'You are absolutely supporting authors when you check out books from the library,' Elena Gutierrez said, the collection services manager at Seattle Public Library. 'In 2021 the Seattle Public Library spent $6.4 million on books.'
“I have never heard of an author who would be unhappy to have their books in a library,” Worick said. “When I was writing books, I was always excited to tell people, ‘hey, if you aren’t able to buy my book, go request it from the library.’ Long waiting lists for a book indicate to the library to order more books, but also readers who may not want to wait that long, they do go out and buy the book.
“No, there’s not a different library fee for physical books,” said Gutierrez. “Libraries and bookstores pay the same amount for books. We get a discount from our book vendors, but digital books are an entirely different story. Publishers allege that library sales impede their profitability. This is how they justify charging libraries two to three times the retail price for the digital copy of a book.
“And then I have to buy it again,” said Gutierrez. “That is very costly, it really hurts the entire reading community, I believe.”“The federal government is looking at a monopoly,” said Gutierrez. “There used to be Penguin and Random House. Now, it’s Penguin Random House and they’re looking at acquiring Simon & Schuster. All of the imprints of all of the books that you see in the bookstores and the library really come down to five big publishing houses.
“I just hope that there are more studies done,” said Gutierrez. “There have been studies done that libraries do help sell books. We do hundreds of author events at the Seattle Public Library every year and people come and buy books. So we really do work together to promote authors.
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