Without Libraries What Have We? We Have No Past And No Future.

Falling in Love with Hominids

Nalo Hopkinson (Brown Girl in the Ring, Skin Folk) has been widely hailed as a highly significant voice in Caribbean and American fiction...

I have read this and now I have to go find more by Nalo! 

Sunspot Jungle

In celebration of Rosarium's fifth anniversary, publisher Bill Campbell has collected a two-volume collection of 100 science fiction, fan...

I am reading Sunspot Jungle

"You are capable of anything because you are so bad at everything!" Everything Everywhere All At Once

How much does checking out books at a library help you, the author, if any?

Dear yriafehtivan,

Why thank you for asking. If you can’t afford my book, you can check it out from the library without any guilt.

Checking out library books in the U.S. helps me in two ways: I get a royalty from the book itself, and my publisher can have access to solid circulation numbers to let them know what demand looks like. 

Checking out library books in the UK helps me out even more, as the UK has a snazzy royalty that happens each time you check out a book.

But more importantly, checking out books from your local library keeps the library alive. Public libraries need those circulation numbers to continue funding, and I can’t stress how strongly I believe that libraries are a crucial way to make stories and education available to everyone. If you can’t afford a book, check one out — such an act means that you’re helping lots of readers who can’t afford books, not just yourself. 

urs,

Stiefvater

It’s still National Library Week. You should be especially nice to a librarian today, or tomorrow. Sometime this week, anyway. Probably the librarians would like tea. Or chocolates. Or a reliable source of funding.

Neil Gaiman (via ireadpastmybedtime)

ARGUING WITH FRONTLINE STAFF ABOUT PROPER CATALOGING

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The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Is Looking for a Librarian

Library demonstration at the British Library. Today at Midday.