[mbynack]

I wonder how the author would feel if people took ordered his book and then didn’t pay for it.

[maine yankee]

” behavioral economics and the law”

Business without morals

[Grut]

I wonder how the author would feel if people took ordered his book and then didn’t pay for it.

Well, if they didn't pay for it because he promised a lot more than he delivered, he might feel a bit chastised. Mortgage writers, in valuing a house at a price, implicitly 'promised' that the house was worth that much.

[Capt. Tom]

I wonder how the author would feel if people took ordered his book and then didn’t pay for it.

Good point.
But like the banks, he wouldn't have to worry about the deadbeats if the Govt. would pay him for those books that he didn't get paid for. - Tom