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What’s an authors perspective on libraries, including ebooks from apps like Libby?
by bumby 2y ago
What’s an authors perspective on libraries, including ebooks from apps like Libby?
- odysseus 2y agoLibraries buy ebooks with your property tax dollars. The more patrons read, the more copies they buy. Authors and publishers like this.
- themadturk 2y agoAuthors love libraries, because libraries create readers. Publishers don't so much, because though libraries have to buy books, a lot of individuals read a specific copy of a book, which means they aren't buying the book. I have no idea how publishers feel about used book stores.
- InsideOutSanta 2y agoI'm only speaking for myself, not other authors. As with most authors who write books on technology, I don't depend on my income from writing, so it might be different for professional authors whose primary income is from writing. But personally, when I went to a local library, saw that they had two copies of my first book, and both were checked out, I was incredibly proud. I love libraries. I guess overall, I would make more money if everybody who checked out my book at the library bought it instead, but I don't care.