Mastodawn

I got an email today from ACX (the audiobook production platform) to say they are unilaterally changing the contract terms for how royalties are paid.

Authors need to opt into the new plan by the end of the year. Or else they will not receive any further payments. And neither will their narrators.

Surely this stretches the meaning of opt in.

They suggest that if narrators want to continue to be paid for their work, we should harass our authors to sign up for the new plan.

Que sera, sera. I'm not playing cop for ACX. (The books earn pennies at best anyway.)

When I say that I am no longer actively narrating audiobookx because the industry is a trashfire... *gestures at everything*

*Before some reply guy shows up to say, "You should sue!"... hahah, no I should not.

If you're an audiobook listener: support your narrators while you can.

If you're an author who has used ACX in the past, make sure to update your contract.

If you're a narrator, good luck.

If you want to buy my books while I'm still getting paid, you can find them here:

https://adaraastin.ck.page/87de3a4c9f

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Daniela Pagenstecher 🇺🇦 🚴‍♂️ 📚May 21

Und ich sage euch, die Verpackung von meinem #Handy ist parfümiert!
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Tim W RESISTS Dec 20

I know y'all here in my timeline aren't their audience but... What the hell does it say about society that people pay $45 for chunky plastic "gold" chain jewelry toys at sporting events? That they'll probably throw in the trash (or at least a closet never to be seen again) within a week.

#ExcessConsumption #PeakCapitalism #EndBillionaires

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Tim W RESISTS Nov 28, 2025

@chartier all sports (and really all live TV programming) have been going that way for a while.

#PeakCapitalism #EndBillionaires

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Guusabc Nov 5, 2025

@touaregtweet
The Guardian:
Asked whether Mamdani or Spanberger is the future of the party, congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York told the MSNBC network: “At the end of the day I don’t think that our party needs to have one face. Our country does not have one face. It’s about all of us as a team together, and we all understand the assignment. Our assignment everywhere is to send the strongest fighters for the working class wherever possible.”
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Edge May 20, 2025

We've been out looking for a table, and went to a sort of furniture warehouse, and walked past this. I don't even know what to say.

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Tim W RESISTS Apr 13, 2025

$5.75 for water and $7.25 for a 20oz soda? At a minor league #baseball game in Louisville, KY? That's as bad as Fenway. Pure extortion. #EndBillionaires #PeakCapitalism #LouisvilleBats

slateroni Oct 14, 2024

Potentieller Sponsor einer Kinderfußballmannschaft (E-Jugend) möchte als Gegenleistung Kontaktdaten der Eltern für ein unverbindliches Verkaufsgespräch.
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