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Ann Leckie@annleckie.com |
Even if checking out my book at a library didn't benefit me directly (it does, the library pays for the book and I get royalties for it) it benefits all of us indirectly. Libraries help foster the habit of reading. Some of those readers wouldn't be able to afford books just now. Some are kids.
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Niccith
@niccith.bsky.social
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Libraries allow me to read books by unfamiliar authors and/or unfamiliar genres. From there I have purchased many books.
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Bert Thomson
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Well said Ms Leckie. Even those who can easily afford to buy books should take them out of their local library fairly regularly, to ensure the library remains open for those that can't afford to buy - and that no argument about underuse can be put forward for shutting them down.
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Hawaiian-ish Kelly🌺
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Shelley
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Was going to buy myself the delightful Liberty’s Daughter but then thought a friend’s kid would love it, bought it for her and read my library’s copy. Everyone wins!
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Hal Shipman
@halshipman.bsky.social
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Also, I find books at libraries which I end up buying for myself.
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Fedorak Indexing
@indexosaurus.bsky.social
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And sometimes library patrons end up buying the book because the hold keeps coming up at the wrong time, they buy it for others, or they recommend it to others.
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Ingeborg
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even before my children could read we were avid library goers. My eldest daughter, now grown up, gobbles up everything she wants to read ( a lot!!) and loves her libraries, both public and at Uni ( of course she studies literature)
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@knowsit.bsky.social
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Libraries often funded based on the traffic the have Joining and using your library is a lift for the entire community and good for you and your health
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Jessica
@wheneverfrenetic.bsky.social
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Writers get paid for people checking their books out??! That’s incredible, so glad to hear that
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Ann Leckie
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Some of those folks will eventually be able to afford their own books. Writers will benefit. If they hadn't had the opportunity to read earlier, that might never have happened.
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Elly Octobrush
@realphantomhours.bsky.social
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Wait, are there authors on BSky shittalking libraries?
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Toby
@brainbomb.bsky.social
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And a book being read in public is a great advertisement too
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Chuck Wendig
@chuckwendig.bsky.social
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Yuuuup, plus libraries are good community centers too -- when I worked there I worked in part doing outreach to under-served communities, offering services to the disabled, to the elderly, to job-seekers. So much community good in that one building.
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Jessie🌈
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I've also *found* so many new books and authors from libraries! They love making lists of recommendations and will even curate recs for you specifically!
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Tek - Venus Guy Trap
@wahaka.bsky.social
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Has no one seen Matilda?
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libraryyarngirl.bsky.social
@libraryyarngirl.bsky.social
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I have not been a Sci-fi fan. I was curious, though, and checked out Translation State from my library because I had read good things about it. I probably would have balked at a bookstore because it was a bit of a genre punt for me. I liked it. Libraries give you the chance to explore new things.
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Ryan Van Loan
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Doug
@etherfrenzy.bsky.social
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I've read hundreds if not thousands of books I wouldn't otherwise have because they were interesting looking on the library shelf (sometimes you can judge a book etc) or by being close to other authors I already enjoyed. I listen to probably 50 audio books a year, and the LA public library card? A+
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Septimus
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Also, as a librarian and someone who worked the circulation desk for 10 years, I can tell you, people who frequent libraries also BUY books. Like, a lot of books.
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