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JenlovesJT47
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We must take the time
to hone life‘s most important
skills and be prepared. 🤓

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #funny

lil1inblue 🙌 🙌 🙌 🙌 🙌 6h
dabbe Perfect haiku for the start of the school year. My district started this past Monday; can you believe it? 🩵💙🩵 5h
JenlovesJT47 @dabbe the past few months have completely flown by! Not looking forward to the epic traffic jams by the house once school starts (there‘s a private school right down the road, then the high school a little further 😵‍💫). Time flies! 🩵🩵🩵 4h
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ImperfectCJ
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This is from an email from author and biomechanist Katy Bowman, and I've verified the print and e-book numbers (https://thetechylife.com/how-much-money-does-amazon-take-from-book-sales/). Still looking for audiobook numbers as the linked article is less detailed on those. I also learned that Amazon controls 80% of book distribution in the US.

If you, like me, are alarmed by this, check out bookshop.org, libro.fm, and kobo.com for alternatives.

Tamra I love to support local shops & the library! 💕 1d
Amiable I‘m very proud to say that I‘ve never bought a book from Amazon. I distrusted Bezos from day one and refused to purchase books from there. 1d
lil1inblue I heard a rumor that kobo is working on compatibility with bookshop.org ebooks, so soon our kobo reads may benefit local bookshops! *crosses fingers* 1d
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ImperfectCJ I long ago quit buying books from Amazon, but it was in 2020 after getting one too many counterfeit/knock-off items after I'd done hours of research to order a specific brand that I cancelled my Prime membership. The only time my family orders anything through Amazon is when my kids get an Amazon gift card. I figure Amazon already has the money, no use in letting them keep it without sending something. 1d
ImperfectCJ I should probably get rid of my Goodreads account, but I've had it since well before Amazon bought them, and I feel so nostalgic. And I only use my Ring cameras as wildlife cams in my backyard, but I should probably get rid of those, too. 1d
ImperfectCJ @lil1inblue What lovely news! 🤞 1d
lil1inblue @ImperfectCJ This makes me so happy! 🥰 23h
Clare-Dragonfly @lil1inblue Ooh, that‘s so exciting! Thank you! 23h
Faranae I don't buy anything from Amazon if I can help it. I live in a kind of far-flung place, so this sometimes means Amazon is the only way a company serves my region, and then I mostly do without.

Incidentally, kobo e-readers can read regular epubs - kepubs work slightly better (and are easily converted to in calibre), and you can side-load any epub of pdf you want.

For GR: it's very easy to import your GR to StoryGraph or OpenLibrary!
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ImperfectCJ @Faranae I love StoryGraph! I actually don't use my GR anymore (haven't for several years), I just haven't deleted it yet. My fave thing about Kobo is how it's attached to Overdrive (and how it's more responsive than my old Paperwhite) 21h
GingerAntics This is precisely why I get all my audiobooks and ebooks from Apple Books or the library. I get physical copies from anyone but Amazon whenever possible. 21h
Suet624 It's important to keep pointing this out to folks who don't know this. Thank you. 19h
Tamra @ImperfectCJ I dumped GR for Storygraph and have no regrets. 19h
Ruthiella Yeah. I‘ve long stopped buying books from Amazon. Thriftbooks, Better World Books, Blackwell‘s for UK titles, Bookshop.org. There are so many other options. 19h
BarbaraBB I finally deleted my GR now. Storygraph is so much better but I still had that account 17h
AnnCrystal Wow 🥺📚💝. 12h
PuddleJumper That's terrible and yet unsurprising. I don't buy physical books from Amazon, I still use Kindle Unlimited. I'll need to research whether I can read other ebooks on my Kindle 11h
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Floresj
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Pickpick

This book celebrates those of us who believe that we should “dance in different disciplines”, meander in experiences, and not confuse a too early obsession with grit. In a time where year round and travel team youth sports have taken over, this is a testament to the value of learning and thinking from a wide range of disciplines and perspectives. Great book!

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Cosmos_Moon_River
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Pickpick

Good messages to help professionals, parents, teachers and kids not get stuck in positive or negative mindsets, either of which can cause people to be stuck and stagnant in life.

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Naturelandorganics
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JackOBotts
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#bookspin for July ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 2w
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Robotswithpersonality
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A fascinating look at the endlessly renewing, creative, flawed entity that is Marvel comics.
Howe does a great job of moving the historical account from its first moments, through the decades, hitting on pivotal people, creations and events, offering a lot of context with details of the comic book industry throughout the years, and the company's restructuring along that path, how Marvel shaped and was shaped, 1/?

Robotswithpersonality 2/? by the market, trends and traditions, the evolving zeitgeist.
I appreciate the honesty inherent in acknowledging the 'he said, she said, they said' when speaking of the early years, filtered through acrimony, law suits, careers that went awry. Also the ongoing attention paid to the tension between artists and writers looking for fulfilling, creative work over which they retained creative control and maybe even ownership, which could be
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Robotswithpersonality 3/? leveraged for a fair share of the profits, versus a business working to manage, distribute, merchandise products, content, in order to ensure there were profits, even while dealing with 'artistic temperaments' and blown deadlines.
It's no secret at this point that the artists, for decades, and even to this day, struggle to retain ownership of their work, even creative control, but it turns out the reality is even messier,
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Robotswithpersonality 4/? given the Marvel method of early days, given the endless back and forth with editors and executives. The revolving door to DC and independent comics and back again of so many contributors who were exhausted and embittered by corporate responses to the seemingly unsolvable problems of remaining relevant and retail-able to the buying public.
What I 'Marvel' at is honestly how the company stayed in business long enough to become an IP farm for
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Robotswithpersonality 5/? superhero movies.
Howe doesn't hesitate to lay out the dirty laundry in the text and the footnotes, but it doesn't feel salacious, rather that it is trying to honour the fact that amongst groundbreaking imagination and epic highs and lows of productivity, commercial success and critical acclaim, there was a constantly disorganized or constantly reorganized hierarchy trying to stay one step ahead of eternally toxic office politics and owner
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Robotswithpersonality 6/? expectations.
Aside from the truly wild moments excerpted from the psychedelic 60s, stoned 70s, and coked out 80s, what truly amused me were the times when Howe went direct to reader with the shade, no disgruntled intermediary required. There are evidently comic book moments known as just plain bad, and he does not hold back. 💅🏼
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Robotswithpersonality 7/7 I hope things continue to improve for the art and the people involved.
Now I really, really want to read a history of DC comics.
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Cosmos_Moon_River
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Pickpick

This was okay. Some good pointers for time management and accomplishing life goals.

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Sleepswithbooks
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So bummed that this pen holder is out of stock ☹️

ImperfectCJ Found it in stock on Etsy...in case you need an accomplice. https://www.etsy.com/listing/1026526790/book-vase-girls-who-dont-read-are-skanks 2w
AmyG Ha! 2w
lil1inblue OMG! I need this. 😂 2w
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RaeLovesToRead Does not deliver to United Kingdom 😭😭😭 2w
ImperfectCJ @RaeLovesToRead My spouse is going to be in London next week, and I asked him if he'd be interested in packing a few of these in his luggage for UK Littens He just gave me a look, so I'm guessing he's not up for it, unfortunately. 2w
Sleepswithbooks @ImperfectCJ - YESSSSSSS - You are the Nancy Drew of Bookish Things!!! 2w
Jess I have this holder (I use it to hold bookmarks) and can attest to its brilliance. I love it! 2w
RaeLovesToRead @ImperfectCJ Haha, aww bless you! Hope he has a good time. My Old Dutch on Holborn does the most amazing savoury pancakes if he wants his world rocking 2w
ImperfectCJ @RaeLovesToRead I've passed along your recommendation! It's a work trip, so I'm trying not to be jealous of him. (Mostly succeeding. Mostly.) 2w
Sleepswithbooks That is brilliant Jess! 2w
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Ladygodiva7
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This was a fascinating book on money from the Christian view, it is a map on how to save up money, pay off debts, and invest wisely. The Bible is quoted throughout the book, I learned there‘s 2,350 verses on how to handle money and possessions. Jesus Christ talked about money than almost any other subject. He knew money would be a challenge for all of us, and He cared enough to show us how to handle it wisely.

AnnCrystal 🤩🌸💝. 3w
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