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[quote=Anonymous]One way you can support authors is by recommending their books to the library for purchase. I regularly do this for e-books on Libby . . . plus if they buy it, you are at the head of the line for it!

If I really love a book I borrowed on my Kindle, I'll buy it . . . either on Kindle or a paper copy.

I also support my local bookstore by buying some of my e-books through the My Must Reads app for a local store . . . (you can't run it on a Kindle e-reader but you can run it on a tablet that has the Google Play Store or Apple Store). If I need to order a physical copy of a book, I'll order it through another local bookstore via indiebound.

I try to do my part, but it wouldn't make sense to buy every single book that I'm interested in reading. And sometimes I read the first chapter and don't finish a book.

I've got 6 library cards . . . my local jurisdiction, plus three surrounding counties with reciprocity, plus out where our mountain house is, plus my family's beach house in NJ. The small beach town in NJ is by far my greatest success for getting them to buy the books I recommend, go figure. I figure they have a huge tax base but small population so the library is flush and just waiting for people to ask for things. So I ask![/quote]

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