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Originally Posted by DuckieTigger
No, you get off your high horse. Stop acting as if you and you alone are carrying your beloved authors by buying a HC at release. You think you pay the author? Think again. The author has already been paid. You are merely paying the publisher. If you wanted your dollars to go directly into the authors pocket with a royalty check, then you must wait until long after the release, once the book earned out, and buy a book then (any format will do). Since you won't agree to that notion, then I will have to remind you that ALL customers matter and carry the author. Hard cover, paperback, and even library patrons. One exception is second hand, maybe.
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Dang man, don't you ever actually read my post? If you do, then either your reading comprehension needs some work, or you are deliberately trying to twist it into some narrative for rhetorical purposes. Either way, it would be nice if you would limit your comments to what I actually say, rather than words you try to cram into my mouth.
I said this is what I do to support my favored authors. No where do I say or imply that I am the only person who supports my favored authors. Authors are paid per copy sold. They do not earn a salary from the publisher, so yes, when I buy a book, that author gets money for the book I bought. They get more money for a hard back than a paper back since it's a percentage of the price of the book. That money may apply to their advance, or they may have already earned out in which case they get a check for their sales at some point in the future.
This information is easily available to anyone willing to do a google search. It's also been said numerous times in this forum by people who are in the industry.
If you are a library patron and only get your books there, then you do not carry an author, unless of course you belong to a private library that is subscription based. Most libraries in the US are supported by tax dollars from all the people who pay taxes in that tax district. A library patron no more supports an author than he or she pays a police officer's salary (for those who want to try to talk their way out of a ticket by telling the cop they pay the cop's salary).
In my local tax district, libraries, like schools, are supported from property taxes, so unless you are a property owner, you don't even have that thin reed for support. I'm a property owner and I have no problem with my money going to libraries. They serve a useful purpose, just like jails, police stations and schools. But that doesn't imply that I personally pay the cops or teacher's salary. It certainly doesn't imply that because the local police department buys guns that gun manufacturers should be sending me a thank you note.