I'm gonna be facilitating the discussion portion of this event.
On an entirely unrelated note and purely for speculative reasons, what questions or prompts would *you* bring to this meeting of the minds?
If you work in the for-profit book industry, like I do as a bookstore owner, and you think libraries are your enemy, you're a fool. An utter buffoon. A real ding-dong. A nincompoop. A cad. A jaggoff. A dim bulb. A pea brain. Not so good at assessing the world and your place within it. A blunt tool.
Wake up y'all new modest proposal just dropped
Your tax dollars at... well, not *work* exactly
Subnautica II (2026)
Someone reading your book for free isn't someone taking $$ out of your pocket, it's someone potentially becoming an unpaid bookseller. If your book is good, they will tell people about it. Depending on how good, maybe a lot of people. Libraries create free word of mouth advertising for books, doofus