For book lovers of all kinds, the reading world presents many debates: Are audiobooks real books? Is it ethical to buy my books secondhand? Does ditching Amazon actually harm indie authors who rely on ...

Our poor world is hurting, clubbed by trouble upon trouble, losing blood and all out of Band-Aids. I gave this some thought over the weekend, and I believe I’ve arrived at the solution. Buy my book.

“My late mother refused to even buy my books because why buy them when you can get them free at the library?” says the journalist and author, whose latest book is “Raising Lazarus.” “I gave her copies ...