@pivic@bookstodon I hate Goodreads, I had an account in its early days and loved how I could add all the books I own to an online library, but a lot of the reviews are just mean. I deleted my account a long time ago. I've read about the recent review bomb campaigns against new authors and it's awful but not surprising. It's such a toxic culture there.
Facing pressure in India, Netflix and Amazon back down on daring films
In the last four years, a chill has swept through the streaming industry in India as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party tightened its grip on the country’s political discourse and the American technology platforms that host it.
I signed this, along with more than 160 Jewish leaders calling on #apple#disney#google & #amazon to stop doing business on Twitter. I encourage others to leave that platform & stop giving Musk any legitimacy by your presence. #antisemitismhttps://www.xouthate.org/
@bogiperson@bookstodon Not too long ago, I found two listings for a book I wanted to buy—the legit one and a counterfeit one (same author, different publisher, different page count). I mentioned it to the author here on Masto, we went back and forth about it for a bit while they figured out what was up. It looks like the counterfeit is gone now.
Still - as highlighted at the end of the article - the service will be terminated by November 1 for the legacy format *mobi. And I bet quite a few of us still have *mobi files on our drives or somewhere else.
Yes, yes - I know you can manually transfer files via cable. (Or by converting *mobi to *epub via 3rd party software.) Still, I think terminating this service is a bad business decision re: legacy users.
If an #ebook subscription service sounds like it might be for you, please consider supporting one that isn't owned by #Amazon, that exploits its dominant position to force authors into exclusivity deals preventing their work from being available elsewhere. There are alternatives to #KindleUnlimited, including (but not limited to) #KoboPlus. @bookstodon
I know this might seem an odd request, but I'd like to celebrate the removal of my first novel's #Kindle edition from #Amazon. It was published by a now-defunct small press that went out of business in early 2019 and orphaned a lot of books, so if anybody had bought the Kindle edition of Without Bloodshed since then I wouldn't have gotten paid.
I had a good idea about who I wanted Lauren to be when I started writing The Challenges of Being Me. She appeared as a character in a previous book of mine, and she was the one character I got overwhelmingly positive feedback in DMs back on the bird site and emails. I am so glad I got to dive into growing her character with this latest book.
I had a good idea about who I wanted Lauren to be when I started writing The Challenges of Being Me. She appeared as a character in a previous book of mine, and she was the one character I got overwhelmingly positive feedback in DMs back on the bird site and emails. I am so glad I got to dive into growing her character with this latest book.
Tues 11/14 - SCOTUS "Code" "of" "Ethics," Special Counsel Says Trump Wants a Carnival, BK Judge Ethics Fallout, NYC Real Estate Brokerage Sued and Amazon <3s Casino Apps
#SCOTUS adopts a nonbinding, voluntary, code of ethics, Special counsel says #Trump is trying to start a carnival in court, more bankruptcy judge ethics fallout, #NYC real estate brokerages and #Amazon sued.