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Children in Wales think they can't afford libraries

According to a study done in Wales, reported via Teleread, schoolchildren in Wales believe "they had to pay to borrow books." Rather like renting movies, I suppose.

This comes as libraries are reinventing themselves as media service centers - lending not just books but movies and music; providing Internet service; even shipping to homes.

I wonder about services like Booksfree, which seems to be reinventing the wheel (except you have to pay) - they were a client of mine while I ran the books product at Muze, and I just could never figure out their value prop. That you never have to leave the house? As libraries go increasingly digital, that's not much of a selling point. Better they should offer their delivery service TO libraries than compete with them....
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