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Originally Posted by moz
For material that's not sold new, I either buy second hand books (I just paid $US25 for ~15 hardcover SF) in which case the second hand dealer gets the money, or I use the darknet and my ISP gets the money.
So, from the point of view of rewarding the authors, how do the two mechanisms above differ? As far as I can tell neither will reward the author at all. Well, except for the warm glow of knowing that someone loves them. Which doesn't pay the rent.
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The ability to sell a paper book second hand increases the value of the product when it's new, hence a higher price can be charged, allowing more for the author. But I suspect the difference is almost nothing.