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Originally Posted by Xanthe
... have ever bought a used book or taken a book out from a library?
... and in the second instance you have not paid anything for the book and hundreds or more people are reading the same book for the price of one book, probably similar to the number of people who actually read whatever book they've downloaded on the Dark Net.
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I would like to say that I did pay for that library book through my property taxes. And not just the hardcover edition. I also paid for its audio book, ebook, and possibly large-print edition and paperback. And for the popular titles- multiple copies.
In addition I paid for titles I would never or few others would read.
So I do think the authors and publishers are getting a fair deal.
Also, do we know of an author who doesn't want his book available at public libraries?