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[aimmyarrowshigh]

Panfandom Hanukkah Bingo 2023 @hanukkahbingo

U4. Winter - Annie Edison @ AO3. Annie doesn't make any decisions lightly.

[afriendofmara]

The moment you think scammers can't get any more intrusive is the moment you open the work email to see a "book inquiry" full of a spam email. They made an account on a reputable website, and then are 'inquiring' after books and using the service to spread their filth. What the fuck. What the fuck. I need to kill Amazon for their entire business, but I need to kill Alibris' current bout of spammers. I need to strangle them with my bare hands. Theres not enough rage in the world for me to throw at them. What the Fuck you guys.

[zeehasablog]

My book of poetry "Le Tournesol and other poems" is available to buy online from a number of different worldwide sites!

My website My Poetry Twitter/X

[idontmindifuforgetme]

darling girl where did u buy "blaming the victims"?

I bought a new copy from the b&n I usually study at!! I would’ve been happy to buy it used from an indie bookstore, but I actually wanted it brand new so that I could annotate it. I know it’s also available at Target, online for a lower price on Alibris, or at used bookstores near you if you wanna buy it secondhand. I’ve already verified that none of these brands are on the BDS list btw.

Taking this opportunity to plug the No Thanks app, bc I’ve been routinely using it to check whether a brand is on the boycott list (and it hasn’t missed so far). Be ethical w ur consumerism <3

[provokedgoalie]

[victusinveritas]

Bookshop.org is also out there and pretty great. As a former bookseller (16 years in the trade), I'm a big fan of Alibris, and I'm still a bit pissed about abebooks being swallowed by Amazon and turning to shit. If you want the absolute lowest price for used books (or to figure out how to price things for sale), I recommend bookfinder.com, which allows you to get into the nitty gritty with a lot of little search functions, though you can also just whack in an author or title and see what pops up. It does offer links for things like Amazon, Ebay, and Abebooks, but it also gives you thriftbooks and alibris links.

use, and i cannot stress this enough, thriftbooks

[philsmeatylegss]

To everyone in red states where book bans are likely to take place soon, here’s some lists for you <3

As a history student going into library science, people way under hype how crazy book banning is

A follow up post I beg you to also read.

Multiple lists of books already banned in schools/libraries or ones that likely will be:

Banned Books Week 2024: 100 of the Most Challenged Books

Banned Books: Top 100

Banned Book List

Colorado Banned Book List

The Complete List of Banned & Challenged Books by State

Banned Books from the University of Pennsylvia Online Books Page

Top 10 Most Challenged Books in 2023

PEN America Index Of School Book Bans – 2023-2024

Challenged and Banned Books

Places to order books other than Amazon:

Internet Archive (free)

Libby (free with library card)

Thrift Books

Book Outlet

BookBub

Abe Books (owned by Amazon)

Half Price Books

Barnes & Noble

Better World Books

PangoBooks

Book Finder

Goodwillbooks

Alibris

Places to support that fight against book banning:

American Library Association

Unite Against Banned Books

National Coalition Against Censorship

PEN America

There’s a reason politicians fight so hard to limit knowledge and it should scare you.

Some recs below based on reviews I’ve seen

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sing by Maya Angelou

The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

This Book is Gay by Juno Dawson

George by Alex Gino

Looking for Alaska by John Green

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

All Boys Aren't Blue by George Matthew Johnson

Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe

All American Boys by Jason Reynolds

And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

The Color Purple by Alice Walker

Flamer by Mike Curato

Let's Talk About It: The Teen's Guide to Sex, Relationships, and Being a Human by Erika Moen and Matthew Nolan

Lawn Boy by Jonathan Evison

This Day in June by Gayle E. Pitman

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews

Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Ibram X. Kendi and Jason Reynolds

Sex is a Funny Word by Cory Silverberg

Prince & Knight by Daniel Haack

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

Drama by Raina Telgemeier

This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon

I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sanchez

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie

Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi

Beloved by Toni Morrison

[autobotdrift]

alibris.com is an alternative to thriftbooks that compares books' prices across multiple websites (ebay, thriftbooks, others) and in all my years of using it it has almost always had the cheapest prices on books. there was just one instance where ebay itself had a better deal. you have to compare the prices with the shipping in mind but it's a really reliable site!!

👏🏾Education 👏🏾is 👏🏾a 👏🏾right,👏🏾 not👏🏾 a👏🏾 service 👏🏾

Pass along and use the shit out of them

[kaccvcate]

where do you find literature about indigenous groups in america? i'm trying to learn about my taino ancestry, but i don't know where to start. i have a book containing artifacts from puerto rico and managed to find a site by the Jatibonicu Tainos in pr, but im thirsting for more knowledge that isn't written by a bot or whatever.

this is the site in question btw. very early web 2.0 but it's a good starting point for me, and just in case you're interested. https://www.taino-tribe.org/

I'm not Taino so I don't know if this will work for you. Basically I started on this website:

https://www.native-languages.org/

and I bought a couple books they recommended from the used book market Alibris (a top tier website.) Unfortunately I haven't been able to afford most of what I want to read. Within those books were references to other published writers. I've barely scratched the surface of anything so I'm not an expert by any means.

The earliest sources are written by racists but they were the least racist people of their time period so it's often very depressing. They'll describe these beautiful utopian societies and then just call everyone retarded animals for no reason. I think lots of white people still feel this way and don't say it out loud, judging by how many "friends" I have to quit speaking to.

[lewiswis]

☆Meadowlark Ocs with my friend Nash, messy Dump!! JellyMoth🩵🤎(Vivian & Alibris)

[fourdiagnosesinatrenchcoat]

Bought this used copy of Guards! Guards! (thanks, Seattle Good Will and alibris!) and there is just one page with annotations, in the same color pen as the previous owner's name on the front cover.

I cannot figure out what this was intended to point out or emphasize.

[liminalmemories21]

Lim! It’s me! I request 8 please 🥺

So, umm, I got a little carried away?

There'd been a shelf of cookbooks in the condo, before it burned down.  Cookbooks that Carlos had bought when he was in college and experimenting with learning how to make Indian food and Thai food and pasta from scratch, books he'd bought at school fundraisers and church Christmas markets, books he'd been given as housewarming presents when he moved into the condo.  

When he moved into the loft he realized that Carlos had never replaced them, and even though Carlos hadn't left a space for them in the kitchen, he felt like he could see it anyway, where they would have sat.

He goes on a quest after that.  Some of them are easy to replace from alibris or bookfinder: the 1964 edition of the Joy of Cooking - because apparently the new edition had fucked around with all the recipes, Carlos's words, not his, and he'd stared at Carlos shocked when he'd said it because Carlos doesn't swear all that often unless he's in bed; a soup cookbook from some celebrity chef from the 90s that he's seen Carlos make exactly two recipes out of; a copy of the Silver Palate cookbook that someone at work had given him at a holiday gift exchange.

The church cookbooks and Junior League cookbooks are harder to find, and he takes to scouring second hand bookstores and antique stores and thrift shops on his days off when Carlos is at work.  Sometimes he drags Nancy or Marjan or Paul with him.  

"Why are we doing this?" Nancy grouses once.  "I've never seen Carlos use a recipe for anything."

"That's not the point," he snaps, and Nancy backs off with sympathetic eyes.

And, it isn't.  The point is that this is something Carlos had lost that he could maybe give back.  He's never going to be able to replace the pie bird that Carlos bought at the farmer's market when he was 12, or the old wooden rolling pin that had been his abuela's, worn smooth with time and use, or the butter molds his cousin Anna had brought him back from a trip to France.  But this, is something he can do.

It takes longer than he expects, and he ends up with more books than had been in Carlos's collection originally.  But he hadn't been able to resist them, the ones with cheery titles like "Nightingales in the Kitchen" and "Charlottesville: Cooking for Compliments", or the ones filled with someone else's handwritten edits that say things like 'never make this again' or 'add orange juice' or 'your husband will thank you'.

He meant to wait for Carlos's birthday, but he gets impatient, and packs them all in a banker's box and sticks a huge red bow on it, and makes brisket for dinner.  Carlos sniffs appreciatively when he comes home, and doesn't even notice the box on the table until he's coming back from hanging up his coat.

Carlos looks at him, clearly trying to remember if he's forgotten something, and he shakes his head.  "No reason, baby, just because."

"It's not a lizard is it?"

He snorts.  "I wouldn't do that to you, I promise.  You'll like this."

Carlos lifts the books out slowly, turning them over in his hand, stacking them up on the table.  He finally looks at TK.  'I had these at the condo."  He nods. "You bought them for me?"  He nods again, worrying his lip a little, suddenly nervous.  "Why?"

"You kept them, they meant something to you, they had memories for you.  I hate that you lost everything."  He waves a hand when Carlos starts to deny it, or point out that TK did too.  "I know, I was there too, I lost things too.  But, I'd only just moved in, I still had stuff at Dad's.  That was a home you built, and you lost it, and we don't talk about it."  He shifts on his feet, fidgeting with the couch cushion.  "We don't have to talk about it now, just, I wanted you to have something back."  He gestures around the loft. "You give me so much.  You deserve to have everything too."

Carlos kneels up on the couch, wrapping arms around him, kissing him breathless.  He smiles into the kiss.  "You like them then?"

"I love them."  Carlos kisses him again.  "I love you."  And then he pulls back to look speculatively at the kitchen.  "We'll have to rearrange some of the cups to make space for them."

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Where to buy raws and manga

Updated: With the anime coming (MON) October 7, 2024 and Volume 8 being released in English September 2024, and Volume 9 coming April 2025, we are reaching the end of canon content. Please support the mangaka if you are able by purchasing physicals and voicing your support for the work where you can.

How do I support something when I can't even get it?

It can take a little work. Ask your local bookstore to stock Yakuza Fiance: Raise Wa Tanin Ga Ii, special order the manga where possible (bookstores pay attention to enthusiastic fans who place special orders), put in requests on websites, reach out to your local manga publishing companies.

Hi fellow Raise fans! Thank you for the follows and reblogs. Can't say enough how much we appreciate knowing our work, however imperfect, is appreciated. We will keep doing our best!

While you wait for the next update, and if you can afford to do so, we hope you'll consider purchasing the raws or physicals of the manga. It's so good that it's worth owning, we think, and if you can afford it you won't regret it!

With that in mind, we have some resources for you.

Please note: These are not affiliate links and clicking on them does not benefit us in anyway. This is for you in case you are inclined or are able to buy this fantastic manga!

Physicals

Please note:

Volumes 1-8 are now available for purchase

Volume 9 April 2025

Earlier volumes are often discounted up to 25%. Click bolded text to be taken directly to RWTGI book pages or other helpful information as noted.

Barnes & Noble Amazon Seven Seas Publishing (the license owner) Penguin Random House Pika Edition (French)

Note: We know RWTGI is also licensed in Spanish and Korean among other languages but we do not know the publishing houses. If you do, please comment and if not please be patient while we update.

Kinokuniya is a Japanese bookseller with locations in 12 countries (includes the UK, southeast Asia, Australia, and the US). They carry Japanese and licensed English volumes. Pre-orders can sometimes come with a premium like an art sketch. Click for locations worldwide. They ship!

Secondhand volumes are available on Walmart's site, Thriftbooks, and Alibris. They are also available from various eBay sellers.

While you're at it, consider getting a copy of Konishi's first work, Haru no Noroi (or Haru's Curse) It's a great story and a heartstring-tugging read.

Digital

For Japanese: Click on the bold underlined text links and enable your browser to translate. If you are using Chrome there is a free translation extension in the Microsoft store.

For a monthly manga subscription: Kodansha Afternoon has a really nice monthly magazine which includes Raise and other manga.

For single chapters: Kodansha has the COMIC DAYS site. New members get 100 coins to start-- each chapter is between 60 and 80 coins. Chapter 1 is free and more recent chapters are free for a short time a few months after their release.

For ENG (US only):

For single chapters: Kodansha's app K MANGA. One of our friends on the RWTGI fandom Discord tested it and you can get the first 9 chapters for free, another 3 for free around 13-14, and every month or so they unlock another chapter. For $1 you get 99 tickets to 'rent' a chapter (like you own it but you can only read it on the app, isn't Digital Rights Management fun?), you can also 'earn' tickets each time you log in, and currently they have a promotion going.

Unfortunately this is only available to US residents as of this writing. If you have Twitter, give Kodansha a shout and let them know what complete bollocks/bullshit this is: KMANGA_KODANSHA

Here's where we cover our asses!

Don't repost our work, don't retranslate it, don't make us another casualty of copyright law. Kakao and other publishers are currently cracking down on 'M' scanlator sites and doxing site admins.

So please: Be chill so we can just enjoy this thing together. Thanks!

Happy shopping and thanks for your support! 💞

[gwinny5k]

yes you can have a copy of Inventing Accuracy: A Historical Sociology of Nuclear Missile Guidance but the only copies that still exist are *checks Alibris* right around Washington DC and Seal Beach. no reason

[motivateandinspiretoday]

Merry Christmas from J.W. Worsham and family! We wish each of you a Merry Christmas. When looking for a local Mississippi author, we would love to share this Brothers Divided with you. It is available online at Walmart, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, iTunes Better World Books, Book Depository, Alibris, Books a Million, and it's downloadable for Kindle, Nook, and iBooks. Order your copy today. Thank you for your support. MERRY CHRISTMAS.

Jon and Jake grew up in a small town in Mississippi where everyone knows everyone. Most everyone in the town went to church on Sunday mornings while they were growing up. When the brothers got older and left town, things in the small town began to change. Jon got married and moved back to the small town with his wife and young son. He came back to help out on the family farm. He was enjoying life with his family. Jake made it big in Las Vegas by working as a casino floor manager. He was living the high life. One day, his boss offered him the chance of a lifetime, but he would have to move back to the small town. This move could be more costly than Jake ever imagined.

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