What Are You Reading 4

[RathDarkblade]

Look, he reckons that people borrowing from libraries means less people buying his books outright. Which is a touch unfair for those with a budget, and to whom a lending library is a boon.

Here's the quote from Wikipedia's article on Deary, which comes from an article in The Guardian...

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So, why do you write books to encourage people to read while you deride libraries for being a vital part of the same attitude? Yeah, you're a ****ing hypocrite, Terry Deary. Plus, your comparisons are crap. You want to complain? Then go do it to a wall.

Not to mention that he's wrong. :-\ Libraries are not free; they're funded by part of the rates that we pay the local council every year.

We all pay for a library whether we use it or not, so why not use it?

I have a feeling Deary hasn't looked at his rates carefully (like I have). =P

 

[Quatermass]

No, I just think he's greedy for more royalties instead of being glad and grateful that his books encourage more kids to read about history. You get more than a few authors like that who, when they taste success, become lifetimes in their own legend. Alan Moore is another.