“But we’ve been down this road before. Teaming up with Lucifer…and every time, it ends up the same way, with the Devil being on the loose again.” – Sam, 13×21
I see a lot of posts on tumblr that imply borrowing a book from a library is less supportive of the author than buying it outright and I would like to offer a few unsolicited thoughts as to why that’s not true:
Every book in a public library has to earn its spot on the shelf. If no one checks it out, then it will be weeded from the collection to make way for a book that will circulate. So, if you check out a book, you’ve just given it a much a better chance at being there for someone else to discover!
A recently returned book is more likely to be propped up as a display in the tiny nooks around the library. Every shelver loves an empty display space because it means they can quickly get rid of several books. A book on display is more likely to catch someone’s eye and on and on!
You might not be able to tell this just by looking at the shelves, but when a book first comes out from an author, the library often buys several copies and based on how many people have reserved the title and how heavily it circulates, they might buy even more copies! Also, when purchasing a new title from an established author, many librarians will look at the circ stats of the author’s other books and will use that as a guide for how many copies to buy of the new book. In case you didn’t know, libraries buy a lot of books – we make up a huge portion of the book sales market.
Many people use the library as a way to discover new authors. It’s a risk-free investment and helps them experiment with a lot of different titles that they wouldn’t be able to if they had to buy all of them. And if they really love an author, they might become a life-long fan who will buy their books for years to come, all because of kismet at the library.
If you check out the book at the library, your librarian can make a better case for inviting the author to come to the library for an event for which they can get paid! This is especially true for lesser-known authors.
In conclusion, borrowing a book from the library is a wonderful thing to do. It helps make sure other people have access to that book in the future, creating an ever-wider audience for the author.
I’m not saying you shouldn’t buy books, I’m just saying, borrowing books from the library has just as many positive effects and you don’t ever have to feel bad that you’re somehow not supporting an author by borrowing their book instead of buying it. 🙂
*valid does not mean healthy, or good, or to be privileged above common sense and kindness
A distinction for anyone who is young and hasn’t figured this out yet:
You are allowed to have whatever emotions you want. No one can control your emotions. Emotions are healthy responses to things.
You are not allowed to have behaviors that are harmful just because you have certain emotions. Your behaviors are what you can control, and they are far easier to control than your emotions.
You can be jealous about someone or their talents until you turn green, but it is harmful to yourself and to that person if you try to sabotage them because of it. You can be so angry you can literally feel your temperature rise, but this does not give you permission to rage at others.
Your emotions are valid. They are always valid. You are a person of value. However, you behaviors are not always justified just because of those emotions. You may not be able to control you emotions, but you can certainly control your behaviors.
I’m really sorry @yifera but we had a long chat with @saawek and this happened.
Well, I am so not sorry, let the pancake grow!
(And of course this only makes my comments worse)
How does pancake!Cas kill enemies? Does he fly to their faces and suffocates them to death? Is his true form an empire-state size pancake or another piece of breakfast? Team Free Breakfast?
OH MY GOD WHY DIDN’T I SEE THIS EARLIER THIS IS AMAZING
@yifera I’d pay to see Castiel the pancake of the Lord smite his ennemies with a butter knife :’D As for the pancake!cas true form, this is clearly @saawek‘s thing, I request a true form painting darling ! An Eldritch pancake ! AND YES TEAM FREE BREAKFAST !
@sassy-pistachy (I was just telling saawek yesterday night how cool your name was btw) I FUCKING LOVE IT, DEAN’S FACE AAAAAH !!! You even DID THE FRECKLES xD
@sassy-pistachy NAILED IT, as always! I spent like an hour squeaking and laughing when she showed me bacon!Dean!
So what do you think Sam would be? We can’t really decide
I’m looking at you @saawek for that true form pancake!
@yifera@sassy-pistachy@elnawen WHAT THE FLAMING FUCK. It’s getting out of hands. BUt I couldn’t let SUCH BEAUTIFUL OPPORTUNITIES PASS. And why the fuck didn’t i get all these notifications?????? fuck you tumblr.
Whats does trueform pancake cas looks like??? HERE IT IS.
It was that at the beginning. Now i think it’s better. Bacon cape the size of the Chrysler building, dayum.
Okay. Think positive, Gabe. Dean won’t have a chance to sleep with the babysitter. I shut the laptop and rubbed my forehead. Could I call out? I’d just gotten done taking time off to move, so that’d probably get me fired. I glanced over at Dean again. I barely knew him. I couldn’t leave Cas alone with him. I’d have to think up a plan while we moved the car.
Karate, SPN Demonic Octopus Guardian 