You know when you go to your profile and then to the 'quests' tab and it lists all of your quests? Is there a way to reorganize your quest list (or is there another place you can see your quests in different orders) by how close to being finished they are?

i am looking for you guys' favourite reads that are either set in scotland or written by a scottish author! genre-wise, personally i am into literary fiction, fantasy and classics the most but if you also have anything else it will be highly appreciated<3

Since I am not american, and I didn‘t know abt ICE before last year, can an American give me some insight about the general public perception of ICE back in/before 2020? Were they always seen the way we do now or was it more of a „just another branch of police“ thing?

These three things seem certain. Since ARC Controversies are the only one pertinent to this site, I'm going to write about that one. I was thinking about this earlier, as the latest discussion of the topic made the rounds on social media and I posted my thoughts there:

I think authors who go after people who are trading or selling ARCs come out looking badly in most cases, and the reason for it is fairly simple. Copyright is a matter of public policy. It entails not only a private right but a public benefit (in fact, the latter is the main purpose of copyright, in the U.S.). A sort of bargain is struck between the public and the copyright holder. The copyright holder is granted an exclusive bundle of rights for a very long time (for example, their life PLUS 70 years more for their heirs) and in exchange the public also retains certain rights, such as Fair Use or, particularly pertinent here, rights under the First Sale Doctrine.

An author can't easily deprive the public of those First Sale Doctrine rights. Certainly, printing something on the front of or inside a work has been found inadequate in the courts.

Even an actual contract restricting sale or giveaways may be inadequate in most cases, where there isn't a 'true' license involved.

Most authors don't seem to get worked up over this, but there are a few now and again who are happy to take the long-term, robust rights granted to them under the Copyright Act while at the same time railing against others for exercising the rights reserved to the public. That doesn't give me a good view of that particular author. For some reason, it is almost always indie authors who get worked up over this, and I think there is a certain lack of professionalism involved (and, again, it's a small subset; most authors don't seem to get too exorcised over the subject).

In any event, I think the public and private rights/benefits of the copyright system are both important, so if people want to give away or sell ARCs, in most cases they're probably well within the public right to do so (in the U.S.) and shouldn't feel bad about it, imo.

ETA: I appreciate the discussion. IP and Policy are strong interests of mine and it's nice that people like to engage with it with a variety of backgrounds and opinions!

Just opened this app after updating and I am head over heels in love with how Midnight Mode looks. It feels so unique as far as Dark Mode concepts go, and I love how easy everything is on the eyes. I thoroughly enjoyed the default Standard Mode, but this version just takes it up several additional notches. I’m not afraid to go forth and never prefer the standard version again! Thank you endlessly, Lucy and Jennifer, for all your contributions towards this beautiful app <3

When you’re reading a book and sobbing your eyes out, who do you cuddle with? Show us a picture!!

(Yes, this is absolutely 100% me shamelessly posting a thread to see everyone’s pets. And if you cuddle a plant or a stuffed animal, show us those too! I’m not sorry for this post.)

This is definitely an intriguing read! The world building and magic system is excellent and I like the plot and characters, even if it is anxiety inducing a lot of the time! Very curious how it all will end