# I pit used book sharks

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [September 30, 2021, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-used-book-sharks/951692 "2021-09-30T21:11:46Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 1, 2021, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-used-book-sharks/951692/64 "2021-10-01T20:14:03Z")

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> [@HMS\_Irruncible](#):
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> Authors get paid when consumers buy their stuff from the primary market, or check it out from a library.

“Authors get paid when consumers … check it out from a library”? Not in the US. I only learned from a [thread here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-scribd-legal/948677/31) that it works that way in the UK.

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