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To: nickcarraway

Library?

The internet, Wikipedia, search engines, online books you can download in a minute or less.

I haven’t been in a library in years.


4 posted on 03/06/2017 8:37:23 PM PST by Signalman
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To: Signalman

They actually have Overdrive now which allows users to borrow audiobooks, Kindle books and Nook versions online for up to 3 weeks. I save at least $10 on Kindle books every time I borrow a Kindle version of a bestseller from my library.

So while some may feel they’re outdated, they really aren’t. Also lower income people still rely greatly on them.


15 posted on 03/06/2017 8:51:22 PM PST by leapfrog0202 ("the American presidency is not supposed to be a journey of personal discovery" Sarah Palin)
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To: Signalman

yeah but that stuff doesn’t give the homeless people a place to hang out during the day


16 posted on 03/06/2017 8:51:43 PM PST by bigbob (People say believe half of what you see son and none of what you hear - M. Gaye)
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To: Signalman

My former city councilman called it “The Welfare Book Store” Got all the library ladies in a tizzy over that remark. Funny stuff.


22 posted on 03/06/2017 9:02:35 PM PST by Pappy Smear
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To: Signalman
I just started going back to the library within the last year.

BTW - I'm a master computer geek, and get all sorts of material on the Internet.

But I've always been a bibliophile. :)

27 posted on 03/06/2017 10:36:25 PM PST by kiryandil
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To: Signalman

A million books available for you, well 53,000 free ebooks.
http://www.gutenberg.org


43 posted on 03/07/2017 1:49:43 PM PST by minnesota_bound
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