Comment on What are the ethics behind purchasing a book from an author you don't agree with?

hexagonwin@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Do most public libraries have holocaust denial works?

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  • hexagonwin@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    highly doubt it, but i’ve seen some similar cases…

    i would just pirate tbh

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  • Apepollo11@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    In the UK, certainly. It’s not the library’s job to censor what the borrowers want to read, even if it’s David Icke.

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    • Zealousideal_Fox_900@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      In Australia too. I was in Gatton, Queensland, at their Library, and they had signs up warning people to basically go pound sand, the library is not a censorship authority, and that they will not remove books based on “religious morals”, in the LGBT pride section, and a similar sign, lacking the morals bit in some of their conspiracy theory books. And Gold Coast Libraries stocks some of the weirdest conspiracy theory mags in the planet.

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  • Cuberoot@lemmynsfw.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Some do, and inter-library loans are a thing.

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  • Akasazh@feddit.nl ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Academic libraries do

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• dhork@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Furthermore, since it’s very likely that this author is not going to make really complex points, you could just go to the library, skim through it for an hour or two, and take notes on the two or three points worth quoting. (Or go all old-school and make photocopies of a few pages…)

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  • spacecadet@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I utilize Libby and local libraries but it’s not available.

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• spacecadet@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Not at local library

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• Mariemarion@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Dunno how it works where you are, but I (author) get money from library books. Much less than when a reader buys it (duh), but it pays for nice Christmas presents.

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• Walop@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  At least in some countries authors get a compensation every time their book is borrowed from a library. So you might still be indirectly supporting the author when borrowing from a library. Also if there’s enough demand, the library may acquire additional copies and the prices for libraries are higher than for consumers.

  equityatlas.org/how-do-authors-make-money-from-li…

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