Thanks for your response to my comment; I appreciate it. Just for the record, I HAVE bought a bunch of your books through Subterranean Press and Gauntlet Press. I went temporarily broke to buy the Gauntlet hardcover re-release of "Silk," but it was totally worth it!
I feel completely overwhelmed by the issue of consuming and ethics. I currently boycott Wal-Mart because of their crazy horrible sexist and racist policies and their use of sweatshops. However, I am well aware that many of the places where I DO shop (like KMart and Duane Reade) aren't a whole hell of a lot better. I LOVE the Strand and hope they never close (and spend crazy amounts of money there, which hopefully helps!) but I know that when I buy used books authors such as yourself don't benefit. Yet I have a limited budget and often going to used bookstores means I can afford books I otherwise wouldn't be able to buy. For example, I bought the Subterranean Press re-release of "Tales of Pain and Wonder" there for under $20 (just a note: who the HELL would ever re-sell that?!?!).
I just don't know. Thinking about this too long makes me want to bang my head against a wall.
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Date: 2011-09-17 12:46 am (UTC)I feel completely overwhelmed by the issue of consuming and ethics. I currently boycott Wal-Mart because of their crazy horrible sexist and racist policies and their use of sweatshops. However, I am well aware that many of the places where I DO shop (like KMart and Duane Reade) aren't a whole hell of a lot better. I LOVE the Strand and hope they never close (and spend crazy amounts of money there, which hopefully helps!) but I know that when I buy used books authors such as yourself don't benefit. Yet I have a limited budget and often going to used bookstores means I can afford books I otherwise wouldn't be able to buy. For example, I bought the Subterranean Press re-release of "Tales of Pain and Wonder" there for under $20 (just a note: who the HELL would ever re-sell that?!?!).
I just don't know. Thinking about this too long makes me want to bang my head against a wall.