#support your local bookstore

[palmtreepalmtree]

Not necessarily sharing this to solicit donations - I know my followers are from all over and this is very much a Valley institution - but the reporting on this story totally sucks otherwise. My heart aches about this. The Iliad is a secondhand bookstore (it used to be located right next to the Odyssey Video). An absolutely lovely place to shop for books, to read, to relax. Thankfully the two shopcats, Zeus and Apollo, are unharmed. Hopefully the books will be alright too.

The owner thinks the attack might have been motivated by antisemitism but he says the flyers left behind were mostly nonsense. The LAFD is investigating, so we'll see what comes of it.

#support your local bookstore

[thirtheenprimes]

Hey I got physical copies of some of the Murderbot novellas (my favorite local queer bookshop only had Network Effect and Rogue Protocol I'm going back later to see if they got the rest in) because I have 0 chill. I use my Nook for reading 99% of the time, I find I just read more/better with it and it's very convenient for starting new books right after I finish one.

But when I love a book so much, I also want the physical copies. I love the smell, I miss reading physical books, and it's easier to convince others to read if you can just loan them yours. I got all of the Locked Tomb, I've got my favorite Transformers books, and a few others.

The Murderbot novellas (hardbackl are so fucking pleasant! The book jackets are the most pleasant texture I have ever felt on a book jacket! They are such a pleasant size and shape! They fit in my purse!

#yes i own every murderbot ebook #yes i have access to the audiobooks #yes i will soon have all of them physical copy too #no it isnt a smart financial decision right now #yes i am obsessed with just holding books holding them in my lap or my hands #this is my emotional support lap-book that i may or may not actually be reading right now #i dont want to read them until i get asr #murderbot diaries #support your local bookstore #especially if theyre queer

[2bpencilornot2b]

What kind of books/novels do you enjoy?

#support your local library #local library #public library #support your local artist #support your local bookstore #dc comics #art #artists on tumblr #drawing #fashion #fashion art #fashion illustration #fashion is art #fashion model #how to draw #i love art #i love fashion #traditional art #tumblr draw #reading #long reads #read more #read books #read novels #read comics #comicbooks

[gratefulfrog]

#book store #independent bookstore #read #support your local bookstore

[fangtastic-vampyra]

buying books & reading books..two different hobbies.

#books and reading #books & libraries #books #bookstagram #bookstores #reading #used books #currently reading #book recommendations #booklr #comic books #library #support your local library #public libraries #school libraries #libraries #librarians #bookblr #book quotes

[eunnieboo]

IT’S FINALLY HAPPENING!! ✨

hi everyone, i’m so excited to share the cover and release date for If You’ll Have Me!

IYHM is my debut graphic novel, a YA sapphic romcom about insecurities, growth, and the tender uncertainty of new love. it’s the kind of story i wanted to read in college - something sweet, comforting, and a little silly too. i can’t wait for you to discover who these girls are and what makes them fit together so well ❤️

the book comes out october 17, 2023 and you can preorder it right now!!

#if you'll have me #momo gardner #priscilla giang #graphic novel #wlw #art #thank you so much everyone #this was truly a labor of love and im so anxious and excited to see it go out into the world #i think some links have yet to go live but i can personally vouch for bookshop and indiebound! support your local bookstore if you can~

[milesbutterball]

#eat diverse foods #eat a salad 🥗 #eat real chocolate #the story of the human body #daniel lieberman #books are great #support your local bookstore

[chucklepea-hotpot]

#supportyourlocalbookstores schließt thalia-buchhandlungen übrigens aus

#german stuff #support your local bookstores #support your locals

[a-big-apple]

ok locked tomb fam, we’re getting closer to october and the original release date for Alecto, and i’ve been seeing an uptick in anxious/aggravated fans in the tags wondering when we’ll get any new info. waiting is very hard, i feel it too, so i wanted to share some things i have gleaned about publishing through a masters degree and a decade of bookselling!

the book is not coming out in october. the marketing would have started months ago if it was—and there’s no way that the final book in a series as on the radar as TLT would have less marketing than the previous books did. the galley isn’t out there yet either, as far as i’ve seen. i think a fall or winter release is extremely unlikely at this point.

book publishing, for the most part, is not willy nilly. marketing has to thread the needle between starting too early (risking losing the attention of the casually interested) and starting too late to build a good buzz. release dates have to take into account what other books are coming out at the same time—not just what Tor is putting out, but likely what their parent company, macmillan, is putting out. i know this is capitalism at work, but this is the system we live in: they don’t want similar or similarly big books in the same company or imprint competing with each other, it can hurt sales all around. 

Tamsyn said in an interview back in december ‘22 that Alecto was written, but editing had not begun yet. editing takes a lot of time, and marketing steps are frequently linked up—announcing a release date hinges on how close the book is to being ready, especially since the original release date is no longer applicable, and getting books ready for print takes a lot of time and a lot of steps!

the biggest times of year for book releases, especially highly anticipated books, are Oct/Nov before holiday shopping starts, and Mar/Apr/May. obviously that’s not true for every book, but this is a big book for Tor, and big books get better spots in the release calendar. if i had to make an educated guess, i would wager Alecto will probably come out in spring ‘24, and we won’t start to see announcements or marketing until after the official release of the Nona paperback on Sept 12. again, this is sales driven: news about Alecto could muddy the waters for the Nona paperback and impede sales, especially since there’s new content in there. i think it’s likely we’ll hear something a little later in the fall.

i’m not as plugged into publishing as i used to be, so i am fully prepared to be wrong about any of this—it’s just assumptions based on what i’ve experienced of the book industry.

either way though, a point i want to make is that nobody at Tor is witholding information from us maliciously. there are a million moving parts in making and marketing a book (and i’m sorry, but huge Hollywood movie releases that are topically resonant but not actually related do not have any effect on publishing schedules). most of those moving parts are human beings: Tamsyn, trying to tie up the series under enormous pressure, still during a pandemic; her editor, who has other books to edit at the same time, and surely wants to do this work justice; Moira Quirk, hopefully, bringing her genius to recording the audiobook; copy editors, designers, marketing people, all of whom are people, many of whom are overworked and underpaid in an industry that is largely not unionized. 

they’re not trying to fuck with us. i understand where these impulses come from, but getting angry, begging, pestering, none of that is going to change the plain fact that you can’t market a book until you have an almost-ready book, and Alecto is one that Tor will want to put the best tactics and timing behind. be patient a little longer. fuck corporations and capitalism, but have empathy for the individuals who will put Alecto in our hands from within a very flawed system. Tor has a long and successful history in speculative fiction publishing, they know what they’re doing.

#the locked tomb #alecto the ninth #and while i'm here #support your local indie bookstores! #support your local libraries! #peace and love on planet earth

[vexy-hexy]

I want to remind readers/book lovers (myself included) that while collecting books is fun, it's also not really good and is another way capitalism gets you

Books are getting really expensive nowadays, and you're eventually going to run out of space, and you may not even LIKE some of the books in your collection, but you still spent a good amount of money on that book you now see as a waste of time and money

My advice is to go to your local library (if you can. I'm aware that not all libraries across the world are as fortunate as the ones near me). Read the library copy, and only if you REALLY like the book, then get a copy for yourself, but check local used bookstores or thrift stores if it's been out for a while for much less than what you'd pay at Barnes and Nobles or Coles

On that note, if you are done with books and they are in good condition, please donate them to the libraries or to used bookstores (some used bookstores will also pay you a small amount or give you store credit for the books you bring in)

I'm still working on getting out of the claws of capitalism and supporting my community/local stores when I can, and I advise other people to do the same if you are able to

#capitalism #fuck capitalism #books #booklr #book collecting #bookblr #support your local library #support used bookstores #used books #used bookstore #support your community #libraries are important

[khadgarfield]

Object I purchased today from a 2nd hand book shop!! 😘✌️🎉

#i went in there bc i am trying to hunt down a series of paperbacks from the 80s-90s #and instead this is sitting there on the display shelf like a gift from the universe #i LOVE this book i can't even #long live physical media and support your local small bookstores ok!!!

[lushthemagicdragon]

I understand the appeal of wanting to get in on the Dracula Daily hype, and finally having a great communal way to read a book that doesn’t require you to sit down and carve time out of your schedule. I really do. But I think it’s important to note that Dracula Daily, while a LOT OF FUN, is not in the order that Stoker wrote it in. Chronological is fun if you’ve read this book before. The book is BETTER in the way Stoker actually wrote it.

The first time you read Dracula shouldn’t be Dracula Daily, it should be in the original order, to really get the full effect of what Stoker is doing here! 

#dracula daily #Support your local bookstore! Go buy a copy and read it in its original order! #Then come read dracula daily and enjoy it Chronologically! #Part of Stoker's brilliance is in the format!

[bleepblopbloop56]

I love finding things other peoples used as bookmarks in library books. An old receipt, a peice of a cereal box, a scrap peice of math homework. Most recently i found a peice of packaging from a pack of socks. Its so sweet like... Why didnt you finish the book? Look how far you got. Look at this random person ill never know, leaving a little present for the next person. For me. I hope you enjoy the next book friend

#i. love. the public liBRARY! #im tired of bookstores. and audible everyone fuck off #library didnt have what you want? check to see if it has an ILL #get the most out of that library card as you possibly can #this blog proudly supports your local library

[reaperlight]

My Free Comic Book Day haul:

My not free comics haul:

Also books (also not free, but I had a gift certificate and was in the neighborhood so...)

Shout out to Matt's Cavalcade of Comics and The Bookbin (and their bookstore cats)!

#free comic book day 2023 #free comic book day #comics #books #fcbd 2023 #venom #spiderman #spider-man #batman #star wars #star trek #avengers #xmen #umbrella acedmy #gargoyles #black panther #Matt's Cavalcade of Comics #the Bookbin #support your local comics shop #support your local bookstores

[greaseonmymouth]

I can't believe people haven't learned anything from the internet archive case.

maybe don't break the law? like? if nothing else, please learn that?

there are ways to make books accessible to the wider public that doesn't involve CRIME. the internet archive was in breach of the law. they made a bad choice and are now acting surprised about it, and are trying to get people to donate to them to appeal a case that frankly they shouldn't win, because they broke the law.

there are also people encouraging to show support to the internet archive by....further breaking the law. actively encouraging pirating and torrenting books. guys. seriously?

public libraries make books accessible to the public because they paid for the book from the publishers who published it, and through that license are entitled to loan out the book. the internet archive did not such thing. the did not have permission to make the books accessible. the internet archive is now in danger of shutting down through their own bad choices and not because the publishers suing them are villains whose only motivation is to destroy them.

i am frankly mad that the internet archive did this in the first place, as somebody who relied on them and their wayback machine very heavily during the research and writing of my dissertation in 2020 (about digital publishing nonetheless) and to find out that they'd digitised and released a bunch of in-copyright books without permission at the same time... we might lose a valuable resource because they fucked up. they. fucked. up.

#please understand copyright law before you paint the copyright holders as the villains please. #if you want to support access to literature then use your local library and/or buy a book from your local independent bookstore

[milesbutterball]

#delancey place #awesome #books are great #support your local bookstore