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?
A lot of authors have some way to pay them online. It’s nice to support others, and publishers too I guess. But if it’s about tipping the band, so to speak cash in hand usually good.
I don’t think many authors, are anti-library. There may be minor conflicts of interest, amounting to a buck here and there… What libraries are beautiful, old institution.
If you have a mind to support authors… that’s wonderful. Do it. Don’t stress the minor points.