YA fiction revisited
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liriI hadn't really had anything to add on the #yesGayYA thing, but I keep seeing people talk about buying books, voting with your wallet, etc. I just wanted to pluck out one element of this that I think is getting lost (or I could just not be reading the right sources...)
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cleolinda's post, she points out something that I haven't seen very prominently elsewhere, which was one of the first things I thought of as well: It still counts if you get the books from libraries. Libraries track circulation numbers for many reasons, and they buy materials in response to both evident demand (i.e. circulation) and patron requests, though obviously there are budget constraints. They also weed books that don't circulate, though weeding policies vary. You can vote with your attention rather than your wallet in this case.
On the third page of comments on
cleolinda's post, she points out something that I haven't seen very prominently elsewhere, which was one of the first things I thought of as well: It still counts if you get the books from libraries. Libraries track circulation numbers for many reasons, and they buy materials in response to both evident demand (i.e. circulation) and patron requests, though obviously there are budget constraints. They also weed books that don't circulate, though weeding policies vary. You can vote with your attention rather than your wallet in this case.
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Date: 2011-09-20 01:47 am (UTC)Library trip is being delayed (as is watching of Tiger and Bunny -- thanks for the link!), because my backordered Yoshinaga manga finally came from TRSI.