The Chicago Public Library is on pace for a record number of items in circulation this year, thanks to soaring food and gas prices.  In July, CPL saw a 28% rise in the number of items "out."  Can we expect to see further consolidations and closings of big format bookstores?  I was in Border's yesterday (as I am almost every day), and it's hard to understand the business model of the Borders cafe jammed with people drinking one cup of specialty coffee and reading unpurchased books and magazines as if they were at a library.

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