I’m dancing-on-photons happy to reveal the cover by Rita Fei for my upcoming solarpunk novel, Murder in the Tool Library. You can pre-order it on this site as well as on some more mainstream ones. The paperbook will be available on Barnes and Noble closer to the release date on Dec 8th.

    • AEMarlingOP
      9·
      7 months ago

      Thanks! 💚 You may recognize Rita Fei’s work from the Multispecies Cities anthology.

  • vudu@kbin.social
    10·
    7 months ago

    Hi! Any chance to buy it from a DRM free site (e.g. Gumroad) or perhaps an indie book seller? I prefer to stay away from Amazon but need something compatible with their e-reader.

    • AEMarlingOP
      15·
      7 months ago

      A tool library is part of an expanded library of things in a library economy.

          • ameloreEnglish
            7·
            7 months ago

            I also think of public libraries when I hear library; but technically yes. There are libraries where you can go read the material but not lend it out.

            • JacobCoffinWrites
              5·
              7 months ago

              That’s a good point! I suppose a makerspace might be an example of a non-lending tool library (like, you have to go there to use the tools) though I’m sure some do lend stuff out as well

  • okasen
    3·
    7 months ago

    I just want to say that I love that this book isn’t on Amazon (or is but I just can’t find it). I’m an author as well and the amount of focus there is on “get your book on Amazon!!!” drives me bonkers. Evil evil corporation, as we know (here anyways).

    Anyways that aside, cover is gorgeous, and the blurb is super intriguing. Like, a murder in a place full of things you can murder someone with? That’s a neat premise.

    I’ll set a reminder to grab it from smashwords on the 8th!

    • AEMarlingOP
      3·
      7 months ago

      Thanks! Yes, Amazon is distilled capitalism and can fuck off!

  • Mr_Blott@lemmy.world
    813·
    7 months ago

    Much as I love the design, this is an advert.

    Remember when we came to the fediverse to get away from advertising?

    • Starkstruck@lemmy.world
      23·
      7 months ago

      Oh c’mon, there’s a stark difference between advertising from mega corps and an individual’s new book.

        • ThePyroPython@lemmy.world
          22·
          7 months ago

          I’d rather hundreds of individuals who contribute to the community posting here “Hey I made this cool thing, please check it out if you like.” Because that grows the community. Rather than tens of AstroTurf accounts shilling for corporations.

          • pomodoro_longbreak@sh.itjust.works
            10·
            7 months ago

            That’s a great way to put it, thanks. I do see @Mr_Blott’s point, but as long as we we’re in charge of what is and isn’t acceptable in this community, then the slippery slope can only slip so far.

    • FiveAEnglish
      17·
      7 months ago

      @AEMarling is a regular contributor to the Slrpnk community. I support their individual solarpunk-related projects.

    • three@lemm.ee
      13·
      7 months ago

      agreed. this is a slippery slope. i’ll be pirating this book out of principle.