Jim Manney, inspired by a novel resale plan for the Harry Potter books, wants to know how you feel about the new v. used book debate

As an author who makes money off of new book sales but hardly ever buys anything but used, and mostly checks books out of the library…

I guess I don’t deserve to have an opinion.

(Except for my children. I probably buy far more books – new ones – for my children than I do myself.)

(Speaking of Harry Potter again, here’s a review I wrote of John Granger’s book on the series)

(One more time: a post from last year on a Steve Waldman Beliefnet piece with a provocative angle)