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Jeanne Boyarsky wrote:One of the objections to the library is that it "doesn't help the authors." I don't get this. The library paid for its copies. How is this any different than me buying a copy and selling it as soon as I am done.
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Paul Clapham wrote:In Canada, and other countries, authors do get compensated for having their books in public libraries. There's a program for that. Here's a link to its FAQ: http://plr-dpp.ca/PLR/faq.aspx
fred rosenberger wrote:Amazon does a lot of weird stuff. I am looking at a book where the leather bound hardback is $59.99. The Kindle ebook is $82.99.
How does that make sense to anyone?
Paul Anilprem wrote:I agree. I don't see any difference. At the same time it is same as piracy if the author didn't want his book to be in a library or to be resold.
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Paul Clapham wrote:
In Canada, and other countries, authors do get compensated for having their books in public libraries. There's a program for that. Here's a link to its FAQ: http://plr-dpp.ca/PLR/faq.aspx
Jeanne Boyarsky wrote:
Paul Anilprem wrote:I agree. I don't see any difference. At the same time it is same as piracy if the author didn't want his book to be in a library or to be resold.
How would an author opt out of a library? Go e-book only with a ban on content redistribution?
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Paul Anilprem wrote: In fact, I am guessing most authors would want to have their books in the library.
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Jeanne Boyarsky wrote:
Paul Anilprem wrote: In fact, I am guessing most authors would want to have their books in the library.
Agreed. I can't think of a reason an author wouldn't either. But since you posed it, that became a thought experiment...
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Jeanne Boyarsky wrote:
One of the objections to the library is that it "doesn't help the authors." I don't get this. The library paid for its copies. How is this any different than me buying a copy and selling it as soon as I am done. Or me buying a used a copy. I keep my computer books for reference. I keep very few novels or other books. Even a series I bought (because the library doesn't own it), I'm giving away when I'm done.
* I donate to my local library systems, so it isn't quite free. But that is voluntary.
Lucetta Pryor wrote:When it comes to owning books, I only buy those books that I think should be read over and over. For others, I go to the library. There are a LOT of books that I read over and over, so I still have a big collection of books.
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Jeanne Boyarsky wrote:
fred rosenberger wrote:Amazon does a lot of weird stuff. I am looking at a book where the leather bound hardback is $59.99. The Kindle ebook is $82.99.
How does that make sense to anyone?
Was the hardback used?
There are only two hard things in computer science: cache invalidation, naming things, and off-by-one errors
fred rosenberger wrote:
Jeanne Boyarsky wrote:
fred rosenberger wrote:Amazon does a lot of weird stuff. I am looking at a book where the leather bound hardback is $59.99. The Kindle ebook is $82.99.
How does that make sense to anyone?
Was the hardback used?
Nope: book
No more Blub for me, thank you, Vicar.
chris webster wrote:
fred rosenberger wrote:
Jeanne Boyarsky wrote:
fred rosenberger wrote:Amazon does a lot of weird stuff. I am looking at a book where the leather bound hardback is $59.99. The Kindle ebook is $82.99.
How does that make sense to anyone?
Was the hardback used?
Nope: book
There's a certain delightful irony in the fact that Amazon's invisible hand is apparently setting crazy prices for a book by a firm believer in the sanctity of the free market.
Jeanne Boyarsky wrote:
One of the objections to the library is that it "doesn't help the authors." I don't get this. The library paid for its copies. How is this any different than me buying a copy and selling it as soon as I am done. Or me buying a used a copy. I keep my computer books for reference. I keep very few novels or other books. Even a series I bought (because the library doesn't own it), I'm giving away when I'm done.
margaret gillon wrote:But does the library owning a copy stop someone from buying it instead so losing the author sales? If 100 people get the book at the library the author has lost royalties on 99 books.
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Jeanne Boyarsky wrote:Only if they would have bought the book.
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