Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Reason Number 548 To Love Libraries

Not that you needed another reason for library love, but just in case: here's an interesting Publishers Weekly article on library users and their buying habits.

I thought this quote by Library Journal executive editor Rebecca Miller summed up the article best: “Our data show that over 50% of all library users report purchasing books by an author they were introduced to in the library."

Good news for us authors, right?

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  1. pattinase (abbott)January 17, 2012 at 6:32 PM

    No doubt to me, they go hand in hand. ALthough I read a lot of books from the library, I end up buying the ones I like most.

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  2. YA SleuthJanuary 18, 2012 at 3:19 PM

    I'm the same way. And my kids have been known to discover new series at the library--I just bought several books so they could read all of them.

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