Palaver

Hey I said sometimes. I don't feel bad about it all the time, but I do feel bad when I read a book I really like where I plan on continuing the series. I just feel a little guilty as if I am not supporting the author when the work warrants it even though I know the library paid for the book.

Oh well just because I feel bad doesn't mean I don't do it. I wouldn't be able to afford rent if I bought all the books I read. I have read about 12 books since Xmas with another 4 from the library to be read, 6 more on request, and 3 more just arrived from Amazon I preordered sometime back.

I actually would buy more books if the paperbacks ever went on sale. Is it just me or is it rare to find a paperback on sale other than the occasional 3 for 4 or 4 for 5? Or am I just unlucky enough to not have any clearance bookstores in the area?

I'm at the library every 2-3 weeks, and I feel no guilt. Shoot, with what I've paid in overdue fines over the years, they could open a branch on the moon.

Not so much bad as icky, who knows what the bathroom habits of the person before you were

Nope. I get most of my non-purchase DVDs from the library as well. If I really want to own a book then I'll buy it even if I've read the library copy...or just get it from bookmooch.

I read somewhere that comic book authors who get royalties from sales like having their graphic novels in libraries, as they make money with every checkout.

Libraries in the US.. don't pay any kind of royalties on books. Once they buy a book (or a DVD or CD or whatever), they can lend it out as many times as they want without ever paying any additional fees.

I feel bad for NOT getting books from the library.

I used to work as a library page (shelving books, etc.) while in high school/college. I checked out books all the time and was reading constantly whatever stuck my interest at the time.

Now it's been at least 10 years since I walked into one, and I've no longer have a library card- a fact the does make me feel a bit of remorse on occasions when I happen to think of it.

It seems US authors don't have as good a lobby organisation as do US musicians record companies.

I can count three books I checked out and read from the library last year that I turned around and purchased copies of because I enjoyed them so much.

I <3 the library. My very first job was in a public library and even now when i'm off for the summer (I'm a teacher) i work at a library.

We go about every other week to the library.

Record companies don't get royalties from libraries either. Obviously they get paid for, for example, a radio station playing their songs. But a radio station couldn't read an author's work over the air (other than a short excerpt) without violating copyright.

So their protections seem fairly similar in this regard.