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cover     book cover     [Cover]    Fiction and mystery books
are usually weeded from library collections based on several
criteria.  One is the popularity of the book.  It if hasn't
circulated in several years, it often will be discarded.  We
also check the condition of the books.  Repairs can be made for
loose pages and bindings, but if there is significant damage to
a book, it will also be weeded from the collection.  And if I've
ordered multiple copies of a title by a popular author, like
Evanovich, Grafton, or Coben, I'll discard several copies of
those books as the demand decreases.  I have to consider a few
other things when I weed the mysteries.  Because many mystery
authors write a series, it is important to me to try to have
copies of all the titles in the entire series, if possible.  So
even if the earliest titles in a series aren't circulating, I
don't discard them because at some point someone new to the
series may want to read it fro