good times, noodle salad

modvinnie. Fandom old. I have a thing for leather jackets and dreamy dresses. I checked in to this Hotel California hellsite in 2009 and have loved a lot of fandoms over the years. Welcome to the madhouse.

[ladysisyphus]

I did this to help illustrate a point I'm making in a different post, but I feel it's relevant above and beyond that specific context.

[texasbama]

THE ROOKIE 8.18 'The Bandit'

[modernvintage]

AND THEY LIVED HAPPILY EVER AFTER

[usersweets]

[usersweets]

she makes me feel loved in a way i never thought i deserved

[thebibliosphere]

Opening my author email these days really is just some variation of "hello influencer, we have noticed your [product] and that you are very good at it. We would like to talk to you about a way you can expand your audience using our unique subscription service training people how to self publish there book," and that's great and all, but I'm doing that shit for free.

[thebibliosphere]

Anyway, in light of Draft2Digital implementing fees for new authors or authors who do not make the yearly threshold of sales (I get why they're doing it, and it's still less expensive than Ingram by a country mile. But it still sucks for the people affected by it and it will drive more people to Amazon :/), you can publish your digital media directly through Kobo.

They do not offer paperbacks or hardbacks at this time.

But their digital market has the same e-book and audio market reach as D2D/Ingram and allows for library lending. So if you are an indie author who was mostly using D2D for that library access, and for whom the maintenance fees would be prohibitive against your earnings, you can use Kobo for free.

I haven't used it, because I'm not affected by the D2D fees and I didn't want to mess up my market listings by having duplicates, but when I heard about the D2D fees, I started researching so I could hopefully find a free alternative with comparable market reach. And good old Kobo was there.

Anyway. Hope that helps someone.

[thebibliosphere]

Also, to any authors still using Kindle Unlimited, I'd highly suggested thinking about moving over the Kobo+.

It allows for the same subscription model as KU, but doesn't enforce an exclusivity clause, so you can still mass sell through the global market and also be hosted in libraries.

I know it seems risky when KU is so established, but Kobo+ subscriptions are increasing quite a bit as even the most stalwart of Kindle fans get sick of Amazon, and my Kobo+ numbers are starting to eclipse Kindle, which is delightful.

The more we as authors push readers to Kobo+, the more freedom we'll have, so I think it's a worthwhile endeavor, for us and them.

Anyway, that's your two bits of free indie advice for the weekend.

[unspeakablearchives]

[chenslucy]

"they were friends for many years before they realized that they were in love, and even after that, there were struggles, and there were forces that threatened to tear them apart, but they overcame those obstacles." - the rookie; dead ringer (8.17)

[livelovecaliforniadreams]

Tim Helping Angela Pick A Wedding Dress → Angela Helping Tim Pick Out A Ring

[idle-arcus]

#our radio

[thememedaddy]

[lacetulle]

Cucculelli Shaheen | Electric Cosmos

[omgthatdress]

oh my GOD Rose Byrne's dress is stunning. I'm going to need a close-up of those flowers? Is that just embroidery or beading? It's just so gorgeous and elegant. THIS BITCH BETTER WIN EVERYTHING TONIGHT!

[themakeupbrush]

Zuhair Murad Couture 2025

[loveforlukeynewts]

Flawless my dear!! 🔥

[allblognamesaretakenso]

[buckisthatyou]

i was scrolling down his ig to find the dubsmash video of him and winter soldier stunt double singing minion song but i found these sweet photos of his girlfriend instead. this is what i meant by boyfriend sebastian because damn boy you post aesthetic pictures of your girlfriend to show to the world 😍😍 and i love how she is not looking at the camera so it is like sebastian just randomly takes her photos because he feels like “wow what an angel” :’)

[depsidase]

[trapny]

This is more inspirational than I think it was originally intended to be