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Originally Posted by wgrimm
It would appear to me that lending libraries are doing far more damage to publishersw. So why does almost everyone respect public libraries? Aren't they evil, don't they cause publishers to lose money every time a book is lent? So why have publishers been able to remain going concerns over the years with this great library evil blocking their ability to earn profit? I mean, to be fair, shouldn't we close libraries? Shouldn't we force all of those evil citizens who are currently reading for free to fork over the full price for each book they read? This would be fair, wouldn't it? It would stop the libraries from inflicting needlesss agony and unethical loss on those poor publishers......
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Libraries are actually one of the major buyers of books. If 1000 libraries each have a copy of a book, that's 1000 sales for the author. Moreover, they often pay MORE for their books than the ordinary buyer.