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thebibliosphere · 2 months

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That last ask made me check my Ingram Spark rates because I couldn't remember some stuff, and in case you're wondering what book distribution in Australia is like right now:

Country: Australia Recommended price: $ 29.99 Retailer Discount: 40% Compensation to author: $ 0.15

A thirty dollar book, and the author is earning 15 cents.

So, yeah. If you're ever upset that you're favorite author isn't available down under, we're so sorry. This is why.

We're being gouged left, right and center by the industry, and it's honestly not much better for the rest of the world either.

I'm earning just under $4 per book on US sales ($2.80 on Amazon because, lol, I was so stressed with Ingram I forgot to update the Zon. Price changes are pending.) for a book, I was forced to mark up to $24.99 because Ingram Spark made the 40% discount to retailers mandatory* as well as increasing the fee they take, and if I'd kept my books at $17.99, they would have taken it off the market because I would have been earning negative dollars.

In the span of a single year, my book went from $14.99 to $17.99 to $24.99 because of "inflation." And I'm earning, uh, well, in some cases, 15 cents.

Capitalism 🌈✨🔪🔪🔪🔪🔪🔪

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*They are still pushing us to give retailers a 55% discount, or we won't be stocked in stores. Because, aha, fuck our lives, I guess. I also suspect Ingram are not actually giving that discount to retailers, but I can't prove it beyond a couple of book retailers reaching out to me and Ingram never acknowledged my emails, so doubly fuck my life I guess.

#book stuff #author stuff #indie author

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jonnywaistcoat · 2 months

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You are writing 2 seperate books about the horrors that are held within the london underground system do you have beef

Ah, I see where the confusion is: I've got a two-book contract, the first of which is for a book about the London underground, the second of which is about ????? (haven't fully decided yet). Not saying it's an impossibility that it is also about the underground (god knows I've experienced enough horror down there for two!) but I guess we'll have to wait and see.

#book stuff #to be fair #i fuckin love the underground actually #a legitimately awesome public transit system #but also #plenty of horror to be found

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annsthetically · 10 months

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new york is overwhelming at times. But, I will never get tired of exploring bookstores.

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aaeeart · 8 months

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i-should-be-sleeping™ BUT I desperately needed some shitpost Kanera

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mysharona1987 · 9 months

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#Books #library #cartoon #literature #books & libraries #book store #book stuff

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leojurand · 3 months

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funny thing about me reading all of peter wimsey and adoring it: i don't like mysteries. and this series didn't change my mind! i still didn't care much about the crime-solving in these books. that's not why i read them. i decided to try the series despite the genre because i always saw sayers's name mentioned at the same time as dunnett's, so i had to at least try. and what kept me going was the great writing and peter himself.

sayers had a gift for writing witty dialogue. if i had to think of an author who's on the same level as her when it comes to that, i would struggle. and you kinda need to be a master at writing witty dialogue if you have a main character like peter winsey. peter!! i think, while reading the series and talking about it on twitter, my most common reaction: peter my best friend :). one of the most lovable and maybe the most delightful protagonist i've ever had the pleasure of reading about.

i didn't always feel 100% connected to him. one of the things i dislike about mystery fiction is that (in my opinion) it's very episodic and so there's no overarching plot, and the characterization doesn't really take center stage. ask me about one favourite peter moment from bellona club or nine tailors and i could not tell you.

but the thing about this series is, it does end up having a sort of overarching plot that sees it's main characters grow and change and kinda gets them out of the "mystery of the week" formula that i think can make characterization stagnant. and that's the harriet vane storyline.

i can't tell how much better harriet makes peter (and i don't need to tell you because if you've read it, you know). seeing peter from the outside, or from the inside but in this situation that changes his priorities so much, was so good. their banter, their chemistry, their misunderstanding, the way harriet perceives peter, from her repressed feelings to her protectiveness and unconditional love. all of it makes peter a much more compelling character. not to say he wasn't before, because i adored peter from book 2 onwards. but harriet always brought the best in him.

i could say a million things more, but tl;dr is sayers has become one of my all time favourite authors, i will never forget peter wimsey, and i'm both incredibly happy to have read this series and so sad that it's over. now what :')

#book stuff #lord peter wimsey #busman's honeymoon my beloved

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onthesamepageeee · 5 months

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#pride and prejudice #jane austen #books #books & libraries #booklr #book stuff #love #mr darcy #lizzie bennet #fitzwilliam darcy #elizabeth bennet #literature #literary quotes

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hannahhook7744 · 5 months

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Known Descendants Stuff (Part 2);

Known Auradon Tv Show(s):

Toddlers Without Tiaras.

Auradon’s Classiest Home Videos.

Big Bling Theory.

Auradon’s Ninja Warriors.

Palaces and Coronations.

Trading Carpets.

Stranger thingamabobs.

My Fair Lady.

Chipped.

The Prince Is Right.

Aurora The Explorer.

The Young And The Crownless.

Little Dwarves, Big Giants.

The Great Auradon Bake Off.

Get Down With The Ballgown.

Real Princesses Of Charmingsville.

How I Met Your Fairy Godmother.

Known Auradon Tv Channel(s):

AAC.

ABS.

NAC.

WDA.

Good Deeds.

Fairy Planet.

Courtesy Central.

Kindness.

Bipidity.

Magic Network.

National Enchantment.

Princess Broadcasting.

Known Isle Tv Channel(s):

Evil Isle.

Known Isle Tv Show(s):

Judge Frollo.

Wharf Watch.

Cruella de Vil’s Coat Club.

Skin Deep With Mother Gothel.

Known Businesses:

Knuckle Punch.

The Market Place.

Pedro’s Meals For Eels.

Hook's Clock and Curiousity shop?

Known Punishment(s):

The Stocks.

Known Thing(s):

Human-Animal Translator Earpiece.

Stocks.

Centipedes in a bag.

Worms for sail.

Known Food(s):

Snake Eggs.

Seaweed Smoothie.

Stale Muffins.

Moldy Jelly Donuts.

Crepes.

Canned Cream Spinach.

Tongue Tinglers.

Banana Cream Pie.

Eel Tails.

Curdled Cream.

Rotten Apples.

Crab Apples.

Gruel.

Crusty oatmeal.

Known Class(es):

Accelerated Piracy.

Understanding Goblin Speech.

Chartering And Navigation.

Coin And Jewel Calculus.

Advanced Wickedness.

Under The Sea: Science Below The Surface.

History Of The Isle.

Known Social Media:

Auratube (YouTube).

Part 1.

#descendants #disney descendants #melissa de la cruz #disney #wicked world #descendants au #disney descendants au #book info #book stuff #word building #feel free to add #lists #list #part 2 #part of a series

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zodiac-rave · 2 years

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are u telling me the skeleton couldn’t carry it

#gideon the ninth #book stuff #please observe my dramatic scene redraw skills #tlt #my stuff

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dorcasmckinnonn · 7 months

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jude duarte screams if im smiling, run.

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eyra · 18 days

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is the book you're working on mlm or wlw or het? xx

the audacity of asking if I'd write a book where the main pairing was straight

#it's wlw my love #bisexuals and lesbians as far as the eye can see #book stuff #ask

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poppy-metal · 7 months

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i have a healthy completely normal reaction to men who act like this

#poppy speaks #book stuff #blushes n kicks my feet

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impala-dreamer · 7 months

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#books #booklr #booklaunch #authors #writing #new books #book stuff

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historicity-was-already-taken · 2 months

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underground jewish courier bela hazan got a job in grodno's gestapo office as translator, and then she took tema schneiderman there to visit her office over christmas. earlier, bela had lied to her gestapo boss and told him that her brother had died in vilna, so she could get some leave for the "funeral." and then she went to vilna to get updates in the mass murder operations in ponar, and deliver materials for document forgeries. when she got back to grodno the notice of her brother's death was still up in the gestapo office.

when tema was visiting, bela pointed out the notice, and tema laughed at it

in the gestapo office

during the holocaust

at christmastime

i love them

#book stuff #the CHUTZPAH

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theselkiesea · 8 months

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