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My cousin asked my sister if that's my cats Koda and Lilly she found on the cover of a book (top left). Today I received these two copies in the mail directly from the publisher. Such a nice gesture. (lemmy.nz)

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High res pic I took six years ago:

The card reads: Warmest greetings from the DuMont publishing house. Have fun reading it!

The cover reads: Help, my cat is broken! 200 cats going beyond their limits

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[-] excral@feddit.org 15 points 1 day ago

While I share that sentiment, it always baffles me how people seemingly selectively take an issue with it for physical media. If someone reposted that picture to Facebook, Instagram or Reddit, those platforms profit from someone else's properties and it happens every day. Yet when it happens as a book, it's far more likely to read comments like yours

[-] fonix232@fedia.io 4 points 1 day ago

A Facebook/Instagram/Reddit post doesn't directly financially benefit them. You can't monetise a single puppy photo or even a ton of them... At best you get some sponsorship out of it but even that is rare.

A physical book (usually) requires fronting a considerable amount of money AND it directly financially benefits the writer and publisher. So they're literally profiting off your property, directly.