Lazy people and "smartphones" continue to erode P&S sales

J. Clarke wrote:

Libraries loaning ebooks that are not public domain are subject to
copyright law. They can loan as many copies as the copyright holder
says they can loan. The copyright holder has a vested interest in
selling them rather than having them loaned by a library so the number
they can loan will be limited.

The copyright holder has a vested interest in their works
being as widely known as possible.

Since the book market is more than saturated with books,
practically noone can know all books, or even all authors one
would have liked to know in hindsight --- not even in a small
niche. Thus the copyright holder's greatest impediment to
sales is being unknown to many, often even most, of their
possible target audience.

But don't believe me. What do *I* know? Let's ask some who
stake their living income on that ...
http://www.baen.com/library/intro.asp
http://www.baen.com/library/prime_palaver.asp

-Wolfgang