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Is a bookstore maintaining a collection or getting rid of books as fast as possible (for cash)? Even a rare book store would glady empty their entire inventory
by teruakohatu 4y ago
Is a bookstore maintaining a collection or getting rid of books as fast as possible (for cash)?
Even a rare book store would glady empty their entire inventory for a price.
- lazyasciiart 4y agoSo it's an implicit part of your definition of 'library' that they not only house the collection, but that they will not sell books? Or at least that they collect books without intending to ever sell them?
- teruakohatu 4y agoTaxonomy is indeed hard. In my opinion it comes down to the purpose and reason for existence. To answer your question I don't think selling a single book makes a library less a library. But if a public lending 'library' had a price tag on every book, I would say it is a bookstore with loans. In your mind do you consider an iron ore bulk carrier in Australia different from a natural history meusum in France or an iron ore dealer in Argentina? They all store rocks and minerals, including iron ore, and so they could all be called "iron ore storage facilities". But only one of them has the purpose of studying and preserving artifacts and so it makes sense to create a subclass and call it a meusum.
- lazyasciiart 4y agoSo, we agree that library is a subset of 'place that collects and stores books'.