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Originally Posted by Good Old Neon
Please provide evidence in which authors, or a single author, have/has banded together in an attempt to have their works removed from libraries. Writers are typically the most vocal PROPONENTS of libraries.
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I totally agreed with you, until I saw this post at Goodreads. I'm copy/pasting so y'all don't have to join the Cozy Mystery group to read it:
"That is really sad that they had none of the books you were looking for at your library. Unfortunately, I got a rather curt response from a cozy mystery author not too long ago when I complimented her on how many people were on the waiting list to read her book at our library. She indicated that after having published her last book, even though it was very popular, the sales were down and there was question as to whether the series would continue. This was in large part to people borrowing from the library, buying used from ebay, amazon and the like, and no money going to the author or the publisher for the books. She said that these venues for borrowing and buying books really hurt the book industry and if it keeps up there will most likley be many series that stop altogether because publishing simply isn't economical anymore and there is then no incentive for authors to continue with their series..."
It's a good thing the poster did not include the author's name in her post. I thoroughly disagree with her premise about
libraries hurting her sales. For a timely example, I just now took advantage of my Diesel e-books credit from submitting a Bundle to purchase Maggie Sefton's "Knit One, Kill Two"; which I originally checked out of the library and now wish to own the whole series. Maybe not everyone is as much of a book-horder as I am; but I think this author that was quoted has her pants in a knot over the wrong thing. What's hurting HER sales in particular is her attitude.