[LM_NET] SEC: Are your circulation numbers up?

[Elizabeth Fox <keokuk@CASCO.NET>]

Yes, our numbers are WAY up...somewhat due to Twilight, but since we have
limited copies of each book, that's not all.

One of the fastest circulating series we have is Ranger's Apprentice...so
much so, in fact, that I was strongly coerced into buying #7 & #8 directly
from Australia, since they weren't available in the US yet.

Other than that, much of the circ stats are just UP, but not with a
particular pattern...the ones that are always popular (Crank, One Child, A
Child Called It, etc.) are always out.  Hunger Games is big, as is Hangman's
Curse.  Brisingr is very popular, too.

I am thinking that it's now COOL to read a lot...I'm sure some of this is
due to the fact that the characters in some of the popular books are avid
readers, too.  Another theory I'm working on is that kids may be on visual
overload from all the movies and TV...reading a book is more relaxing,
solitary, and more of a retreat.   I think kids get more excited about books
than they do about movies.  Even with Twilight, I hear the kids over and
over saying "the book is SO much better" so it encourages more reading.

Somedays I positively feel like a dealer supplying a bunch of junkies, the
kids are so rabid over checking out a certain book!

On that note, have you read GRACELING?  I am thinking this is another one
that's going to fly off the shelves!

Elizabeth Fox, Technology Instructor
Newport High School, Newport, OR
keokuk@casco.net (pm)
Liz.fox@lincoln.k12.or.us (schooldays only)

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