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It’s about all I was capable of doing :) Thanks, KE! Yes, the death of the mass-market paperback, eh? Pulls you up short, doesn’t it.

For those wondering how to pronounce the name Blathnaid (Full Set - Dublin based publishing house), it is Blo (as in blossom or blonde) - nid.

Today’s Book News Monday, 15th December 2025 Amazon loosens download rules for DRM‑free KDP e‑books From January 2026 Amazon will allow customers who buy Kindle books without digital rights management (DRM) to download files in EPUB or PDF...

Dude, ageist.

"The tragedy of old age is not that one is old, but that one is young." Oscar Wilde

Is that not called a very jealous chip on the shoulder?

Is that not called a very jealous chip on the shoulder?

Nope.

Gracious! "Mass‑market paperbacks are set to largely vanish from the US trade as ReaderLink will stop distributing them at the end of 2025. Publishers Weekly notes that unit sales have plunged from about 131 million in 2004 to roughly 21 million...

I thought this a curious thing too since I thought mass market paperbacks would be the first AI wave of books to be sent into the world. This makes me wonder if they aren't counting on the first AI books to be audio. Production costs are dirt...

For those wondering how to pronounce the name Blathnaid (Full Set - Dublin based publishing house), it is Blo (as in blossom or blonde) - nid.

Today’s Book News Saturday, 13th December 2025 Last Call for Mass Market Paperbacks Mass‑market paperbacks are set to largely vanish from the US trade as ReaderLink will stop distributing them at the end of 2025. Publishers Weekly notes that...

Princess Donut is hysterical!

Nope.

Nope.