I work at a library too, and I think used books are going to be very popular. The chance of getting AI books will cause people to really want books published and sold before AI. There’s probably going to be good money in used books soon.
Seriously, the amount of pieces manufacturing consent for loss of equitable access to information, knowledge, and art is boggling and will be studied for years - if we ever manage to ever come back from this.
I get books for my school library any place I can - sometimes the used store is the only place I can find replacements for older, popular kids fiction.
They trying to isolate the authors by deflecting their greed onto the authors who create knowledge and share knowledge. They want us to get mad at the authors for making us pay more.
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“Is it ethical to…” Be for real, people.