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A friend of mine shared this receipt from her local library which shows how much money she's saved by using it.
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this post was submitted on 22 Sep 2024
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Yeah, libraries are so deceitful! It's all a big conspiracy to promote literacy and give people books that they don't even need!!! I can't believe they're forcing us to take advantage of them like this!
A more realistic metric would be used books (also reflects the quality of all but brand new fresh books which are a rarity obviously), but you can’t quantify that price, so yes using new is disingenuous, but go off on a rant I guess? I think it’s a great idea, but let’s not kid ourselves that people would actually be spending that amount on books. It’s great for a feel good story though, I’ll give you that.
Do used bookstores all charge the same prices these days?
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