24
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Originally Posted by salamanderjuice View Post
It can't all be chicklit, can it? Surely there's a James Patterson or Stephen King or something in the mix? At least one? My local library is just half chicklit. I wish I was exaggerating there...
By chicklit, you are referring to various books covered by the romance genre? The genre that comprises ~33% of total paperback books sales? That, according to statistics from the provincial library collective comprises 40% of their loans overall and close to 50% of their ebook loans?

The libraries are giving their customers what the customers want and not what they think the customers should want.

Do I disagree with those decisions? Well, yes. I would prefer to see more SF & F, more technical books and more cookbooks in their offerings. OTOH, if I ask for a book, more often than not, they will supply it if they can fit it in their budget.
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