Borrowed Books and Royalty Bucks

As I enter my second year as a self-proclaimed 'BookTok girlie,' I've often wondered how my voracious reading habits benefit the authors I've come to admire, especially those who've become 'Auto-Buy-Authors.' Last year, thanks to BookTok, I read 120 books, nearly half of them through my local Chicago Public Library via the Libby app. That realization, paired with BookTok's real influence on the publishing industry, sparked my interest in understanding the financial impact of digital lending on authors.