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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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