My first job was at a library. Let me tell you about a few things libraries do that Amazon wouldn't: (thread)
1. Provide summer camps, book clubs, computer classes, and talks to the community, all free of charge.
2. Provide free internet access and cheap printing to those who might otherwise not have these things (and of course, thousands and thousands of books, instruction manuals, CDs, DVDs, dictionaries, and other resources, all free).
3. Do all of this for a cost, to the average U.S. household, of about $7.50 a month in taxes.
4. Not exclude the poor, elderly, or otherwise underprivileged from using any of these services.
