Books and book politics
Aug. 12th, 2007 02:25 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
riariHere's some fun.
Bookstore Chain Puts the Screws On Small Publishers
This is all in Australia, but I must say, Mr. Rakusin's reply letter is the absolute best and polite way I've seen of saying "screw you." Thanks to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
cleolinda for linking to it.
And for the not so great news, concerning the most recent kerfluffle (like that word) with LiveJournal and their new policy, I have to make new journals elsewhere to follow the communities I read. I'm still staying on LJ, because all of y'all are here. There are also communities that aren't moving yet. I'm definitely letting my paid account lapse though. I agree that this is their company and they can definitely do whatever they want. I don't agree with their methods as much though.
(You'll also note that said new policy is only located on the![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
lj_biz journal latest post, and note: even linking to anything deemed such will get you suspended if reported, but that's mentioned somewhere in the five thousand comments. (Unless they changed the TOS behind our backs again.) Though having a paid account renewal might not be the greatest thing in January if I for some reason don't have a job yet.)
I'm under the same name at GreatestJournal and InsaneJournal. (Though the last one is not liking the current installation of Java on my machine. Every click on their page causes an error.) It's sad but I do follow parts of Harry Potter fandom who seem to be getting hit harder than most. So to keep reading, new journals elsewhere.
Now, off to see Stardust!
Bookstore Chain Puts the Screws On Small Publishers
This is all in Australia, but I must say, Mr. Rakusin's reply letter is the absolute best and polite way I've seen of saying "screw you." Thanks to
cleolinda for linking to it.And for the not so great news, concerning the most recent kerfluffle (like that word) with LiveJournal and their new policy, I have to make new journals elsewhere to follow the communities I read. I'm still staying on LJ, because all of y'all are here. There are also communities that aren't moving yet. I'm definitely letting my paid account lapse though. I agree that this is their company and they can definitely do whatever they want. I don't agree with their methods as much though.
(You'll also note that said new policy is only located on the
lj_biz journal latest post, and note: even linking to anything deemed such will get you suspended if reported, but that's mentioned somewhere in the five thousand comments. (Unless they changed the TOS behind our backs again.) Though having a paid account renewal might not be the greatest thing in January if I for some reason don't have a job yet.)I'm under the same name at GreatestJournal and InsaneJournal. (Though the last one is not liking the current installation of Java on my machine. Every click on their page causes an error.) It's sad but I do follow parts of Harry Potter fandom who seem to be getting hit harder than most. So to keep reading, new journals elsewhere.
Now, off to see Stardust!
