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Re:Wikipedians are rebelling against “unethical” Wikipedia f... by r053bud on Tuesday November 15, 2022 @11:19AM (#33611126)
So libraries should not exist?
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Re:Wikipedians are rebelling against “unethical” Wikipedia f... by PhasmaFelis on Tuesday November 15, 2022 @11:28AM (#33611261)
Authors get paid for library books. (They often cost quite a bit more than the same book sold to an individual.)
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Re:Wikipedians are rebelling against “unethical” Wikipedia f... by leereeves on Tuesday November 15, 2022 @11:43AM (#33611508)
Why would libraries pay more for books when the first sale doctrine allows them to lend any book?

Perhaps you're thinking of e-books.

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Re:Wikipedians are rebelling against “unethical” Wikipedia f... by ta_408E996 on Tuesday November 15, 2022 @11:55AM (#33611714)
There are “library editions” of many books that have stronger binding to better hold up to many people reading it. These editions cost more.
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Re:Wikipedians are rebelling against “unethical” Wikipedia f... by kixiQu on Tuesday November 15, 2022 @11:54AM (#33611689)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_binding

This comment thread gets to be part of today's lucky 10,000. :) (https://xkcd.com/1053/)

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Re:Wikipedians are rebelling against “unethical” Wikipedia f... by function_seven on Tuesday November 15, 2022 @12:05PM (#33611860)
Sure, but the author isn't seeing a dime more because the library decided to pony up for the better book binding.

The point is that authors' revenue from books sold to libraries is the same as what they get from a retail sale.

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