This is also a great counter-argument for those agents who still insist they aren't paid to read queries... 😉

Mr Milkshake releasing his pent-up frustrations was an utter delight.

A glance at, for example, Kindle Unlimited might hint otherwise... With relatively few famous exceptions, readers care more about the product than the factory workers, irrespective of whether they're human or bots. Eventually, only the relatively wealthy will be able to afford human-authored books.

Also my first thought.
But my second was: Will readers in the near-future care who writes something, as long as it entertains, annoys or informs them? For example, news papers and sites contain reams of ever-changing content, but very few journalists are household names.

Wondering if "books" deserve to be licked to the same degree as boots, @scalzi.com. Maybe just some books.

Better a Nova than a Viva!

There was a Severance scene where myself and the person watching with me simultaneously exclaimed: "I've been in/driven one of those!"

Mine was a Chevrolet and hers was the Golf.

Sometimes it's weird being an outie...

It's like church bell ringing. Campanologists are mathematicians disguised as artists. Charles Dodgson was another classic literary example.

After their icky LOTR take and The Peripheral cancellation, I'm not holding out for a decent Culture revival.

There are two errors. First reported it 11 days ago, then mentioned it again to @titanbooks.bsky.social via Threads.

The proper copy is in the OP and below. I doubt the minor issue will put anyone off buying a great book!

You don't own Kindle eBooks. Your purchase gives you a licence to read the book. You accept the licence's T&Cs at purchase. If a licence is withdrawn you've broken terms if you still read the book. Copying licensed content to another device doesn't alter this (otherwise media piracy would be legal).

They might reanimate yesterday's trashed stacks as retrotechs in the future. A 1990s UX (with an ick WIMP UI) might be tomorrow's coolkid vibe. Except Goodreads. That's already retro++.

Yep, that's how it goes.

I've mentioned to Titan's Amazon metadata intern you didn't write a book called "Becky Chambers"... 🙄

Dear John: Like the parent who's given up on telling a teenager how they're going to fuck up their lives, we've been watching and waiting for America to find out all by themselves. Sometimes, learning the hard way is the only way to grow up.
Good luck,
Europe x