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Originally Posted by neil_swann80
Your sarcasm wounds me deeply Meeera.
For everybody else, some clarification...
Authors only get pennies per rental at best; as there are likely many library members struggling financially and a limited supply of each book title - if you can afford to purchase the book is that the more moral course of action?
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Are you thinking of a moral duty to make sure as much money as possible goes to the publishers and authors? Or a moral duty to other library members to make it easier/quicker for them to get books from the library? Or maybe both? Because I don't think the first one exists. The second - well I guess it's nice if you don't take up a limited resource because you can afford an alternative but assuming you pay taxes that go towards the library system I'm not sure about there being a moral imperative there.
Andrew