> I don't see how this is different than going to your local public library The activity is no different, but the impact is totally different. When you don't b

> I don't see how this is different than going to your local public library The activity is no different, but the impact is totally different. When you don't buy the book from the store, they lose potential income from a limited pool of local book buyers; if that happens too often, they don't make enough money and go out of business. When you don't take the book from the library, they save money they would've spent handling you. If that happens too often, nothing's likely to happen, since most of the library's funding is from local taxes, traffic fines, and state grants (which includes federal money given to the states to support libraries).