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This is a good time to remind everyone that in order for a series to be finished, it has to sell. If you don't buy the books in the series you want to read/pirate them instead, the chances of you never getting the next book from the author, or the series being finished, grows, and it's not small growth. The number of Stephen Kings who can afford to not have you buy their book because you'd rather pirate/wait for a series to be finished is minimal. Most authors need you to buy their books so that they can give you more, and not just because they need to earn a living (they do).
To put it simply, publishers buy books with advances, and the publisher cares only about your book selling enough to earn out that advance. They may give you the next book in a series before it does, but now you have two books that have to earn back their advance. And if they don't? Well, they're not profitable. Why would a company keep buying something that will only lose them money?
See, most of the time the problem isn't authors going 'well no one is reading this, so I might as well not write it', it's publishers going 'well no one's buying this, so it's a waste of our money and resouces, so we're not publishing more of this'. You need to understand this if you want to keep reading books.
If you want a series to continue or an author to write more, you cannot pirate books, and you cannot wait for a series to be finished to buy the first book. And if you do, you're not allowed to complain about series being cancelled or how there are no new interesting books coming out, because you are part of the problem.
just saw someone reviewing the erin hunter books like, ‘they should publish the whole series at once, i don’t want to wait a whole year to read it’. like babe i hate to break it to you but,,,, go touch some grass and think about your relationship with consumerism okay, because it’s gotten really weird on you
#yes I'm very passionate about this#I also know that the average reader doesn't know how the industry works#and that's by design btw#but yeah#buy the first book in the series#it's not like you have to read it immediately#it can just sit on your shelf until you've bought the entire series#writing
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Perfect organism
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#xenomorph#alien#alien fanart#xenomorphs#aliens#alien 1979#hr giger#giger#horror#scifi#monster#teratophillia#terato#artists on tumblr#art#illustration#digital art#doodle#sketch#character design#fanart#my art#New brush yay!! Love the texture#Btw it's a he... If you peep closely 👁️
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Olwen, the Unicorn 👑
#drawing#digital art#fantasy art#character design#oc#illustration#unicorn#faun#finished her in time for artfight!#original character#any pronouns are okay btw#olwen
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Fluttershy grapples with the realization that she is, in fact a monster fucker.
meanwhile in Discord's brain:
#fluttercord#fluttershy#discord#mlp#my little pony#strangeart#the balloon animal designs are based off official figures btw
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Keep thinking about that one scene in secret life
#it was so silly i've had this visualised in my head for ages#actually sick of this comic now tho the colouring made me question tf I've been doing for 10 years#anyway#the sillies#not set on any of these designs btw and Scott isn't in his band outfit BC he isn't part of it yet in the series#which is the excuse I'm using bc I haven't solidified that design yet#tag time#secret life#life series#scott smajor#smajor1995#trafficblr#jimmy solidarity#goodtimeswithscar#this probably the second comic I've ever finished ever so#IM LEARNING OK#fandumb fanart#ALSO ALSO guess where I got the death messages the
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I made this a couple of months ago but. hack your 3ds. do it right now.
#my art#graphic design#3ds#3ds hack#hi everyone ill make new content soon sowwy ive been moving#the real reason im posting this is so i can link it from my neocities#oh i have a neocities btw. check out my main blog for that info
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raiding the fridge AGAIN
#last one of the OP shenanigans for now#I remember sanji asking nami multiple times for a lock for the fridge (and then finally getting it when they got the sunny)#btw every time I look up sanji's pre timeskip's model sheet for ref I SWOON#the design is just so charming#one piece#monkey d luffy#luffy#sanji#op#o0kawaii0o
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ive been wanting to design the mane 6 from mlp for a while now
and i did it and ill definitely do the other casts as well
#the design for pinkie and rarity was inspired by camo_thy btw!!#mlp fim#mlp g4#mlp#mlp fanart#mlp art#mlp redesign#applejack#twilight sparkle#rainbow dash#pinkie pie#mlp pinkie#pinkie art#fluttershy#rarity#spike mlp#mlp spike#mlp fluttershy#mlp rainbow dash#mlp twilight sparkle#mlp applejack#mlp rarity#art#fanart#artists on tumblr#cesar art real#artwork
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New FNAF clown Jackie from secret of the Mimic!!
#myart#chloesimagination#comic#fnaf#five nights at freddy's#michael afton#fnaf jackie#circus baby#Ennard#the mimic#paper pals#fnaf eleanor#sister location#fazbear frights#secret of the mimic#ALL THE stuff coming out from PAX is so cool#I wish I was there to peep it myself BUT maybe next time pff#ALL THE secret of the mimic info is super neat#it has a demo there it seems it does take place in the 70s#IN a toy factory btw#but the biggest drop is of course Jackie#the animatronic that was in the SOTM trailer#now having a fully realized design#she’s like a jack in the box! her arms can extent#obviously I had to draw Jackie immediately#I LOVE her design#she joins all the other fnaf clowns in the series ❤️#rip to Michael and the other fnaf protagonists though pff#I’m super curious how Jackie plays into everything but I can’t wait#love the silly clown girl ❤️❤️❤️
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remember to smooch your orphan best friend TODAY!
#golden trio#harry potter#ron weasley#hermione granger#the golden trio#harry potter fanart#harry potter art#hp fanart#golden trio era#not poly trio btw!!! just some power of friendship stuff#artists on tumblr#my art#illustration#character design
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[oc] THE SUNNY SHOW 🌻📺
#oc#original character#concept art#concept design#art#digital art#digital illustration#artists on tumblr#character design#the truman show#truman x oc#this is a redraw of my old truman x oc art btw!#this ones more lively and happier than the old one#kinda intentional mwehehe
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i'd rather be falling with you! :)
#mel art#murder drones#fallinw ith you makingm e feel shit bru;h#not nuzi but. you know the deal#for reach!#nuzi#sigh#n murder drones#uzi doorman#serial designation n#SCHEDULED BTW im not awake rn LOL#... also you're allowed to tag this with nuzi/enzi any of your ship tags for them. it doesnt bother me!!! <3 :)
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Welcome to Preservation! we have nice people and even nicer murderbots.
#it's Amena's graduation day because i said so#cranked this thing out after i woke up at noon. i was possessed by something i think#it was fun to think up outfits for everyone. i humbly becken u to look at amena's graduation cafgan#wtf bharadwaj why u in that heavy coat it's hot out#pin lee gifted that rice hat to volescu btw.#i subject ratthi to being the kind of person to wear socks in sandals. sorry ratthi#uuuh#the murderbot diaries#murderbot#illustration#character design#art#character art#artists on tumblr#wigglybunfish
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my friends and i watched the parkour movies in one sitting-
#turns out we are not immune to parkour. instant fixation#emf my beloved !!! he’s literally just a void guy with a crown but he has so many design possibilities augh#the gender ever#parkour civilization#parkciv#mcyt#evbo#emf#evbo’s master friend#my doodles#sopuuart#edit: those are netherite boots not leather btw!! probably should’ve used greys tho oopsie
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[Day 321] 💜
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Ok Listen somehow my pieces get harder to explain every time. um. uh. my friend suggested lineless kissing art then we went insane, then they suggested watcher grian and secret life scar so uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh👍i had fun HASJKDAEHWEJ
#dddaily4sherin#scarian#trafficshipping#watcher grian#my art#IDK MAN LMAO#also i winged (pun not intended) watcher grians design on the spot. there is not a design theres only blobs LMAO#i had fun painting tho :3#maybe u guys can make sense of this bc my fried brain cant rn HAHSHAWEHA#and btw this is technically in front of the secret keeper. u can see a tiny bit of grass and the outline of one of the blocks
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1 week no posts and I make this
#art#roger's art#fanart#portal#portal 2#portal fanart#portal 2 fanart#glados#portal glados#portal chell#portal wheatley#chell#wheatley#kinda laughed but now I serioused is it funny or not#valve#ooh btw showcasing human glados design even though it’s been done 457373 times#chelldos
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