Boots Booklovers Library circulated 50 million books a year through pharmacy branches

Evidence

At its zenith, libraries would be attached to around 460 of their branches. In the 1950s, Boots issued approximately 50 million books a year to its members, for whom subscriptions started at 10s 6d a year. — Andrew Pettegree, Arthur der Weduwen, The Library- A Fragile History, 858

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Andrew Pettegree, Arthur der Weduwen, The Library- A Fragile History, 858