Oh. My. Gods. I am *screaming*. Libraries are not the problem. Look to the publishers & their endless quest for ever-increasing profits. Look to LLMs & their false promise that everyone can be an author. Look to online retailers & their unwillingness to regulate "AI" slop & pirated titles. Jeebus.
You all-- I never thought I'd see the day, but library peeps, strap in for a fight. The Author's Guild is going after us as the reason why authors are making less money. I don't think they understand who they are dealing with: www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
www.publishersweekly.com
A survey commissioned by the Guild found that only 25% of print books and e-books read in the past month were bought new or through a paid subscription, with readers increasingly turning to low- or no...
