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?
Your friend is a dolt. Libraries buy more copies of a single title than any individual consumer. And buy them again because books get lost, damaged, or turned into rolling paper by Dwayne.
And that’s just the first edition. Rinse and repeat for the paperback.