Thread: Confessions of a Book Pirate
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Old 01-26-2010, 07:23 PM   #50
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Originally Posted by Moejoe View Post
A great swathe of the books I had on my shelves were never paid for, or were bought second hand, the author saw nothing from those sales or the books I was given, and would never have been aware of the fact I wasn't paying him.
See the Great Author's Guild Second-Hand Sales Hissyfit for a nice example of mental anguish brought on by awareness of used book sales, at least in the aggregate (presumably authors aren't stalking individuals who come out of used bookstores holding packages. At least one hopes not.)
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