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Originally Posted by pwalker8
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.
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You seem to have a have a weird, passive, unrealistic idea of how libraries and library users work. Libraries aren't magically sent a pile of random free books every month that readers then passively browse and borrow. A reasonable percentage of the library books I borrow are books I requested the library purchase. This means (a) a sale, (b) other people being exposed to the author and their works, and (c) the library knowing that that author/subgenre/style is something that at least some of their patrons want, guiding further purchases.