Serious? I thought we were supposed to be encouraging people to read, not charging them $14,000.00. I get that material should be paid for, but there is a reaspn libraries were invented and that is to give the public at access information they otherwise wouldn't be able to get. We've come into a digital age. What's the different between checking out a book for free, or downloading an ebook for free? All it means is more people get the opportunity to read it.
Its like being stuck between a rock and a hard place. True enough, the people who write should be paid for their writing, but the public should also be allowed access to literature even if they aren't rich enough to buy every book that comes out.
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bookaddict43) wrote2008-01-10 08:16 am
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Its like being stuck between a rock and a hard place. True enough, the people who write should be paid for their writing, but the public should also be allowed access to literature even if they aren't rich enough to buy every book that comes out.
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