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   azteclady (herhandsmyhands@romancelandia.club)'s status on Friday, 09-Aug-2024 21:16:37 JST azteclady

   @romancelandia @bookstodon

   Every time an author states that borrowing from a library "steals" sales from them, I want to scream.

   Publishers have indoctrinated authors against libraries, to authors' own detriment. Libraries buy your book, and if it gets popular, they buy more copies--but more, they introduce readers to your work, and those readers will spread the word, even if they don't buy your books themselves.

   #Libraries are unpaid marketing. Be thankful.

   #ReadingRant

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     ’Nathan Burgoine (nathanburgoine@romancelandia.club)'s status on Sunday, 08-Sep-2024 22:12:14 JST ’Nathan Burgoine

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     @herhandsmyhands @romancelandia @bookstodon

     I know I've said this before as well, but in Canada (and many other countries), there are also PLR programs.

     *MANY* years, I've made more money from the PLR payout than I have from sales.

     Libraries often pay me *more* than publishers do.

     All those points still stand, regardless—I'd happily see my book in every library shelf even if they didn't pay me directly, because they still do everything you've said—but they DO pay.

     https://publiclendingright.ca/