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Originally Posted by mr ploppy
I forget who it was now, but one writer said that those sort of donations don't do them any good. What they need is legitimate sales so that the publisher (if they are using one) knows there is a demand for that writer.
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This is part of it, and also a significant number of those who 'acquire' books through these other channels just don't want to pay, so a donation method wouldn't get much use. I also think a lot of people don't think of giving anything to the author at all, e.g. when most people buy a second hand book I don't think it crosses their mind that no money is going to the author.
Can I just add that authors do get money for library books, just not from the person reading it directly.