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 have become "Auto-Buy-Authors." Last year, thanks to Booktok, I read 120 books, with nearly half through my local Chicago Public Library via the Libby app. This realization, coupled with BookTok's significant influence on the publishing industry, sparked my interest in understanding the financial impact of digital lending on authors. The following flow-chart illustrates how both physical and digital libraries contribute to authors' earnings through book borrowing and lending systems.