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Just a quick note from your friendly neighborhood bookworm/indie author

if you use kindle for the majority of your library, they will be shutting down the function that allows you to download your files and transfer them via USB on the 26th of February. Which doesn't sound like a huge deal, but this also means that if a book is taken off Amazon for any reason—like it being banned—they can scrape it off your kindle as well. So maybe backup your library?

Edit: as an indie author I feel like I should make a small note that this is not an excuse to say “fuck Amazon I’ll just pirate my books”. Please don’t do that. No one’s reaction so far has been that but I’m begging you not to react that way. That doesn’t hurt Amazon it hurts authors.

Some alternatives are

- check and see if the author sells their books on other marketplaces. Hint: any not enlisted on Ku are probably wide

- check your library. If they’re not at your library request them.

- if all else fails, reach out to the author. I have 100% hunted down a way for my book to be available to a reader that couldn’t access it for whatever reason. And I’d do it again.

Just for the love of 🧀 don’t pirate them.

#please if you're in a country that has access to libraries #USE THEM

samimarkart

crustaceans wip

samimarkart

crustaceans finished ✔️

#BABIES #art

shortace

People who don't re-read books are so funny to me. "I know what happens"..?? Gurl I know what pizza tastes like, still gonna eat another one. I know what a rainbow looks like, you think that'll stop me running outside, camera in hand, to see the next one?

#i will physically combust if i miss my annual re-read of the secret history

sjdsjkdlskdas-deactivated202012

part of what makes tragedies tragic is the story being preventable from the outside but unpreventable from the inside

mysteryteacup

If they had done things differently they could have been happy, but to do things differently would require them to be someone else.

#they would be different characters in a different story #the tragedy of it all huh

blumenundpoesie

in dedication to summer rain and the smell of petrichor

#ahhhhhh <3

euphorial-docx

during the wga/sag-aftra strike, we may see:

film in other countries continuing as usual, but those actors/writers are NOT crossing picket lines! other countries unions often have rules where they can’t strike in solidarity with american unions.

new indie movies separate from hollywood studios. indie movies can continue as usual too, and may even use union actors if they follow certain guidelines and/or get permission from the union.

awards shows, although they might look different and may be postponed. if there are award shows during the strike, there’s a chance they will just be live conferences announcing winners with no celebrations attached.

celebrities will not be promoting their work during this time— that WOULD be crossing the picket line! yes, this includes social media. they can still post on social media, as long as it doesn’t pertain to their work.

a lot more reality tv. this happened the last time there was a writers strike, and it will certainly happen again.

actors will also not be able to campaign for awards. this awards season is going to be a strange one.

propaganda from hollywood. they are already trying to flip the narrative by claiming they can break the unions, but they can’t. the strikers have the power. stand with them for however long this takes!

#cillian murphy thanking God for the strike and walking away from the oppenheimer premiere #anyway!! solidarity with unions forever friends!!!!!!!#i hope this is the start of the collective resetting of art and pop culture #because it is: enough

lizvi

we need to popularize the term “mutual bait”, where you make a post with the sole purpose of a specific mutual interacting with it

#green light-ing mutuals now i see #tbf all my posts are for everyone because unless you see the post you wont see the tags #which is where the real party is

sarii-draws

Small meow meow

#the colors!!! the aesthetics!!#amazing........#house of the dragon #a song of ice and fire #fan art

cillianmurphy

INTERSTELLAR (2014) + letterboxd reviews | insp

#amazing #have i ever spoken here about how this film changed my worldview #anyway #interstellar

parloir-deactivated20160511

02.25.2016 Shakespeare & company + The Abbey bookshop, Paris

#books

snailfish-enthusiast

The wonderful Glass Octopus. Living at depths of around 3000 ft and only being about a foot long, these strange little creatures are rarely seen by scientists.