Sue is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱Mar 21

Dystopia Status Level: ADS IN BOOKS 😡

My dear readers, you can leave Amazon, I promise. Even reducing Amazon usage helps, but *especially* for books. There are alternatives.

Here's how to find them:
https://susankayequinn.com/how-to-buy-sues-books-a-guide-to-retailers

Show threadDavid Scott MoyerMar 21
@susankayequinn I am all for the alternatives, but there are no ads imbedded in amazon ebooks.
Show threadSue is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱Mar 21
@farbel first, you don't know that; second, they're *already* putting chatbots in the ebooks; third, Amazon has a long long LONG history of just rolling out stuff in small batch trials to see how it floats; fourth, I wouldn't be at all surprised if this was AI accidentally left in the ebook by a shitty AI enthusiast author; fifth, people have OPENLY talked about ads in ebooks FOREVER; sixth, if this is none of the above, wait a minute, that will change.
Show threadHannah SteenbockMar 22

@susankayequinn

Yeah, that looks like an AI-slopped book that hasn't been edited properly. I just spied an m-dash in the next sentence. *snicker*

@farbel

Show threadShantell Powell
@Firlefanz @susankayequinn @farbel I regularly use em-dashes. I do not use LLMs.
Mar 22 at 2:42pmWeb
Show threadHannah SteenbockMar 22

@Shanmonster

I don't use AI, either.

But I also do not like m-dashes, which might make me a stupid author?

@susankayequinn @farbel

Show threadShantell PowellMar 22
@Firlefanz @susankayequinn @farbel I don't like periods, so I went through menopause.
Show threadDavid Scott MoyerMar 22
@Shanmonster @Firlefanz @susankayequinn jajajajaja