I had a conversation about books with a friend of mine and we came into the subjects of buying books vs borrowing books from a public library. He said that he likes to support the author and prefers to buy the books he reads.

This made me think. The answer is pretty clear when it comes to buying vs downloading a pirate copy, but in the case with libraries it seems incorrect to say that I’m not supporting the author, but I can’t say why.

What do you think?

  • QuizasManana@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Really depends on where you are. I guess most commenters are from the US. Where I’m at (in Europe) public libraries are huge buyers of books, and on top of that authors receive compensation for library loans from the government. Author does get most out of selling a physical copy of a book, but libraries are a part of their income as well.