YABookgate

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Well there’s always going to be shills.

I was just surprised at the rating it has on Amazon.

 

[A Pare A Teeth]

Well there’s always going to be shills.

I was just surprised at the rating it has on Amazon.

The reviews are definitely much more realistic now. Previous reviews were much more positive

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I’m hoping that as this book gets a wider audience the ratings will slip even further.

Amazon UK https://www.amazon.co.uk/Beyond-Magenta-Transgender-Teens-Speak-ebook/dp/B00HRC9HQC/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&keywords=Beyond+Magenta:+Transgender+Teens+Speak+Out&tag=mumsnetforu03-21&qid=1566116781&sr=1-1

 

[Piga Dgrifm]

It reads like the author doesn't realize that what happened to them was wrong, doesn't understand that they were molested. They should be going to therapy to process what they went through, not being exploited like this. What the hell.

 

[8777BB5]

I remember when I used to want to be a writer and have fun adventure stories. However seeing what's become of the literary world I feel quite happy I gave up that dream. If Chuck Wendig and Six-Year-Olds giving Blow Jobs are what publishers want, then I see no need for me to be a part of their industry.

 

[Larry David's Opera Cape]

It reads like the author doesn't realize that what happened to them was wrong, doesn't understand that they were molested. They should be going to therapy to process what they went through, not being exploited like this. What the hell.

Or alternatively, it may have never happened at all (or didn't happen exactly like he reports) and this is his wank fantasy that he is spreading to kids using Woke as cover.

 

[Mola Ram]

I remember when I used to want to be a writer and have fun adventure stories. However seeing what's become of the literary world I feel quite happy I gave up that dream. If Chuck Wendig and Six-Year-Olds giving Blow Jobs are what publishers want, then I see no need for me to be a part of their industry.

Self-publish. The gatekeepers are losing their grip.

 

[BroccoliBrain]

I wish YA was the term for books for actual young adults (like early-mid twenties), not fucking 15 year olds (or fucking 15 year olds)

 

[Shitassdeaddude]

I remember when I used to want to be a writer and have fun adventure stories. However seeing what's become of the literary world I feel quite happy I gave up that dream. If Chuck Wendig and Six-Year-Olds giving Blow Jobs are what publishers want, then I see no need for me to be a part of their industry.

Depends on your priorities. If you want to make a half-decent living off of writing then you'll have to deal with the shit and try to work with a publisher until you come to a compromise. If your interest is more in getting your stories out there, then just self-publish like Mola Ram said and keep a regular job. Nobody but you is stopping you from getting your story out there.

 

[Tasty Tatty]

I wish YA was the term for books for actual young adults (like early-mid twenties), not fucking 15 year olds (or fucking 15 year olds)

I wish YA as a term would disappear. Seems to me that the main target are people who don't want to accept they're already legally adults with responsibilities and they're clinging hard to their "youth". YA is like a politically correct term for stories meant for teens but a bit spiced up so it appeal adults. Ironically, they should just be adults and openly admit they still enjoy books for teens and say "I wish Harry Potter had include sex".

 

[GeorgiaGuidestones]

I wish YA as a term would disappear. Seems to me that the main target are people who don't want to accept they're already legally adults with responsibilities and they're clinging hard to their "youth". YA is like a politically correct term for stories meant for teens but a bit spiced up so it appeal adults. Ironically, they should just be adults and openly admit they still enjoy books for teens and say "I wish Harry Potter had include sex".

This is exactly the problem with YA. These adults have infected books that should be a bridge from children’s novels into adult books to keep teenagers reading. All in the name of “protecting” these kids from hurt fee fees if some author writes even one line that doesn’t fit their narrative.

 

[Piga Dgrifm]

This is exactly the problem with YA. These adults have infected books that should be a bridge from children’s novels into adult books to keep teenagers reading. All in the name of “protecting” these kids from hurt fee fees if some author writes even one line that doesn’t fit their narrative.

The funny thing is most teenage kids have much thicker skin than they do. They've somehow managed to become more emotionally fragile than literal children.

Like this guy couldn't make it through a kids' book without having panic attacks:

I have this one reviewer on Goodreads who, whenever she hates a book, I add it to my 'to read' list, because she just gives any book with "muh representation" five stars regardless of quality and all her negative reviews boil down to "I'm offended".

"Queer muslim" That's sure gonna end well. (She literally has the proportions of an anime character, with massive eyes and no chin. It's weird.)

 

[Kari Kamiya]

>5000 friend limit
>can no longer accept friend requests

Jesus Christ, this woman clearly has no real friends in her life that she's so willing to accept random requests from people she's never going to talk to. This is one sad, pathetic community.

Oh speaking of sad and pathetic:

"I'm perpetually tired and tend to impulse buy books to feel alive. Reading is cool because well, for once all these problems are not mine to deal with ha!"

Keep telling yourself that, sweetie.

 

[SnarkySperg]

The funny thing is most teenage kids have much thicker skin than they do. They've somehow managed to become more emotionally fragile than literal children.

Like this guy couldn't make it through a kids' book without having panic attacks:

How does someone like this function in the world? 'Semi-abusive parents' give you panic attacks? WTF does that even mean? Also, if those are his triggers, he needs to stay off the fucking internet and just read those picture books that are used to teach kids how to read. Sounds like that's as heavy as he can get.

 

[Piga Dgrifm]

How can you be 'semi-abusive' anyway? You either abuse your kids or you don't. There's no middle ground there.

 

[SnarkySperg]

How can you be 'semi-abusive' anyway? You either abuse your kids or you don't. There's no middle ground there.

Maybe it was verbal/emotional abuse instead of physical. That's still abuse. There is no 'semi', there's just levels of abuse. What book is this?

 

[GeorgiaGuidestones]

The funny thing is most teenage kids have much thicker skin than they do. They've somehow managed to become more emotionally fragile than literal children.

Like this guy couldn't make it through a kids' book without having panic attacks:
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I have this one reviewer on Goodreads who, whenever she hates a book, I add it to my 'to read' list, because she just gives any book with "muh representation" five stars regardless of quality and all her negative reviews boil down to "I'm offended".
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"Queer muslim" That's sure gonna end well. (She literally has the proportions of an anime character, with massive eyes and no chin. It's weird.)

Semi-abuse? Okay... Maybe the loser shouldn’t read at all for his mental health. He’s the type that prevents kids from reading and accelerating to new levels since he’ll scare the gullible moms about books being bad and the children shouldn’t read them. Jesus this is worse than Satanic panic.

I know Queer muslim. I’ve seen her reviews. Goodreads is the site where books go to die and many authors steer clear of it.

These infections aren’t just YA, but other genres are feeling this as well. Romancelandia has always been cutthroat even before the #cockygate and the 50 Shades of fanfiction mess but it’s getting worse.

 

[Furina]

#cockygate

Do you mind explaining this?

As for the queer Muslim, she's probably only into the religion for the oppression points, kind of like "queer" which is practically meaningless. That face is the result of a filter really popular with Asian girls. Sharpen the chin, enlarge the eyes, clear the skin, narrow the neck. It's a vanity shot, but whatever.

 

[AbyssStarer]

Do you mind explaining this?

As for the queer Muslim, she's probably only into the religion for the oppression points, kind of like "queer" which is practically meaningless. That face is the result of a filter really popular with Asian girls. Sharpen the chin, enlarge the eyes, clear the skin, narrow the neck. It's a vanity shot, but whatever.

Now that you point it out, she seems to be wearing an ana-chan choker. Think it's just the filter maybe?
ex:

 

[GeorgiaGuidestones]

Do you mind explaining this?

As for the queer Muslim, she's probably only into the religion for the oppression points, kind of like "queer" which is practically meaningless. That face is the result of a filter really popular with Asian girls. Sharpen the chin, enlarge the eyes, clear the skin, narrow the neck. It's a vanity shot, but whatever.

#cockygate is a hashtag created when a romance author named Faleena Hopkins wanted to stop her competition by suing them and trademarking the word cocky. It ended up blowing up in her face and exposed a bunch of other scams in the self publishing world.

Edit cause I can’t English

Article tells the whole story

 

[neverendingmidi]

#cockygate is a hashtag created when a romance author named Faleena Hopkins wanted to stop her competition by suing them and trademarking the word cocky. It ended up blowing up in her face and exposed a bunch of other scams in the self publishing world.

Edit cause I can’t English

Article tells the whole story

The article was interesting, and I found out in it that there's now a copycat idiot trying to copyright "Dragon Slayer" as part of a title for books, despite the many, many books with those words in them.