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Originally Posted by Nyssa
 Furthermore, the author WAS paid! Libraries don't get their books for free unless the book was donated. That donated book was originally purchased by someone, so again, the author has been paid.
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And on top of that, here in the UK, the author gets a royalty every time their book is checked out from libraries. I
would like to see this practise universally adopted.
Going back to the used book shop question, one of my favourite places on earth is Hay-on-Wye, a "kingdom" on the England/Wales border which is home to a plethora of second-hand book shops, and is also host to a yearly literary festival, and many other literary events. I believe this environment and its events spin off a huge amount of publicity for authors and their books (much of it is televised), resulting in increased sales.
I believe that any outlet that encourages reading and spreads the word, so to speak, has to be beneficial to the industry in the long run.