Comments on: Returning Your Bucks to the Library

By: scott

scott — Wed, 23 Mar 2005 05:38:16 +0000

the library in Nelson BC allows people to pay for a book and the library will buy it and you become the first person to borrow it. I think it’s a great concept.
I just finished reading Flyboy am going to loan it to my brother. Is this like terrorism? Am I helping terrorists?

By: Jim Munroe

Jim Munroe — Tue, 17 Aug 2004 02:24:33 +0000

Thanks for the comment, Simon. As it happens, I also get money from something called the Public Lending Right Commission:
http://www.plr-dpp.ca/PLR/about.asp
They give me a annual payment (which has been usually $300-400) based on how often my books are in a library’s catalogue. I’m not sure if they have this in the US, but I know they have something similar in the UK.

By: Simon Mealings

Simon Mealings — Tue, 17 Aug 2004 01:12:37 +0000

I first borrowed and read Angry Young Spaceman from a library in Vancouver.

After that I downloaded Flyboy from this website

Eventually Jim Munro got some cash out of the deal (I hope) as i purchased Everyone in Silico from Chapters.

As a low income earner I greatly appreciate the library facilities in Vancouver and how it has introduced me to some interesting Canadian authors.

By: Jim Munroe

Jim Munroe — Thu, 12 Aug 2004 02:48:51 +0000

Reiko Tagami caused Flyboy and Spaceman to appear in the Nelson Municipal Library, British Columbia.

Ralph Giles’ generosity inspired Unspeakable Evil to lurch into the Vancouver Public Library.

By: Jim Munroe

Jim Munroe — Wed, 28 Jul 2004 20:35:22 +0000

A Flyboy is heading to the Chicago area courtesy of Margaret Bruns;
A Spaceman blasts towards the Jonathan Bourne PL, MA thanks to Carrie Tobey;
3 Silicos infiltrate Southern Oregon courtesy of Mark Madsen.

Thanks guys!

By: r.john xerxes

r.john xerxes — Tue, 20 Jul 2004 14:20:14 +0000

As a punk librarian, I feel compelled to remind you that librarians ARE working a job, and for that reason all the dispair, frustration, and fruitlessness of selling time and effort for money.

Even socialism has whores!