I’m just looking for more people to follow who hold this belief. I recently made a comment on here on a quest that we as a community shouldn’t platform HP because of the harm JKR is doing to trans people like me and I’m being called a book burner for this when I never called for book burning. JKR enacts politically violence and has assaulted a trans woman (took upskirt photos of this woman) and I’m tired of being told I’m a book burner when I ask people not to platform for that. Her money she earns from HP is being used to hurt trans people like me. I just need other people to follow on here with the same beliefs because I’m tired and feeling ostracized in the book community for believing Trans lives matter more than a stupid book

I felt the need to make this post after recent bouts of new accounts following and then immediately unfollowing once I follow them back.

I love that PageBound is one space on the Internet where we can nerd out over books, annotations, and our TBRs.

Which is why this follow-unfollow tactic feels so out of place.

Let’s keep PB genuine. ♥️ Connect if you actually want to be open to new genres and books, and share reads and thoughts. If you’re looking to inflate a follow ratio, you’re missing the whole point of PB.

Hello Pagebound parents and anyone who cares for little ones that read board books!

When you take a board book from your local little free library do you typically do any kind of cleaning or disinfecting before giving it to your child? Would love to know how y’all go about it!

For me it depends on the condition of the book, like if there are lots of visible marks or wearing that could have been from biting

This post is obviously inspired by this recent post in the movie quest forum, but it's a small problem that I don't have a solution for yet.

So I work at a biiiiig bookshop as a help, and sadly we have a medium-to-big sized Harry Potter section with books, merch and candy. I can't do anything about that.

About my circumstances, I'm handling the customers at the cash register. Usually there's the option to check with the online shop and adjust the price of an item (downwards), which is something I haven't done so far for HP books/merch unless asked. I didn't want to encourage people to buy more stuff, but it also means a bigger win for the company 🫠 I don't feel like I'm in a position to say anything about the customer's purchase, either.

So how are you, if you're also working in the field, dealing with this situation? What are some of your (realistic, please, I like my job) suggestions? And please tell me I'm not the only one conflicted about this* 😭

*I couldn't care less about HP, there are much better wizard books out there (like Sorcery and Small Magics, if you're asking for a queer recommendation)

Edit: spelling mistake

Hey there, all you lurking authors! I have come for unsolicited advice. If you're not a writer but a beta reader, I'd love your input too.

I've been looking into how best to distribute my written works in an organized way to make it more convenient for both myself and readers. To be clear, this is beta reading and not ARC, still way earlier in the process! I want to keep a tighter audience and I'm purely looking for feedback to take back into the next revision.

In the past, I've just mass emailed PDF's, and I've run into issues--complaints about formatting, mobile-friendly options, version control, and even just exporting the right excerpts, and I'd love some advice on all of it so I can see what I'm doing right and what I'm doing [or not doing] that could be improved.

Are there any tips, tools, or online platforms (preferably ones that don't use AI, but subscription costs are okay) that you recommend for accomplishing this? I'd love to hear some advice so I can optimize the process a bit. Thanks!

And finally, if you're into beta reading, what works best for you when you're reviewing a new work? Are there any experiences that have been particularly irksome or wonderful?

I know October still feels far away, but time is flying, and if anyone needs to place a Libby hold, now is the time! 👀

For our October buddy read, we’ll be reading Married to the Alien Cowboy by Ursa Dax.

A quiet alien cowboy, a human woman on the run, and a marriage of convenience…because apparently regular cowboys weren’t enough. We’re taking this buddy read off-world. 🤠👽🍒

Add it to your TBR, place those holds, and get ready for cowboys, but make them extraterrestrial! Who’s joining us? 🛸

Genuinely - 8th sentence of the book and I learned something. What do you mean seaweed is algae??? KELP is algae?? I don't know why but this is revelatory information to me.

anyone else sometimes go ..oh i need more than 5 'My Taste' books? I was shuffling some of them around and realized I wish I had like 10, but that would be too bulky on my profile! I just love books too much and too many of them have redefined me over the years, some from my late childhood and early teen years to now in my starting adulthood age. There's just too many. So anyway I made a shelf of as many as I can think of.

Just curious if anyone else forgets about the my taste then randomly obsesses over it like I am?