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[Michael Bailey]

On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 11:42 PM, Robin Landseadel
<robinlandseadel at comcast.net> wrote:
> Yup, not legal, also immoral & fattening, though I guess buying that used
> copy of "The Crying of Lot 49" that's been passed between Cody's and Black
> Oak forty times over thirty years doesn't help the author very much either.
>

...except maybe karmically...creation of a new fan, adding roots to
the rhizome that is an author's niche, important stuff like that!

and the way those old books smell - I especially like books that have
been obviously in a smoker's library...

But how is an author supposed to make a living, is the question, and
we ought to support writers...
somebody who spends a lot of time and effort creating some really good
writing shouldn't suffer from neglect or piracy
while some massive dork (or even a cool person) can sell a bunch of
books by being famous for something else, it isn't fair...