The swedish public library system gives acces to lots of books. Each library does not have all books, but you can order books from the whole system and get a notification when the book gets to your library.

This system encompasses the whole of Sweden (lots of rural areas) and while built on a backbone of traditional libraries, at least one in each kommun (municipality and surrounding area, closest translated with county) it also has bookbuses and other ways of reaching the population.

I do not see libraries as a thing of the past. Books are a very popular format.

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