Publishers & libraries

Why do publishers like to have their books in libraries?

Think about it.

You see an intriguing new book at your local bookstore, but YIKES! It's $29.95! That's almost enough to take your date to the movies. (As long as you share your popcorn.)

But . . . hey, check it out from the library, read it, see what you think. If you really like it, then you can either go ahead and buy it (if you like hardbacks) or wait until it comes out in paperback next year.

And then when the next book by the author comes out, you don't want to wait, so you go ahead and get it in hardback. And then you look for the backlist and buy those in paperback.

And chances are you'll tell your friends how good it is, too, and they may go buy it.

So having one book at the library sells a whole lot more.

Currently Reading: "Design for Survival: Nuclear Strength and Its Role in Preserving Peace" (1965) by Gen Thomas S Power, USAF (ret)
Currently Listening To: "The Clansman" by Iron Maiden