Caroline Starr Rose

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[D]on’t ever apologize to an author for buying something in paperback, or taking it out from a library (that’s what they’re there for. Use your library). Don’t apologize to this author for buying books second hand, or getting them from bookcrossing or borrowing a friend’s copy. What’s important to me is that people read the books and enjoy them, and that, at some point in there, the book was bought by someone. And that people who like things, tell other people. The most important thing is that people read…
—Neil Gaiman

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  1. Becky says

    January 30, 2015 at 8:41 pm

    Perfect! I admit I wish I could buy more books new, and in hardcover. But if I only read what I could afford to buy, I wouldn’t read nearly as much!

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    • Caroline says

      January 31, 2015 at 8:46 am

      I think the library is one of the world’s most wonderful inventions. And as an author, I’m all for it!

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  2. Elizabeth Varadan says

    February 1, 2015 at 11:40 am

    I am so glad you posted this. I buy lots of books from used book stores, get lots of them from the library, and occasionally buy them new off the Internet or from my favorite independed bookstore. Oh, yes, I borrow them, too.

    Hats off to Neil Gaiman for reminding us what is important – the fact that the books get read.

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    • Caroline says

      February 1, 2015 at 8:33 pm

      Yes!

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