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Digital reading soars in Seattle, creating problems for local libraries [KUOW] (www.kuow.org)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/seattle

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I wonder how much it affects libraries that I can also walk a block in any direction and find a Little Free Library in one of my neighbor’s front yards. These certainly don’t replace the need for libraries, but I’d also have to pass up a lot of free books on my way to the library if I ever ran out of reading material.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Honestly, I doubt those affect things very much. I think I have seen decent stuff maybe once or if every 20 times I walk by a little free library. I am generally looking for a specific book when going to the library or getting an ebook from there.