Libraries eventually yielded to reader demand for romantic fiction
Evidence
The romance would eventually emerge triumphant as libraries realised they need the readers of romances as much as the readers need the libraries. — Andrew Pettegree, Arthur der Weduwen, The Library- A Fragile History, 866
Categorization
- SEED: Angle: how commercial pressure from readers, not ideology, reshaped library collections in the twentieth century.
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Andrew Pettegree, Arthur der Weduwen, The Library- A Fragile History, 866
- XREF: connects to: Libraries began to prize books for physical attributes over content. — Andrew Pettegree, Arthur der Weduwen, The Library- A Fragile History, 502; Circulating library catalogues contained surprisingly little fiction stock — Andrew Pettegree, Arthur der Weduwen, The Library- A Fragile History, 592; High prices for new fiction made circulating libraries the main reading channel — Andrew Pettegree, Arthur der Weduwen, The Library- A Fragile History, 607 (+1 more)
Broader Connections
- Librarians supplied popular romance fiction only to justify continued funding.
#expands(0.75) — Andrew Pettegree, Arthur der Weduwen, The Library- A Fragile History, 964