Of Card's books I've only ever read Ender's Game, and the only other book of his I have even a slight interest in is Speaker for the Dead. If I do decide to read that, I won't be buying it new.
It actually does not matter how and where you buy it. If you buy it at all, you become a part of the Card book market. Even reading a loaned or a library copy would have the same effect insofar as it helps to create demand for Card books. The only way to be absolutely sure you haven't helped Card in some way would be reading a stolen electronic copy, which is illegal, or not reading the book at all. Basic human decency suggests the latter, of course.
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Date: 2013-02-20 03:18 am (UTC)It actually does not matter how and where you buy it. If you buy it at all, you become a part of the Card book market. Even reading a loaned or a library copy would have the same effect insofar as it helps to create demand for Card books. The only way to be absolutely sure you haven't helped Card in some way would be reading a stolen electronic copy, which is illegal, or not reading the book at all. Basic human decency suggests the latter, of course.