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Originally Posted by Andrew H.
This is a bad comparison. In the case of both the library and the used book sale, the author has already been paid once, and the number of additional people who can read the used/library book is quite limited as compared to e-books available for download. And of course you only keep library books for a limited period of time. I should also note - with respect to libraries - that my library purchases many more books that I do not read than books that I do read. I.e., for every author whose book I borrow from the library, there are many more authors whose books I have paid for through my taxes, but whose books I will never read.
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Plus, of course, in most western countries, an author gets paid every time a book is borrowed from a library - the "public lending right". It's a strange anomaly that the US does not have a PLR.