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Originally Posted by pdurrant
In the UK there are free public libraries everywhere for everyone.
I can see that in a place with widespread poverty and no public libraries there could still be a place for cheap paperbacks. But it looks like it'll be second-hand ones only in a few years.
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My library has bought quite a few 'consumable' mass market paperbacks of popular books, which would be filed in the system as 'mass market paperback'. They would normally also buy a few of the sturdier versions for the whole library system (multiple branches) but the consumable paperbacks would stay with a local branch for those who see and want to read, unlike the regular books which might not see a regular library shelf for months due to holds.
I'll miss those books, they weren't only fiction genres but also popular history and science.