no, seriously, where are the vampires

[Listener]

http://listener.tumblr.com/post/86269674/4-where-are-the-vampires-5-no-seriously

50 reasons why no one wants to publish your first novel, apparently.

[MacArthurBug]

I knew it!!!!! frickin' conspiracy

[Planish]

39. Do you honestly not see the crucial flaw in writing a book intended for commercial sale that argues against copyright law and in favor of free unrestricted distribution of all forms of media?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steal_This_Book

Apparently, many people did indeed steal it. Book sellers had to move it up near the counter where staff could watch it.

[Boggled Coriander]

26.   Remember the shit Salman Rushdie had to deal with after he wrote THE SATANIC VERSES? Chances are your XXX hip-hop reworking of the Koran — MO’ MONEY, MO’ PUSSY — is probably going to inspire the same reaction.

And I had the same reaction to about thirty others.