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Originally Posted by Taltarzac
....the new releases at the Villages Public Library as well as at the Lady Lake Public Library usually have long request lines for them. With some of the more popular books just coming out there are lines of 100 or more. The libraries do get a lot of copies of these though.
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Do any of the area libraries use a leasing program for bestsellers? (Libraries know ahead of time what's coming and will be likely to hit big.) Leasing programs allow libraries to get lots of copies of books during bestseller list time and then return the books to the leasing company after popularity wanes. I believe one company that does this is McNaughton.
Libraries that decide to lease multiple copies have to look at the cost effectiveness of such a plan, of course. Space may also be a problem. Leasing can work well, but not for all libraries. It can sure be a good way to keep more patrons happy though. (There will still be a waiting list in most cases, but the list moves faster obviously.)
There used to be a chain of book stores called "Little Professor." I can remember buying books there that had been in libraries throughout the country. The books were covered and stamped with library names. I remember always wondering what that was all about. Then years later I found out that all those books were the aftermarket from leasing to libraries.
Anyway, I am not even in TV at this point. I just happen to have an interest in libraries. If the libraries there do not use leasing programs for bestsellers, maybe they would be open to suggestion. If the budget allows, it can be a good way to serve more patrons and increase circulation statistics.
Anyway, just a suggestion, in case someone wants to ask the MLS in charge of the local branch about whether a leasing program would be appropriate.
I am not trying to tell anybody how to run the library there. But librarians will most likely be open to suggestions from patrons. Librarians love to put the right book into the right hands at the right time.
Boomer