I had a conversation about books with a friend of mine and we came into the subjects of buying books vs borrowing books from a public library. He said that he likes to support the author and prefers to buy the books he reads.
This made me think. The answer is pretty clear when it comes to buying vs downloading a pirate copy, but in the case with libraries it seems incorrect to say that I’m not supporting the author, but I can’t say why.
What do you think?
Something I do if I want to give an author more support (as they love libraries) is buy a copy of their book after I borrow it. That also lets tailor how much I give them to how much I enjoyed their work.
Or if I borrow the first book of a series and love it I’ll try to buy 1-2 books of the series minimum rather than renting all of them.