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 mean my favorite authors do obviously make more money if I purchase a copy of the book and since I usually want them to keep writing I will make a purchase but I don’t feel like library users are cheating them. Libraries are still buying copies and still supporting the author, if libraries buy a few thousand copies across the country because they’re popular enough to deserve it I’m just as excited.