[ SECRET POST #2022 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2022 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 04 pages, 088 secrets from Secret Submission Post #289.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 1 2 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, this. I don't see it as any different from checking it out of the library to read it. I figure most people buy what they really like eventualy, or buy swag related to it.

[(Anonymous)]

Because my library actually pays an author based on how many times their books are checked out.

http://www.sfnovelists.com/2010/05/24/libraries-vs-file-sharing-sites/

[(Anonymous)]

What if you don't check the book out? Would sitting on a library couch for two hours until you finish the book, then putting it back on the shelf, then become an act of piracy?

Legally, yes, this would be okay while reading a torrented copy would not. But the majority of this discussion doesn't seem to be about legality; it's about how to reconcile your finances with the authors' livlihoods.

And both of these methods are the same in that they put not one cent in the authors' pockets, and give no benefit except increasing the existant amount of fannish love for the authors' works. (And yes, this can - not always does, maybe not evenly commonly does, but undeniably *can* - lead to a financial benefit down the road.)

[(Anonymous)]

Reading a library book - be it in the library or outside the library - results in wear and tear. When the book needs to be replaced the library cannot download another copy from the net. The library will have to buy another copy to continue letting their readers preview the author's work unless they received the replacement as a donation. And when the replacement wears out, the library will have to find a replacement for the replacement. And again. And again.

Libraries give authors more financial benefits down the road.