[Worksheet]

Would there be anything worth putting into the libraries if intellectual property rights are not respected?

[wongarsu]

There is a lot of writing on the internet that's done for free with no profit motive. Both fiction and nonfiction.

Paying the editors is the bigger issue than paying the authors

[ForHackernews]

...yes? The median book sells ~3,000 copies, ever. But people keep writing them!

[yorwba]

Most libraries probably don't stock many books like that. They'd just waste shelf space until they get discarded in the end.

[delusional]

I think most authors believe their book to be better than the median. At least when they start writing it.