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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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Just accidentally deleted the one fic i've been working on for so long on google docs and now i've got to rewrite it again :')

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i meant to be a casual fan but it ended up ruining my life

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You don’t understand, I am CRAZY over him-

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Once again, end your NYT subscription

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your kidnapper verbally detailing their sick fantasies to you and then very softly saying come here

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No offense but minors will parade around trying to protect a fictional character and then go insert themselves into porn spaces and hard kinks. girl go save yourself you're the child in danger

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Finally watched through my winow and WHEW

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脱悪役令嬢をしましたが一途よしよし系ヤンデレ殿下は望んだ平和を与えません

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"AO3 doesn't need a "dislike" button"

Um, actually, it already has one. Depending on your specs, it might look a little different but over all it looks kinda like this:

You can find it at the corner of your screen, which corner is dependent on your layout.

Anyway, if you dislike a fic, you can hit this Dislike Button until the fic goes away. It really is pretty amazing actually.