supporting your favorite authors without supporting your local IKEA

[firecat]

(Also another test of dreamwidth crossposting feature)

From a comment posted in James Nicoll's LJ here.

What I want to know is whether authors are getting more royalties due to there being no way to pass DRM'd e-books on to additional readers the way you can pass on a paper book.

I have my doubts, but if it turned out to be true I would consider getting one of the e-book readers.

(I'm buying as few books as possible because I have absolutely no space left in my house for books. The ones that don't come off my to-read shelf, I get from the library.)

Comments

[badgerbag]

I've been reading them on my partner's ipod through Kindle, and it's been a good enough experience that I now want to buy my own ipod touch. Depending on the price break I might just lend a person my ipod. For something a bit closer to 5 bucks than 10 I would buy my own copy rather than try to borrow!

[aquaeri.livejournal.com]

Your title is a winner! (and well-understood in this, IKEA-rich, house.)