Let's burn some books!

[Rooster71]

When a book burning is held, who pays for the books? Most new books are not cheap. I would imagine a book burning is a very expensive fire.

As long as the books are not stolen, the author and publisher have still made some money so what is the big deal? If I was an author, I would say "go ahead and buy as many of my books as you can find, burn them if you want, the publisher can always print some more."