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3.8: News: Get Outta Here
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3.8: News: Get Outta Here

Comic books finally hit phones – scroll through Gotham if you dare

Comics, poetry, and saying goodbye to Season 3.

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Warning: We curse in this episode. Dick Grayson is DC’s pinup boy and we’re not mad about it.

The news this week:

https://view.e.bookriot.com/?qs=a677d0d3b0be70c8f4462ba6f5262de712c5ffe6945a32f415b3648729e6fbb181d0699668adcd0281cc5b272f6659fe310502a54918dc7222243e862e975b2dcfaec1247d162c5df73be5a920343fcc442872aa04b3712c

Our favorite news section: marginalized peoples killin it in publishing

  • "Larson, a journalism professor at the University of Colorado, Boulder, spent nearly a decade examining how the unique aspects of Romancelandia led romance writers to thrive in the self-publishing era. A survey Larson conducted found the genre’s authors saw their median income surge 73% between 2009 and 2014, while the median income of all authors fell 42%. In the same period, the median income of romance authors of color increased 150%, compared to 63% for white writers." (https://janefriedman.com/romance-authors-thrive-in-the-self-publishing-era/)

Kali is reading some ASoIaF fanfic, and she’s loving it: https://archiveofourown.org/works/53155222/chapters/134498068

Timestamps

00:00 - Intro
03:51 - New Comics Format
10:35 - Pricier Comics Issues
18:18 - B&N Is OK
23:29 - Robot Poetry?
29:06 - Healing Fantasy
32:01 - Help Books Now
34:10 - Movie Book Inspo
37:59 - Celebrations
41:35 - Kali is Reading...
45:10 - Coda

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