Thread: Have you ever purchased a book when it was available at a library?
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Old 06-10-2025, 06:55 AM   #29
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Originally Posted by salamanderjuice View Post
Are those history books driving up the average price mainly academic monographs and the like? Not really the right kind of fare for a city public library, no? I'd imagine the same kinds of history carried by a big retail bookstore and likely more palatable to the average history buff are a good deal cheaper. Maybe not $7.99 CDN admittedly, but perhaps $19.99.
From what I looked at on Amazon and Kobo, the history books I personally am interested in which admittedly is a niche of a niche market and which were available in at least one of the libraries I have access to, the prices were closer to $60 than $20.
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