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"Don't use Libby because it costs libraries too much, pirate instead" is such a weird, anti-patron, anti-author take that somehow manages to also be anti-library, in my professional librarian-ass opinion.

It's well documented that pirating books negatively affects authors directly* in a way that pirating movies or TV shows doesn't affect actors or writers, so I will likely always be anti-book piracy unless there's absolutely, positively no other option (i.e. the book simply doesn't exist outside of online archives at all, or in a particular language).

Also, yeah, Libby and Hoopla licenses are really expensive, but libraries buy them SO THAT PATRONS CAN USE THEM. If you're gonna be pissed at anybody about this shitty state of affairs, be pissed at publishing companies and continue to use Libby or Hoopla at your library so we can continue to justify having it to our funding bodies.

One of the best ways to support your library having services you like is to USE THOSE SERVICES. Yes, even if they are expensive.

*Yes, this is a blog post, but it's a blog post filled with links to news articles. If you can click one link, you can click another.

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the curse of summer is buying and eating an inadvisable amount of fruit in single sittings.

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Instagram / Cara

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Mad about politics again

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Can I just say something honestly and very seriously to all you writers?

With the Internet going down the "nothing adult, no death, no nothing. Make it kid friendly" route,

Please don't ever stop making art or writing wips that are gruesome, horror, other things like that. Don't let the Internet sanitize how you wanna tell a story. Channel your rage into your art and keep going and don't give up

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call him bubonic the way he plagues me

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(via Instagram)

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FUCK. honestly just FUCK. We missed a very important day yesterday.

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Dude living downstairs has been loudly rapping for like 10 minutes, then suddenly did a high pitched scream, and now its silent down there

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Happy Fish Him Out Friday everyone

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In lesbingqiu aus it's very important that Liu mingyan is a super handsom tall quiet dude who wears a face mask everywhere and Shen Yuan thinks he's objectively the most perfect man ever and would be perfect for binghe and binghe wants him dead. Meanwhile Mingyan is himedanshing out and writing fanfiction of binghe and shen yuan scissoring

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very nice suggestions tumblr, thank you