Controversial
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Things Publishers Need to Stop Doing Before I Lose My Mind!
Sprayed Edges I love a special copy, one to beautifully display on my shelf with detailed artwork. However, the solid sprayed edges on every single copy… it’s giving tacky! I talked about how this diminishes the point of a sprayed edge, making books less special. It’s also usually not very well done and makes the…
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Some of the Biggest Regrets Your Favorite Authors Have Made – Writing and Publishing Are Always Changing!
Brandon Sanderson Brandon Sanderson, author of best sellers like The Way of Kings and Mistborn. A very beloved author who recently got approved for a TV adaption of the Cosmere. Hooray! However, he stated he has a regret that he will be changing a major detail in the upcoming series. In Mistborn, Vin, the main…
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Slow Down! Reading is about decompressing, Not Bargaining your Reading Goal!
Reading Goals Setting a reading goal is like a New Year’s resolution, but you likely have an app to remind you of your progress in that goal. Then when November and December come around you’re only half way there and now you’re speeding to get to your end goal, but did you actually enjoy it?…
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Quality vs Quantity – Book Publishers are Pounding the Bar into the Ground
Quantity and Trends Publishers started to follow trends that are being pushed by readers, usually found on Tiktok, to influence what comes to our shelves. Which means the trends that are super loved have become a checkmark on the list to get published. What are some of these trends? This is only scraping the top…
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Bookmark Alignment Chart, Are You Evil?
Disclaimer: This is all good fun and made from my own opinion. This is not intended to hurt anyone’s feelings or judge anyone. Embrace your alignment! The Alignment of Good! Lawful Good Book Ribbon, Special bookmarks(Sentence pointer, corners) Neutral Good Magnet Bookmarks Chaotic Good Thick bookmarks: Resin, Leather, Wood This category falls into book-intended items…
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Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil- Did 3 Sexy Lady Vampires Live Up to the Hype?
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab $17 average Amazon, KU NOT supported Genre: Fantasy Standalone Rated 3.95 Average on Goodreads My Rating: 3 Stars Snipet Bury our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab. A standalone fantasy series that has been marketed far and wide by the author. Did this…
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DNF – Was it ever that serious?
What does DNF mean? DNF is a common term used in the book community, meaning a reader “Did not finish” a book. This can be because they didn’t like the book, forgot about the book, lost the book, etc. More times than not, it’s because the reader disliked the book enough to put it down.…
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Do Sprayed Edges No Longer Feel Special?
When the trend started Sprayed edges go back to the 10th century to beautify books. It was originally used to protect books and manuscripts, sometimes identification. In today’s modern era, they are a stance of beauty and uniqueness in books. I believe the trend really started with book subscription boxes. During the pandemic, a lot…
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AI vs 3 Narrators: Not so Authentic Voices
What Do Narrators Say? At DragonSteel Nexus 2025, I sat down at a panel for audiobook narrators after initially talking to Jeff Hays, Audiobook storyteller for Dungeon Crawler Carl. In the panel, there was Kaleo Griffith and Jennifer Jill Araya, storytellers for Isle of the Emberdark and Jeff Hays for Dungeon Crawler Carl. In this…
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Required Reading: Is It Still Beneficial Today?
That’s subjective to each reader. I would have originally stated: No, because it’s not fit for all kinds of readers. Now, reflecting on this when I originally wrote it in 2022, I would say no way of required reading will fit every kind of reader or non reader to be “effective”. I am a reader…