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[AugustWest]

Studs Terkel has died.

Sad, but he lived a long, productive, interesting life.

[wombat]

I have always meant to read some of his books.

Oh well, I guess now I can buy them cheap without violating my rule against buying used books by live authors.

[lprkn]

...my rule against buying used books by live authors.

This is a good rule.

[pmcd9]

I have always meant to read some of his books.

Oh well, I guess now I can buy them cheap without violating my rule against buying used books by live authors.

I was thinking pretty much the exact same thing today. 

[JorgeFabregas]

How do you feel about libraries?

[wombat]

Libraries are good things because many people can't afford to buy books. But if you are not a poor person, you should buy your books.

I pay for Onstad's subscription service, too.

[Ruta Bagas]

This is a good rule.

I think it's a little bit too inflexible. The principle behind it is an excellent one but once a writer's sold a hundred and fifty million books I think it falls down the scale of importance somewhat.

But then that goes for rules like this generally and I'm sure they're just a convenient way of encapsulating the behavioural result of the principles behind them.

[wombat]

I do relax the rule for people who are massively successful - I feel no guilt about copying a Springsteen CD, for example. But you have to be careful with this, because I think people usually overestimate how much money most creative people make.