bookseller, book buyer, book scout, bookstore owner, horror & rare book collector. I don't read; it's my terrible secret, please don't tell anybody
I used to be famous for being trans, like you. Then I took an arrow in the knee.
Psalms 109:8
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Your tax dollars at... well, not *work* exactly
Wake up y'all new modest proposal just dropped
More goddam government overreach! 🏳️⚧️
I'm gonna be facilitating the discussion portion of this event.
On an entirely unrelated note and purely for speculative reasons, what questions or prompts would *you* bring to this meeting of the minds?
Someone reading your book for free isn't someone taking $$ out of your pocket, it's someone potentially becoming an unpaid bookseller. If your book is good, they will tell people about it. Depending on how good, maybe a lot of people. Libraries create free word of mouth advertising for books, doofus
Subnautica II (2026)
If you work in the for-profit book industry, like I do as a bookstore owner, and you think libraries are your enemy, you're a fool. An utter buffoon. A real ding-dong. A nincompoop. A cad. A jaggoff. A dim bulb. A pea brain. Not so good at assessing the world and your place within it. A blunt tool.
We live in the stupidest timeline.
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You all-- I never thought I'd see the day, but library peeps, strap in for a fight. The Author's Guild is going after us as the reason why authors are making less money. I don't think they understand who they are dealing with: www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Valorie Nichols
Marley, a Werewolf of Wall Street
www.publishersweekly.com
A survey commissioned by the Guild found that only 25% of print books and e-books read in the past month were bought new or through a paid subscription, with readers increasingly turning to low- or no...
the phrase "lipstick on a pig" has always inspired a deep sadness in me. I think of the pig, looking forward to her big night out, and I bring myself to the verge of tears.
