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[bookaddict43]

Librarians are the enemy?

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[noandwhere.livejournal.com]

I know I was scared of mine growing up. *nods*

[meimei42.livejournal.com]

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.

[glimmerite.livejournal.com]

And when I make $370,000 a year, I will be a happy camper.

The audacity of these people.

I mean, I get that writers should be paid for their work. But the point of Libraries... *sighs* Publishers don't get the point, huh?

[romanceguru.livejournal.com]

And this makes you guys the enemy? Yeah right!

[prehistoric-sea.livejournal.com]

a complex issue I don;t pretend to understand, but her antagonism certainly seems misplaced.

[lionnesss.livejournal.com]

Well, she was hired for a reason. But if it raises awareness that libraries even *have* ebooks and journals, that will be good!

[elsibet34.livejournal.com]

But...that doesn't make any sense. There are tons of books out there in libraries, and the libraries PAY for them. The publishers get their money. Fair usage my @#$. Next up, video rentals. :P