Um, any publisher that charges an author any money at all under any circumstances is not a legitimate publisher. They can take a chunk, a big chunk even, but the money always flows towards the author in legit publishing not away. The big problem is advertising, and advertising is why they're still in business, because publishers know how to do it and authors don't.

Edit: Also, a hundred thousand sales is astronomical.

edited 22nd Aug '12 1:37:30 PM by CDRW

No, I bought it online. Buying an ebook reader from a bricks and mortar shop seems a little ironic anyway.

Also, that dictonary song reminds me of the guy who decided to read the Encyclopedia Britanica cover to cover. I bet Twilight could do it way better.

Shady could've done it bette- *brick'd*

I get the majority of the books I purchase from thrift shops and book swap websites such as Bookmooch. I also go to this warehouse place in Baltimare called "The Book Thing". It is literally a warehouse FULL of books that you can just walk in and take, for free. Im doubting the publisher or author is making ANY money off of me when it comes to printed material.

They do make money off of me when I do buy the rare ebook though.

*goes back to reading an indie bundle Sci Fi ebook* Available here

edited 22nd Aug '12 1:52:54 PM by Turtlebutter

Guess who has too much time on their hands?

Awesome.

All right. I can't keep up with the thread anymore, so I'm thread hopping.

Another question - does the Ponyville library have official library cards? Maybe Twilight could go all crazy on someone who lost theirs.

Thread Hop

Wait, CDRW's back?

I don't think so. We've seen Twilight lend out books plenty of times without asking for a card.

Yup, so long as I promise to be good.

edited 22nd Aug '12 2:26:09 PM by CDRW

Well then, welcome back. Have a Derpy.

Welcome back, CDRW. (forgot to say it earlier)

Just got out of work. How's everybody? What's the topic?

Well, I'm not going on Derpibooru again until the mods get their collective ass in gear. I'm sick of seeing Bronyettiquite, poorly drawn scenes of ponies getting killed, and fake stories about how Bronies are monsters.

So, two days ago I've finally decided to check out the show. Those of you who know me from other parts, that doesn't mean I've finished a certain magical girl anime. Not even close. In actuality, I was brought here by the king of deadpan, one Harry Dresden, and a truly hilarious story by the title of The Dresden Fillies.

I've heard a lot of praise for this show, but I must say it hardly lives up to the level of reverence it receives. The plotlines are all painfully predictable, but that's kinda to be expected from an aesop show. Where it shines, however, is in the comedy department. The episodes are simply HILARIOUS!

I suppose it's a requirement of sorts to pick your favorite character, and for me that would be Fluttershy.

Welcome to the herd, Sinclair.

@Gex: I just looked through the first 100 images and saw 4 that fit those criteria. I think you're overstating the problem a bit.

@Sinclair: Welcome! I agree that the morals are probably the weak point of the show, although for the most part I can't fault the simplistic plotlines because I find most of the time they're executed rather well. And yeah, the show is hilarious.

edited 22nd Aug '12 3:25:59 PM by JapaneseTeeth

Fresh blood! Welcome!

Well, yeah, humans have a habit of overstating the negative. I guess I'll just use the option to hide tags.

Well, there goes my record for lack of typos. I forgot to capitalize the I in "I'll".

edited 22nd Aug '12 3:27:30 PM by SuperGex

Heh. It was ponies who got me into the Dresden Files (though I think I read the other crossover fic first). So we're even.

I really need to read The Dresden Files, I have the first book lying around but I just havent gotten around to reading it. Its odd, my workplace they look down on you more for bringing a book to your desk than bringing a tablet computer. Ive gotten told no books several times but they dont look twice at the tablet.

I can watch ponies on the sly on the tablet too :P

In my old workplace (before I quit because of college) you couldn't bring anything.

Or at least, I couldn't. My (female) coworkers could normally pull out their phones with no consequence, something that still makes me bitter.

edited 22nd Aug '12 3:36:00 PM by theLibrarian

I'm not sure of my work's policy on that sort of thing. I think I've seen people with books before... I imagine it's something to the effect of, "If you only pull it out at break and it's not a distraction, you're good". I mean, we're allowed food and drink and we're sitting around rigs that cost over a thousand dollars apiece, for goodness sake. I think a book should be allowed.

I get to bring whatever I want to work, so long as I don't ignore the customers. I use the downtime to practice my violin and to work on ideas for my pony fanfic.

edited 22nd Aug '12 3:50:26 PM by CDRW

Welcome sinclair! It's funny, the Dresden Fillies has been on my radar for a while now, but I've been avoiding it as I know nothing of the Dresden Files. Which is funny, because I rather enjoy the idea of a wizard paranormal detective.

of course, the important question now is, how far are you in the show?