[ SECRET POST #3979 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3979 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Sure, but how many copies does a library buy? Probably just one, unless a book is a bestseller with a lot of people on the waiting list to read it, in which case they'll buy multiple copies. But for every ONE book they buy, potentially hundreds of people are reading it for free, and the author doesn't get any money from that.

[(Anonymous)]

for every ONE book they buy, potentially hundreds of people are reading it for free, and the author doesn't get any money from that.

Public Lending Right is a thing in many countries.

[(Anonymous)]

But not in mine. So "just go to the library" in my country is no different from "just pirate it".

[(Anonymous)]

You keep telling yourself that. You have the internet; you can buy the ebook. Oh wait, you're probably one of those mythical F!Sers literally deciding between books and starvation, right? There seem to be an awful lot of you.

[(Anonymous)]

The author is getting circulation numbers and statistics. If the book goes out enough, the library system might buy more copies. The circulation numbers are fed back to the publishers and the publishers use them in their decision making in author contracts.

Getting a book out from the library could get an author a higher advance, higher book run numbers, a bigger contract for books in the series. It may not be "Oh, the author got 25 cents from this book I took out on loan from the library." It's not that direct. It still helps authors get more money from publishers by proving to the publishers they are "a sure bet."

[(Anonymous)]

Torrenting sites also provide the number of downloads.

[(Anonymous)]

Publishers are not going to get stats from a bunch of torrenting sites.