This also has nothing to do with the Authors of the books....this has everything to do with the publishers' profits. Authors get next to nothing for their efforts...

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He was awful, which tracks because that professor was a similar kind of awful and they were friends. We did a book cover design project for that class and she complimented someone for not making the black people she drew too dark skinned. (Yep, she got reported by a lot of people.)

Sure, but that doesn't mean it won't be published.

I can't buy Winds of Winter, but I will.

They charge the initial cost of the book and a processing fee in my local branch.

I've been waiting for Karen Miller's second book in The Tarnished Crown series for years. I'm guessing she maybe has writer's block? It's a shame because the first one is absolutely amazing and her best work so far.

One day, maybe.

It’s more like the Internet Library tried to give out digital copies during Covid Lockdowns, didn’t go through the proper procedures to do that, then had authors who weren’t getting any benefit from unlimited digital rentals on Internet Library, those authors raise a stink then the publishers decide to get litigious.

I literally cannot buy this book. There is no updated release date, even for book sellers. It’s listed as back catalogue in industry stuff, without stores ever seeing a copy

Unique from what I have read. It was a far more interesting story than the generic general mysteries and thrillers that I generally read.

Lmao, that would mess me up so bad. I would never find anything on my bookshelves. but it’s hilarious imagining the really trashy stuff bound so elegantly.

Since you don’t like most stuff, is there a book cover design you DO like that isn’t just a plain cover? I find leather bound with pressed foil or engraved designs can be really elegant. I love that look for historical nonfiction.

There wouldn't have been a lawsuit if they keep to the controlled lending flow.

On the say-so of who?

Because her publisher didn't drop her and she immediately got another agent.

yessss the only time when sneaking past your bedtime is acceptable lol

my kids love reading and I love that they love reading!! continue to foster his love of books! right now one of my kids (a teen) is reading one of my favourite books ever and I couldn't be more overjoyed. I so badly want to talk about it but she's not at the good part yet.

Only if you exclude their second paragraph.

They acknowledge the author only gets paid once, but that is better than zero.

The resale market is not the same as the piracy market.

They don't ON the lend. They do ON the single library purchase.

In general questioning assumption about what makes good reading. implicit rules and such.
Like, check if you think giving up on books, skipping paragraphs, reading several books at the same time, getting spoiled
I think all of those are frowned upon sometimes when they actually can help you stick with the habit.

There's also this book you can check out if you want to get more out of your reading (how to read a book, Goodreads). It might be a bit elitist but there's a few tools that are interesting to think about.

Lol rothfuss

There is nothing wrong with enyoing a book even if some other people didn't like it. Excluding some obvious cases of course.

Wouldn’t matter anyway, as the book is no longer coming out.

I’d stick to the websites of reputable institutions. For example, if you want diet advice, try the American Heart Association’s website. That will summarize the current state of the research in a format accessible to the general population.

Anyone writing books is making a living by selling something.

Inner 15yr old me still cries about this in my 30s 😭

Yep. Occasionally on Goodreads you’ll see entries for books in series that never came out because the publisher canceled them.

This is very cute.

When my eldest son - now 20 years old - was at primary school, I had a phone call asking if I could possibly bring him some lunch in as he had been too busy reading in the playground to get his dinner, and there was nothing left 😅

I still enjoyed the book and think about it sometimes 3 years after reading. Just at the time the outpouring of hate for it on this sub was excessive

It's been a while but I think I remember how to torrent