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Boba Pearl posted:Good I agree, authorship should be a hobby for the rich, not something that poor people can meaningfully engage in.
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Mar 29, 2020 11:52
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Mar 29, 2020 11:56
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I don't need to read any more of your posts
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Mar 29, 2020 11:59
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Boba Pearl posted:Good Most authors are not JKR-famous or Stephen King-famous or even that one guy who wrote the same book twelve times and somehow got people to buy every single one famous. In fact, most authors usually don't write for a living because they don't get paid enough. Buy the goddamn books.
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Mar 29, 2020 12:00
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'eat the rich, but also stab my fellow poor folks in the back bc gently caress em' is a really great value system
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Mar 29, 2020 12:03
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The internet archive, and piracy are good. Also, support authors that you enjoy  
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Mar 29, 2020 12:07
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I'm in the process of pirating 80% of my books but because I don't want to haul them when I move I just found out one of my cookbooks has a note inside the cover to my mom, I guess it was a regift. Schadenfreude! Also Chuck Tingle books make a great white elephant. Oh the blushing faces you'll get!
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Mar 29, 2020 12:09
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ekuNNN posted:The internet archive, and piracy are good. Also, support authors that you enjoy I would like to move to the same sort of voluntary payment system for factory workers
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Mar 29, 2020 12:09
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Where’s that comic that’s likequote:“More people are using the library.” I thought it was a Family Circus strip, but Google doesn’t turn it up so perhaps I’m wrong.
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Mar 29, 2020 12:12
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Piss Meridian posted:I would like to move to the same sort of voluntary payment system for factory workers One day you'll write something worth stealing but it isn't today.
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Mar 29, 2020 12:21
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that angry author who is lame and doesn't like the incredibly radical archive.org apparently has me blocked on twitter??
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Mar 29, 2020 12:26
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Platystemon posted:Where’s that comic that’s like
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Mar 29, 2020 12:30
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the internet archive is good but if they are hosting stuff that isn't public domain that should be corrected
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Mar 29, 2020 12:56
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Mozi posted:the internet archive is good but if they are hosting stuff that isn't public domain that should be corrected It's this, but also Chuck Wendig is a giant dweeb.
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Mar 29, 2020 12:58
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bobjr posted:
it's illegal to post this without my PSP  e: was it a psp? I don't even remember
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Mar 29, 2020 13:00
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I'm of two minds because gently caress the way the publishing system is set up, authors should get more. I wanna tear that poo poo down but I don't really think stealing the fruits of someone's labor is the best solution, and in general people only think it's ok bc they devalue creative work at the very same time they're taking it bc they want it.
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Mar 29, 2020 13:00
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Mozi posted:the internet archive is good but if they are hosting stuff that isn't public domain that should be corrected They have a virtual lending service. Someone bought and donated a physical copy to the library. The Internet Archive will lend scans to patrons over the Internet. If more people want to read a book than there are bound tomes of that edition on the shelves, they have to wait.
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Mar 29, 2020 13:03
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Platystemon posted:They have a virtual lending service. B-but, they can b-borrow it for... FREE! And drat those used book stores!
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Mar 29, 2020 13:10
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Fun fact: libraries killed Blockbuster. Seriously. Video rental stores went out of business in large part because public libraries started carrying movies and letting people check them out. And libraries are free for residents.
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Mar 29, 2020 13:32
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Libraries are cool as hell
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Mar 29, 2020 13:33
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Cythereal posted:Fun fact: libraries killed Blockbuster. Uhhhhh nooooo this is not true at all. They got pushed out of the market bc their business was never really built to evolve or even handle basic competition, like Hollywood video. They were in trouble for much of their existence. There's a reason the founder sold it to Viacom in 1994, and it's because he already knew it wasn't viable long-term and was bailing while he could come out ahead. I mean poo poo, even pay-per-view threatened Blockbuster. It was never long for this world.
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Mar 29, 2020 13:53
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StrangersInTheNight posted:Uhhhhh nooooo this is not true at all. They got pushed out of the market bc their business was never really built to evolve or even handle basic competition, like Hollywood video. They were in trouble for much of their existence. There's a reason the founder sold it to Viacom in 1994, and it's because he already knew it wasn't viable long-term and was bailing while he could come out ahead. I mean poo poo, even pay-per-view threatened Blockbuster. It was never long for this world. Don't forget the massive tie up deal they were going to do for video-on-demand over the internet. In 2001. Partnered with Enron.
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Mar 29, 2020 14:03
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Those evil libraries
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Mar 29, 2020 14:10
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Libraries are great and I love them. In the move to digital we should've created new systems to pay creators that don't involve tracking every single individual purchase just to pay them a portion of a cent for it, but for some reason didn't and so here we are.
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Mar 29, 2020 14:16
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My dad's poor as hell but he's been able to write 2 books about the Civil War balloon corps since he retired that were purchased by about 150 balloon nerds and it makes him and them happy. None ended up in libraries or stores aside from about 10 at some civil war museum gift shop in SC.
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Mar 29, 2020 14:41
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Around here libraries record all borrowings and give a proportionate yearly sum to authors in compensation. Libraries also basically keep niche genres like poetry and specialist non-fiction alive because they make their material purchases on criteria that emphasize cultural importance alongside popular appeal and thus guarantee book sales to small publishers who focus on important but niche books. Libraries are very cool and you all should support them!
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Mar 29, 2020 14:46
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Handiklap posted:it's illegal to post this without my PSP I love this so much. The part where the line just goes off to the left is brilliant.
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Mar 29, 2020 15:23
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Cythereal posted:Fun fact: libraries killed Blockbuster. Fun fact, many libraries were lending movies decades before blockbuster shut down. Lots of things caused blockbuster to fail as have all been enumerated here, but the death blow was netflix.
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Mar 29, 2020 16:24
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And when she takes a leak in the morning it's like pulling apart a grilled cheese sandwich. EDIT: Wrong thread Pope Corky the IX fucked around with this message at 16:47 on Mar 29, 2020 |
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Mar 29, 2020 16:29
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The gently caress kind of libraries have you been going to?!
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Mar 29, 2020 16:33
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Aerdan posted:...that one guy who wrote the same book twelve times and somehow got people to buy every single one... 
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Mar 29, 2020 16:57
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I can't waste this opportunity to shamelessly plug my first gold-rated thread ever, it's an A/T about libraries. https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3872210 It started mostly about funny/bizarre stories about the oddball patrons I've dealt with, but now it's kind of a general A/T for both patrons and library staff. Come on over, it's free for everyone and no one gets paid! (The schad will be on me on me when no one comes over.) fake edit: and Pope Corky's mis-post would not be out of the realm of possibility there. Us library workers have seen some poo poo. Quite literally, in some instances.
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Mar 29, 2020 17:04
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Pope Corky the IX posted:And when she takes a leak in the morning it's like pulling apart a grilled cheese sandwich. Not sure I want to know what the right thread was.
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Mar 29, 2020 17:06
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Canuckistan posted:Not sure I want to know what the right thread was. Is there a poetry thread?
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Mar 29, 2020 17:12
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Baron von Eevl posted:Fun fact, many libraries were lending movies decades before blockbuster shut down. Lots of things caused blockbuster to fail as have all been enumerated here, but the death blow was netflix. Redbox, surely.
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Mar 29, 2020 17:24
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Book piracy is horseshit UNTIL we have a UBI We need more voices than those of the idol rich reaching people and writing is about the only form of expression accessible to the poor
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Mar 29, 2020 18:49
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Pope Corky the IX posted:And when she takes a leak in the morning it's like pulling apart a grilled cheese sandwich. Where does this fall in the Dewey Decimal System?
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Mar 29, 2020 19:02
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The Bloop posted:Book piracy is horseshit UNTIL we have a UBI Anyone who struggles financially should pirate everything imo If you have disposable income then you should support people who make stuff you like.
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Mar 29, 2020 19:07
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Digital books aren't real anyway lmao.
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Mar 29, 2020 19:08
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Gotta make sure all the crabs stay in the bucket.
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