It ends up feeling like they're trying to squeeze every penny out of trusting readers who used to use such extra special treatment as a barometer of quality before buying. Now instead of quality, long-standing books getting great hardcovers, it's every book trying to get you to buy multiple copies.

I know exactly what you mean. There are hyped up books where owning several fancy versions is the thing. And it's not that readers don't legitimately love the books. It's that it's also become another layer of marketing for certain genres instead of a fan extra for a beloved & acclaimed classic.

It's National Coming Out Day. It's also one hell of a time for all of us. I've struggled with what message I wanted to send today. So I'm just going with the truth: I'm glad you're here with us. 🖤🩶🤍💜

This is an incredible premise. Congratulations!

Very excited to share that my book about a trans teen being stalked by their pre-transition doppelganger sold to Macmillan at auction! Deadname is gonna haunt your dreams 🫀🪡

THIS. I need to know what the books are!! To hell with how it looks. Your beige room is boring anyway. But explain to me how the stacking of many beautiful, unique books is less appealing than beige conformity. If your color scheme is nothingness, feel free to miss me with that.

A reasonable excuse.

Nobody. Nobody. Nobody at all. Me: I'm still mad about that stupid trend of putting books backward on shelves. Seriously. I judge every single person who does/did this like I'm sitting on a Circuit bench, and I always will.

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If I built an AI lab and it went rogue and deleted all student loan information, I'm betting they'd suddenly figure out how to prosecute me.

Multiple authors, artists and representatives have told you your contracts are exploitative and are not in keeping with industry practices. You refuse to change them. Then OBVIOUSLY EXPLOITATION IS THE INTENTION AND THE POINT.

I would like to very slowly explain to the (many) people in my life that if going to the hospital would fix me, I would just do that and get fixed however, the word 'chronic' in chronic illness is kind of a big clue 🫩🫩

Ossoff: "I think Pete Hegseth is frankly a deeply unwell person who seems to relish this kind of brutality all the while he's running a department that is falling into chaos. The guy cannot run the military competently and is spending his time with this kind of obscene medieval spectacle."

Figuring out why Ossoff is so effective is an interesting task. I think he's mastering a kind of stern dignity that is uniquely compelling in contrast to the clownish cruelty of the other side. I think the other person who's kind of hit on the same thing is AOC, though in a different register

Yes exactly.