#paperbooks

[omelettemyu]

That long-standing debate

[engagemythrusters]

i think the "character from futuristic society reads only paper books bc they're quirky and different" trope is stupid as fuck bc it's not really... a thing we even do now.

sorry, but I don't know of ANYONE in this era who goes out of their way to only read things from traditional vellum. and if they were, it's generally not because they're "not like other girls" or whatever...

[downthetubes]

Next issue of Paperbook Fanatic on course for release this month

The latest issue of The Paperback Fanatic, edited and published by Justin Marriott since 2007, will be published by the end of November

[gae-ta]

problem isn't that people don't know shit, it's that they think they know shit

[trusoulchristmas]

[megankoumori]

Amazon's new printing and royalty policy has forced me to increase my price on "Moon Face and the Dragons." Internet says a typical paperback goes for about $9.99; for now, I'm offering it at $8.75.

I'm extremely grateful for any and all support I get! Thank you!

[alceste99]

#portrait #Ka #dessin #acrylicandink #paperbook #helenecamus https://www.instagram.com/p/Cou4LVSIJKU/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[renrappinghood]

#coffeewithaspoon #paperbook #hardbackbooks #reading #spare not #heir (at Grampian Coffee House) https://www.instagram.com/p/CochP1aqZ-FKuGuEym2l16BZrPQ_5y_PmgOxQc0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[februaryfridayevents]

Radio Silence Reread

Hi everyone! You may remember that a few weeks ago I posted a poll about hosting a Radio Silence fandom reread/book club. My idea was to reread the book in sections together, share our thought and get some inspiration for the February Friday events. I had such a positive response so here's an update!

The reread will start on January 15th and run until January 31st, one week before the first February Friday event. I have given us two days to read each section with the dates in the image above. (Dates without the image will be in the read below)

*All page numbers are based on the paperbook UK edition of Radio Silence*

We can share our thoughts using the Radio Silence Book Club tag.

If you have any ideas, suggestions or questions reply to this post or send an ask!

Thank you!

Prologue/Summer Term A (01-43) - 15th Jan

Summer Term B (44-99) - 17th Jan

Summer Holidays A (100-159) - 19th Jan

Summer Holidays B (160-234) - 21st Jan

Autumn Term B (235-286) - 23rd Jan

Christmas Holidays (287-318) - 25th Jan

Spring Term A (319-354) - 27th Jan

Spring Term B (355-384) - 29th Jan

Spring Term C/Summer (385-403) - 31st Jan

[ringchollyandfriends]

My copy of "The Secret History of Kindness" just arrived!

Fingers crossed I can read this one (paperbooks are harder for me) and I'm looking forward to learning more about the book as I go!

[allpiesforourown]

you know what fuck it !! i'll channel my inner "erotic paperbook novel in the 90s with an oil painting cover" and write a beast peak disciple shen yuan monsterfucker fic

[luci-in-trenchcoats]

Somebody got a lil glow up... before and after!

The new Paperbook version (only a cover change) is now live!

Everything I Need

[girlbob-boypants]

you reminded me that the library i went to when i lived in the city had a bin where you can buy paperbooks for five cents and i opened one to check it out and had to read the lines "he rubbed her breasts, her nipples feeling neglected and like puppies begging to be petted" or something like that and it still makes me cackle when i randomly remember it. no i didnt buy anything <3

SHUT UP THATS EXACTLY WHAT I WAS THINKING OF IS THAT KIND OF STUFF

[aemarling]

I’m dancing-on-photons happy to reveal the cover by Rita Fei for my upcoming solarpunk novel, Murder in the Tool Library. You can pre-order it on this site as well as on some more mainstream ones. The paperbook will be available on Barnes and Noble closer to the release date on Dec 8th.

[kuiperblog]

It's still possible to find success later in life

I'm frequently shocked by the number of 19-year-olds saying some variation on "it's so over for me" or "I'm cooked" or however it is that the kids these days express that their best days are behind them.

On a certain level, would be easy for me to laugh at them. "19 is still so young!" my millennial peers might say. It's absurd for a literal teenager to feel like they're a washed-up "has-been."

But on another level, I understand why 19-year-olds feel "cooked" in a way that their older peers don't. College is often the stage of life where many come to realize that they've lost their "child prodigy" license.

Part of this comes from the fact that as you climb up the educational ladder, you're no longer a big fish in a small pond. The kid who was in the top 10% of their class in high school who gets into a "good university" will likely end up classmates who were also in the top 10% of their class in high school, and by the inevitability of mathematical necessity, half of those kids will realize that within this new context, they are below average. It can feel crushing to go from being the smartest kid in AP calc to being in the bottom quartile of your class.

And in a much more profound sense, it's the point in your life where you realize just how big the ocean is. High school graduation marks the last point in your life where you can get "perfect marks" by following the path of least resistance. I remember being in my senior year of college, listening to my fellow mechanical engineering students chattering about all of the various certifications they were studying for. I had never even heard about this -- "huh? Apparently some states require you to pass an exam to be certified as a 'Professional Engineer?' Is this something I need to study for?" It feels as if you're expected to suddenly know a lot of things that are outside the curriculum.

The thing I think we all eventually come to realize is that everyone is in this boat. Even some of the biggest success stories had "slow starts" while they took their time to figure things out.

So, in the spirit of offering encouragement to those young'uns and 19-year-old "has beens," here are some stories about famous people who didn't find success until later in life:

Sylvester Stallone

Sly Stallone's story truly is an inspirational overnight success story. Obviously, he's famous for being Rocky Balboa -- but when he showed up to the where Rocky won three Academy Awards, he was 30 years old. He didn't even finish writing the famous screenplay until he was 29 years old!

Tina Fey

Tina Fey made history as the first woman to become head writer of SNL, but she didn't achieve this until age 29. What's more, she had to grind for years to reach this point -- she first got hired to write for SNL at age 27.

Stephen King

Stephen King didn't sell his first novel (Carrie) until he was 26 years old. Up until that point, the only things he'd ever had published were short stories. What's more, he only got a $2,500 advance for Carrie -- he didn't really "make it" as a pro author until after the book came out and started selling gangbusters, with the paperbook rights selling for $400,000 -- this didn't happen until King was 27 years old!

Steve Jobs

Funny enough, I've seen a lot of people point to Steve Jobs as an example of an "early life success story" because Steve Jobs was a 21-year-old college drop-out when he co-founded Apple. And while it's true that Apple did have some early success stories, like the Apple II, the company didn't IPO until three years after that. After the IPO, his net worth was measured in hundreds of millions of dollars, but he had to grind until he was 25 years old to reach that point!

Jennifer Lawrence

A lot of people saw Jennifer Lawrence portray a teenage Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games and assumed that she was a teenage success story. Not so! JLaw was actually 21 years old at the time, proving that even if you don't achieve success in your teens, it's still not too late to achieve fame and success. She didn't even win an Academy Award for Best Actress until she was 22.

In short, if you're 19 years old, it's not "too late" for you. You are not "cooked." There's no reason to think you are too old or need to give up on your dreams and ambitions until you hit your early 30's, at which point if you haven't become a famous multimillionaire it's pretty much over for you.