Hot water and excessive heat from cooking can crack the coating.

We got a nationwide network of specific books. You can order books to your local library if you are a little patient. They might not have a lot of selfpublished books but that is a problem of scale and negotiating power of publishers.

They became community hubs that offer more than just books. Even ebooks albeit that being weirdly capped by publishers as well.

They do much more than public opinion would make you believe.