I have large personal library at home – hundreds of books on shelves. How would that work? If I decided to read a book that I bought 15 years ago, would I have to write a check to the author for 15 cents?
Suppose I only read the last four chapters of a 20 chapter book? Would I reduce my payment by 80%? And what about when I look up a word in a dictionary? How would I pay the publisher? By the lookup?
If this were a viable idea, think about all the people who have CD and DVD collections. Every time they played a scene on their DVD player, someone would have to get paid. If my kids want to watch the Mary Poppins DVD five times this week, I would be in the poorhouse.
No – authors and libraries do not charge per circulation , in general