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1. hermit+US[view] [source] 2025-05-19 21:55:57
>>dale_h+(OP)
I found it hard to reconcile his charming and witty comic strips with some of the ugly things he wrote elsewhere. I would never usually throw a book away, but I made an exception for one of his books, because I didn't want anyone to see it on my bookshelf and I didn't want to give to anyone else.
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2. john-r+he1[view] [source] 2025-05-20 00:52:21
>>hermit+US
I have a personal convention for books like that - I don't have any Dilberts on the shelf but a lot of Neil Gaimans, plus an artsy TTRPG book ("Maze of the Blue Medusa") that's also made by someone who is now widely considered a serial sexual assaulter - I don't (always) remove them from my shelves but I turn them upside down, like a flag indicating distress.
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3. hinkle+Hi1[view] [source] 2025-05-20 01:40:08
>>john-r+he1
The problem with taking them out of circulation is one less copy at the used book store and one more potential sale of a new copy.
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4. WorldM+9w1[view] [source] 2025-05-20 04:20:22
>>hinkle+Hi1
This is why I've sold or will sell many of my more controversial books/authors for relatively cheap because, yeah, an extra used copy in circulation is possibly one or more fewer new book sales that author won't profit from. Some of them I don't mind if someone else enjoys that book itself for what it is/was at the time it was released, but it's nice to think that it next sale(s) might be a dollar or three the author won't see when they read that.
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