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Originally Posted by Katsunami
True. In his case, he sees a library loan as a lost sale. But who could guarantee him that a person had bought the book if encountered in a bookstore? Instead of seeing loans as lost sales, he could see them as extra income *and* free promotion.
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This is true, and probably economically correct. What's interesting is that most writers seem to prefer to be read than to be compensated. OTOH, I'll bet Mark Twain would be on his side, and certainly Dr. Johnson: "No man but a blockhead ever wrote, except for money."