In my local library, they have neither the funds, nor the inclination, to carry many of the CanLit prizewinners, let alone runners-up.

The "What's New and Hot" section carries multiple copies of James Patterson, Nora Roberts, David Baldacci, Janet Evanovich, CJ Box, Kathy Reichs, McCall Smith....with a smattering of Nesbo or Rankin.

If you are a  popular genre series writer, then all the more shelf space to you.

Given the high cost of trade paperbacks, and the fact that many CanLit books never come out in a cheaper mass market edition, how can we discover...and  affordably read all these award-winning books?  

Everyone's a winner, except the reading audience.