[Publib] Delight, not dismay

[Bird, Daryl]

Considering what it takes to earn a place on the bestseller list and how
that actually translates into percentage of readers, I would say that
variety does not flourish at all.

A good article on that subject: Harry Potter and the Death of Reading.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/13/AR200707
1301730.html 

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:publib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Sheila Evans,
Director
Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2008 12:54 PM
To: Publib at webjunction.org
Subject: [Publib] Delight, not dismay

Original message:

"Here is the New York Times bestseller list.
_http://www.nytimes.com/pages/books/bestseller/_ 
(http://www.nytimes.com/pages/books/bestseller/)    Give it a
glance.  If you have read more than two of the books here, you  may
consider
that we have nothing at all in common.  Which may suit you just fine."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I've read 5 or 6 of them....so far.
I consider myself delighted that:
    1. Books exist
    2. Public libraries exist
    3. Variety flourishes
    4. We are free to read as we choose
And yes, it suits me just fine. Right down to the ground, in fact.


Sheila Brown Evans, Director
Hoke County Public Library
334 N. Main Street
Raeford NC  28376
910-875-2502
910-875-2207 (fax)
sheila.b.evans at ncmail.net
www.srls.info 




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