[fwdude]

...I had no idea people were still checking out books and reading them.

That was my first reaction as well.

I've downloaded the Libby app and use it to obtain e-books from my big-city library and its affiliates on a time basis. No libraries are even needed anymore.

My city has decentralized the main libraries into dozens of store-front mini-libraries throughout the city.

Virtually every current book is available electronically.

[fidelis]

I've downloaded the Libby app and use it to obtain e-books from my big-city library and its affiliates on a time basis. No libraries are even needed anymore.<\i>

That’s where I’m at. I don’t have any more room for fiction books at home (and I rarely reread them), so I’ve taken to electronic books. I’m currently on a Louis L’Amour binge so I can go through his books whenever I want for free without ever setting foot in a library.e