Sorry, Lee, but you're all wet. And adding extra "yeses" won't make you any drier. Had you argued that buying as
early as possible supported an author more, you might have had a pot to pee in. But you didn't. You hung your hat on the notion that "highest price paid" equals "most support given," and that's just not true. Now you're backtracking to "paying vs library-borrowing" and hoping no one noticed the goal-posts being dug up and moved.
And before you try ... No. buying as early as possible does not automatically mean you've paid the highest price possible. Think ebook vs pbook and early promotions. You can sale shop new books and still support the author just as much as the elite patron who waits for the promotion to be over so they can pay more and feel superior.
