copyright is an outdated concept that commodifies writers’ labor turning it into something corporations can profit from more than the workers (writers) themselves. the idea that readers are stealing your work is capitalist propaganda. try alternative, independent publishing methods.

& many who do find you on free digital archive will go on to buy your books who otherwise would never have anyway

your publisher isn’t losing sales from those downloads. if anything, you’re gaining readers among people who probably have no other access to your books, & many who do find you on free digital archive will go on to buy your books who otherwise would never have.

munin by Aimee Celine Rivera / sea change by Jayaprakash Satyamurthy - book design, art, & layout by Adam David

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also, BOYCOTT FRANKFURT!

so for whatever little this is worth against JKR's billions & bigotry, i'm celebrating my birthday how i want—by doing what i can to help a creative work i actually love & believe in—made by creatives i also love & believe in—hopefully find its audience.

but over the years i've increasingly found it intolerable that the day, this day, the 31st of July, is better known & celebrated as Chief Transphobe Misogynist & all around awful person JK Rowling's birthday.

nope electoral politics will not save us thanks anyway