I truly prefer reading actual books, turning the pages 🤷🏿♀️ no ebooks over here
December 14, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I truly prefer reading actual books, turning the pages 🤷🏿♀️ no ebooks over here
All my recent books went from hardcover to trade paperback and almost all of my backlist in mass market has now migrated to trade. The role of mass market paperbacks is now handled almost entirely by ebooks. I'm okay with this but it is the end of an era.
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Last Call for Mass Market Paperbacks
After years of steady sales declines, the format will largely disappear next year.
www.publishersweekly.com
December 14, 2025 at 9:04 PM
All my recent books went from hardcover to trade paperback and almost all of my backlist in mass market has now migrated to trade. The role of mass market paperbacks is now handled almost entirely by ebooks. I'm okay with this but it is the end of an era.
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
in a beautiful perfect world i’d be able to at will transform my ebooks into physical books and my physical books into ebooks. just whenever i want
December 12, 2025 at 7:32 PM
in a beautiful perfect world i’d be able to at will transform my ebooks into physical books and my physical books into ebooks. just whenever i want
You don't actually own ebooks; you rent them. This is going to make a problem.
December 14, 2025 at 9:24 PM
You don't actually own ebooks; you rent them. This is going to make a problem.
wish the shadow libraries i get ebooks from also had audiobooks
December 15, 2025 at 1:42 AM
wish the shadow libraries i get ebooks from also had audiobooks
the "books spoil, like milk" model has always been exhausting but we're like 20 years into the world of ebooks now, at some point you'd think we would rethink the model
Someday I will understand the logic behind "a book has made all the money it will ever make in the first week and after that we will ignore it as a weird little corpse till the end of our rights" but right now it just seems incredibly antithetical to what books are.
NEW: It’s not just readers that suffer due to Harlequin’s mismanagement of the' Heated Rivalry' books. Reid misses out on royalties, & booksellers miss out on commissions—which is especially painful during the holiday season when many small businesses make the bulk of their money.
December 11, 2025 at 10:12 PM
the "books spoil, like milk" model has always been exhausting but we're like 20 years into the world of ebooks now, at some point you'd think we would rethink the model
Was bored with grabbing my phone to read news in the morning so I started reading ebooks from the library in the early-morning hours before I get the kid up. The daily vibes are so much better this way.
December 13, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Was bored with grabbing my phone to read news in the morning so I started reading ebooks from the library in the early-morning hours before I get the kid up. The daily vibes are so much better this way.
I mean, you can even get digital audio books through @libro.fm and ebooks through @bookshop.org so what's even the point of that other online "bookstore?"
Just because you're staying in to avoid the snow today doesn't mean you can't shop local & independent. portersquarebooks.com does everything that other online bookstore does!
December 14, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I mean, you can even get digital audio books through @libro.fm and ebooks through @bookshop.org so what's even the point of that other online "bookstore?"
If AI gets to read all our ebooks the publishing solution is going to be to take all art offline.
No more ebooks. No more uploaded art on websites. No more streaming music.
If it's all physical, it can't feed AI... and it becomes hard for people to find. Which makes AI stuff easier to sell.
No more ebooks. No more uploaded art on websites. No more streaming music.
If it's all physical, it can't feed AI... and it becomes hard for people to find. Which makes AI stuff easier to sell.
December 14, 2025 at 3:43 AM
If AI gets to read all our ebooks the publishing solution is going to be to take all art offline.
No more ebooks. No more uploaded art on websites. No more streaming music.
If it's all physical, it can't feed AI... and it becomes hard for people to find. Which makes AI stuff easier to sell.
No more ebooks. No more uploaded art on websites. No more streaming music.
If it's all physical, it can't feed AI... and it becomes hard for people to find. Which makes AI stuff easier to sell.
ATTENTION READERS!
I'll be making a full post about this later, but I'm pulling my ebooks from Amazon Kindle.
If you have purchased them there, feel free to send a screenshot to klrauthor at gmail dot com.
I will send you unencrypted versions of all books you've purchased from me!
I'll be making a full post about this later, but I'm pulling my ebooks from Amazon Kindle.
If you have purchased them there, feel free to send a screenshot to klrauthor at gmail dot com.
I will send you unencrypted versions of all books you've purchased from me!
December 13, 2025 at 9:03 PM
ATTENTION READERS!
I'll be making a full post about this later, but I'm pulling my ebooks from Amazon Kindle.
If you have purchased them there, feel free to send a screenshot to klrauthor at gmail dot com.
I will send you unencrypted versions of all books you've purchased from me!
I'll be making a full post about this later, but I'm pulling my ebooks from Amazon Kindle.
If you have purchased them there, feel free to send a screenshot to klrauthor at gmail dot com.
I will send you unencrypted versions of all books you've purchased from me!
Killed by ebooks, it would seem.
December 14, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Killed by ebooks, it would seem.
as someone who mostly hates reading hardbacks, trade paperbacks and ebooks I do not welcome the demise of mass market paperbacks.
December 14, 2025 at 9:13 PM
as someone who mostly hates reading hardbacks, trade paperbacks and ebooks I do not welcome the demise of mass market paperbacks.
I didn’t know they were allowed to put links in library ebooks to try to make you purchase another book??
I will be reading the next one for free also, thanks
I will be reading the next one for free also, thanks
December 14, 2025 at 10:43 AM
I didn’t know they were allowed to put links in library ebooks to try to make you purchase another book??
I will be reading the next one for free also, thanks
I will be reading the next one for free also, thanks
(another important note: "in bookstores" doesn't include libraries, schools, or ebooks, so overall sales are probably about twice that)
December 11, 2025 at 4:28 PM
(another important note: "in bookstores" doesn't include libraries, schools, or ebooks, so overall sales are probably about twice that)
Fuuuck what a fuckkking autocarrot mist! EBOOKS, obviously 🙄
Arghgfrrr🤬
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December 13, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Fuuuck what a fuckkking autocarrot mist! EBOOKS, obviously 🙄
Arghgfrrr🤬
Arghgfrrr🤬
New sale on ebooks for the holidaaaay: itch.io/s/174134/han...
Hanukkah Sameach by Madison Rye Progress
A bundle by Madison Rye Progress, $47.00 for 11 games
itch.io
December 15, 2025 at 1:31 AM
New sale on ebooks for the holidaaaay: itch.io/s/174134/han...
Reminder - there are many sources for books other than Amazon if you cannot make it to a local shop or library.
I use a combo of betterworld/bookshops.org (physical online), eBooks/Kobo (digital), and Libro.fm (for audio).
And don't forget Libby is a fantastic library app.
I use a combo of betterworld/bookshops.org (physical online), eBooks/Kobo (digital), and Libro.fm (for audio).
And don't forget Libby is a fantastic library app.
Books I've read & enjoyed recently...
Brigands and Breadknives 🐭
Dungeon Crawler Carl 1-7 🦶
How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying (+ sequel) ⌛
Ring the Bells (Stranger Times 5) 🎅
Of Monsters and Mainframes 🐺
The Impossible Fortune 👵
Currently on: The Village Library Demon-Hunting Society.
Brigands and Breadknives 🐭
Dungeon Crawler Carl 1-7 🦶
How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying (+ sequel) ⌛
Ring the Bells (Stranger Times 5) 🎅
Of Monsters and Mainframes 🐺
The Impossible Fortune 👵
Currently on: The Village Library Demon-Hunting Society.
December 13, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Reminder - there are many sources for books other than Amazon if you cannot make it to a local shop or library.
I use a combo of betterworld/bookshops.org (physical online), eBooks/Kobo (digital), and Libro.fm (for audio).
And don't forget Libby is a fantastic library app.
I use a combo of betterworld/bookshops.org (physical online), eBooks/Kobo (digital), and Libro.fm (for audio).
And don't forget Libby is a fantastic library app.
Unpaginated ebooks are evil enough!
December 13, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Unpaginated ebooks are evil enough!
Amazon is making it so that people who buy our DRM-free ebooks can download the files as epub and PDF. I never have DRM on my ebooks. I am delighted readers will be able to get the files from more places.
Amazon is still evil, but this + allowing library distribution in KU is making me look at KU.
Amazon is still evil, but this + allowing library distribution in KU is making me look at KU.
December 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Amazon is making it so that people who buy our DRM-free ebooks can download the files as epub and PDF. I never have DRM on my ebooks. I am delighted readers will be able to get the files from more places.
Amazon is still evil, but this + allowing library distribution in KU is making me look at KU.
Amazon is still evil, but this + allowing library distribution in KU is making me look at KU.
Amazon PSA: Zon is now feeding Kindle ebooks into to a gen ai chatbot without author's consent.
Indie authors; the only way to opt out at this time is pulling your books from Zon
If you missed it, the Recap feature also involves feeding your book to gen ai: www.aboutamazon.com/news/books-a...
Indie authors; the only way to opt out at this time is pulling your books from Zon
If you missed it, the Recap feature also involves feeding your book to gen ai: www.aboutamazon.com/news/books-a...
Kindle's New Gen AI-Powered "Ask This Book" Feature Raises Rights Concerns - Writer Beware
In a recent press release, Amazon noted that some new features were coming to Kindle. We’re adding new AI-powered reading features that preserve the magic of reading on Kindle. Story So Far lets you c...
writerbeware.blog
December 14, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Amazon PSA: Zon is now feeding Kindle ebooks into to a gen ai chatbot without author's consent.
Indie authors; the only way to opt out at this time is pulling your books from Zon
If you missed it, the Recap feature also involves feeding your book to gen ai: www.aboutamazon.com/news/books-a...
Indie authors; the only way to opt out at this time is pulling your books from Zon
If you missed it, the Recap feature also involves feeding your book to gen ai: www.aboutamazon.com/news/books-a...
Katie is a PI, an actress wants kids, but not by her husband, and an MI5 guy takes a shine to Katie, who may or may not follow him to Italy.
To listen on .com Amazon amzn.to/4jsLRIn
If you have an #Audible subscription, it's adbl.co/4dRn7r1
eBooks at
#USA amzn.to/45fgsCS
#UK amzn.to/3Y0tvXj
To listen on .com Amazon amzn.to/4jsLRIn
If you have an #Audible subscription, it's adbl.co/4dRn7r1
eBooks at
#USA amzn.to/45fgsCS
#UK amzn.to/3Y0tvXj
December 13, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Katie is a PI, an actress wants kids, but not by her husband, and an MI5 guy takes a shine to Katie, who may or may not follow him to Italy.
To listen on .com Amazon amzn.to/4jsLRIn
If you have an #Audible subscription, it's adbl.co/4dRn7r1
eBooks at
#USA amzn.to/45fgsCS
#UK amzn.to/3Y0tvXj
To listen on .com Amazon amzn.to/4jsLRIn
If you have an #Audible subscription, it's adbl.co/4dRn7r1
eBooks at
#USA amzn.to/45fgsCS
#UK amzn.to/3Y0tvXj
In light of this, I'll be pulling all of my ebooks from Amazon at the end of the month and Woman of Sorrow and Blood will NOT be published in ebook on Amazon
I will still be distributing print books through Amazon because it's much easier/more cost effective than the alternatives
I will still be distributing print books through Amazon because it's much easier/more cost effective than the alternatives
December 12, 2025 at 7:30 PM
In light of this, I'll be pulling all of my ebooks from Amazon at the end of the month and Woman of Sorrow and Blood will NOT be published in ebook on Amazon
I will still be distributing print books through Amazon because it's much easier/more cost effective than the alternatives
I will still be distributing print books through Amazon because it's much easier/more cost effective than the alternatives
All the ebooks of these have no wait time until 1.1.26, looks like:
NY Public Library Best Books for Adults 2025 list includes The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones 🖤
@sgj.bsky.social
@sgj.bsky.social
www.nypl.org
December 10, 2025 at 5:08 AM
All the ebooks of these have no wait time until 1.1.26, looks like:
Rosings Cottage
Darcy and Elizabeth explore beyond the hedgerows and discover an enchanted cottage.
#MrDarcy #Regency #Romance #PrideAndPrejudice #Romancelandia #KindleUnlimited #eBooks #Books 📚💙
mybook.to/RosingsCottage
Darcy and Elizabeth explore beyond the hedgerows and discover an enchanted cottage.
#MrDarcy #Regency #Romance #PrideAndPrejudice #Romancelandia #KindleUnlimited #eBooks #Books 📚💙
mybook.to/RosingsCottage
December 13, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Rosings Cottage
Darcy and Elizabeth explore beyond the hedgerows and discover an enchanted cottage.
#MrDarcy #Regency #Romance #PrideAndPrejudice #Romancelandia #KindleUnlimited #eBooks #Books 📚💙
mybook.to/RosingsCottage
Darcy and Elizabeth explore beyond the hedgerows and discover an enchanted cottage.
#MrDarcy #Regency #Romance #PrideAndPrejudice #Romancelandia #KindleUnlimited #eBooks #Books 📚💙
mybook.to/RosingsCottage
Just found out Eerdmans has a lot of ebooks to borrow via hoopla.
December 15, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Just found out Eerdmans has a lot of ebooks to borrow via hoopla.