This is not the way. Libraries are not the problem here. Plenty of readers would love to buy more books, but right now it's expensive to be a human in the world. Libraries help authors keep readers in hard times. Author income is declining for SO MANY REASONS but LIBRARIES ARE NOT ONE OF THEM.
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...