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I wonder if he is willing to set an example and go back through his life and... everynametaken Send a noteboard - 26/09/2009 04:39:40 AM
Just a few cents per book, of course, so it doesn't add up to much for any but the most popular authors, but still.

The man has a point, but of course there's no practical solution for it, and people do still buy enough books that any halfway popular author can live off it... and as pointed out in the article, it's not really society's business to ensure that every single author gets to make a living off his books.


reimburse every author ten percent the retail cost for every book he has ever read from a library?
But wine was the great assassin of both tradition and propriety...
-Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings
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New Zealand Author Claims Libraries Are Involved In Grand Theft By Loaning Books - 25/09/2009 08:40:43 PM 1241 Views
He's a very opinionated chap. - 25/09/2009 08:44:51 PM 864 Views
As I recall, our libraries do actually give authors a (small) sum for their books being loaned out.. - 25/09/2009 10:05:46 PM 884 Views
This guy is a wierdo.... - 25/09/2009 10:22:48 PM 811 Views
I wonder if he is willing to set an example and go back through his life and... - 26/09/2009 04:39:40 AM 860 Views
I wonder if this is just a lame attempt to get himself some press - 26/09/2009 02:12:41 AM 940 Views
Our library - 26/09/2009 03:17:09 PM 815 Views
Nice. - 26/09/2009 04:55:11 PM 827 Views

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