Nothing to say, so listen to other people:

[wolven7]

In lieu of my saying anything have the following:

An important note on the nature of being an author, in the 21st Century, from greygirlbeast:

'A paragraph I wrote in this journal on this day three years ago, and I think it bears reposting:

'Something I've harped on a million times, but I'm gonna harp on it again, because it came up yesterday, and it's important. My books, though they might be scarce in many American bookshops and absent in most foreign bookshops, are equally available to everyone who is in possession of a credit card (with credit) [or PayPal account] and an internet connection. Everything I've done that is in print is available from Amazon, B&N.com, booksamillion, subterraneanpress.com, my eBay auctions, and at least dozens of other places. Poppy [http://www.poppyzbrite.com/] says that every time someone says to an author, "I can't find your books," the Baby Jesus cries. Damn straight. So, don't say it. It's not true. Bookselling has changed a great deal in the last ten years, and book buying must change as well, or many authors, those of us who don't get mountains of publicity from publishers (and that means most of us), who have publishers who don't pay the chain stores to stock heaps of our latest title right up front, will most certainly perish. It might not have all the romance of the old days, browsing the shelves of a dusty Mom & Pop store, but it's easier, reliable, cheap, and almost everyone, everywhere, can do it. No, really. My books are not hard to find. Not even in Peru, Thailand, and New Zealand. All you have to do is look.

'To wit, here are some specific links:

Daughter of Hounds

Silk

Threshold

Low Red Moon

Tales of Pain and Wonder'

Think about it.

Secondly: Tool.

Later.

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[raidingparty.livejournal.com]

Not to mention, even if yon local bookstore doesn't have it in stock at the moment many are happy to special-order, and the extra-special ones even hunt bids and whatnot behind-the-scenes without you knowing.

[wolven.livejournal.com]

See her post, today, for that very point.