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by Andromeda Yelton @thatandromeda.bsky.social

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Andrew Stout @thomasacstout.bsky.social · 2 days ago
Reading books about libraries by people who don't work in libraries must be like athletes reading books by sports writers 📚
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Andrew Stout @thomasacstout.bsky.social · 2 days ago
The kind of weirdo you just know you're gonna find touching himself in the stacks 📚
Every call number is a code, mysterious at first, but which, once learned, opens the door of the library and enables us to draw on all its riches.
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jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 2 days ago
"...under the leadership of the Big Five and their equally hegemonic national retail partners, the flagship product favored by elite-facing bookstores in wealthy enclaves got cheaper, and the format with the proven mass potential got many times more expensive." 📚 jacobin.com/2026/10/book...
Publishers Killed the Paperback, Then Blamed Readers

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Publishers Killed the Paperback, Then Blamed Readers

In 1939, the 25-cent paperback made America a nation of readers, delivering thrillers, classics and Pulitzer-winning books. So why did the Big Five publishers just kill the mass market paperback?
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