<<Sure -- the other day I ordered a copy of WILLEFORD
by Don Herron through our Interlibrary Loan Program. The
librarian asked me if I thought the book would make a
worthwhile addition to their collection. I said I hadn't read
it yet, but I'd seen excellent reviews. He logged onto
Amazon.Com right in front of me and ordered a copy. How's
that for service?>>
That has been my experience, too. I got one librarian to buy
Walter Mosley's books; later, she told me that those books
had had many readers. A lot of people don't buy books but
like to read library copies. Bottom Liner Blues or not
(it's debatable), libraries *do* help authors by putting
their names in front of the public. What's the chance that
someone who never heard of Mosley would buy one of his
books?
For pure irony, I *did* recommend Constantine to a librarian.
He obligingly put some of them in the shelves. I don't know
who read them, but it was a wicked pleasure.
Regards,
mrT
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