Colin Beveridge
@thomasfuchs Published author here. I get paid somewhere in the region of 5-10p (let's call it a dime) every time someone checks one of my books out of a library, on top of the royalties from the library buying it. So yeah, if someone borrows Basic Maths For Dummies[^0], I get compensated *whether or not it turns them into a highly paid professional*.
[^0]: Available wherever good books are loaned.
Colin Beveridge
@ids1024 @thomasfuchs I'm in the UK. Maybe we're more enlightened over here! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Lending_Right
Ian Douglas Scott
@icecolbeveridge @thomasfuchs I didn't think that's how libraries conventionally work? For physical books in the US anyway. ebook loans and other countries may work differently.
The US in particular has a fairly strong "first sale doctrine" allowing modification, sale, loan, etc. of books and such as long as you don't make a copy. But that's pretty much gone away in the digital era.
Colin Beveridge
@thomasfuchs @ids1024 Agreed! I should make clear that I don't go into the library and repeatedly check out my books, tempting as it is.
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