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?
I’m in the UK so, as previously mentioned, authors get paid each time their book is borrowed.
Even if that wasn’t the case, I’d still be using libraries for most of my reading. I wouldn’t be able to afford to read many books at all if I had to buy them.