At Diane Duane's Ebooks Direct store: it's a "Get Our Whole Store For $44" Sale, Birthday Edition!

Because it's my birthday and I'll give away ebooks if I want to! :)

Some of you have seen these sales before. Some have wanted to pick up the full-store package but haven't been able to, for one reason or another. Well, now's your chance!

First of all: for 72 hours*, we're reinstating the "Get Our Whole Store For $44 Sale"! That's 35 of DD's ebooks (Peter's are still with another e-publisher, sorry, we're working on that...), all DRM-free and with free replacements included in the price if they're lost or you change platforms. The package on offer includes the 9-book set of Young Wizards New Millennium Editions and the LGBTQ-centered Middle Kingdoms books, along with much more fantasy and SF.

Just click here to put the whole-store package in your shopping basket and grab yourself a bargain! ...This link has the extra discount baked into it. Though the product page shows its normal discount price of $55 when you arrive, using that link will cause the store to display the correct $44 price when you've gone through all the checkout steps before payment, and the full discount's been applied. (This page over at Ebooks Direct has a slightly more detailed walkthrough of the process.)

And there's more! As part of the local birthday celebrations—and because I get a fair amount of glee out of doing this—with every ten orders that come in, we'll refund one of them immediately, so that the purchaser effectively gets their books for free. (We do a random-number "coin toss" to choose each sales-tranche's winner.) PayPal purchasers will be refunded within an hour or so of their winning a refund. It'll take longer for credit card users, unfortunately, but we'll email you to let you know you're a winner, and send you a digital copy of your refund order from our credit card processor, Stripe.

So please accept a my-birthday present from me—either as the reduced price of the Give Me Everything You've Got package, or as free book(s). And thanks for being my mutuals and followers here! You folks make the time I spend here so much fun, and I look forward to lots more of it.... while assisting in representing the many other Tumblr users who're proudly Old As Dirt. :)

Meanwhile, if you're not interested in the offer, would you consider reblogging it so that others in your timeline can have a look? Thanks! (And one final note: due to Brexit, unfortunately this offer isn't valid in the UK. Details about the situation are here. Our apologies for the inconvenience.)\

...And now I need to think about what kind of cake to bake. Thanks, everybody!

*Or just a little longer. The sale officially ends at 23:59:59 UT on May 18, 2023—that's JD 2460083.49999, for the Young Wizards readers. (Though routinely we let these sales run a little longer, because there's always somebody who turns up an hour late, and I hate for anybody to be disappointed...)

ETA: So that was just our evening's first refund/batch of free books (via PayPal). Congrats to order #30712!

...Bumping this for the North American early evening crowd...

…The morning bump. (stumbles off to get tea)

ETA: Just did another refund for the lucky winner of the roll of the dice on the next tranche of 10 sales. Congrats to order #30725! :)

The late afternoon/evening bump for the North American folks… 😀

At Diane Duane's Ebooks Direct store: it's a "Get Our Whole Store For $44" Sale, Birthday Edition!

Because it's my birthday and I'll give away ebooks if I want to! :)

Some of you have seen these sales before. Some have wanted to pick up the full-store package but haven't been able to, for one reason or another. Well, now's your chance!

First of all: for 72 hours*, we're reinstating the "Get Our Whole Store For $44 Sale"! That's 35 of DD's ebooks (Peter's are still with another e-publisher, sorry, we're working on that...), all DRM-free and with free replacements included in the price if they're lost or you change platforms. The package on offer includes the 9-book set of Young Wizards New Millennium Editions and the LGBTQ-centered Middle Kingdoms books, along with much more fantasy and SF.

Just click here to put the whole-store package in your shopping basket and grab yourself a bargain! ...This link has the extra discount baked into it. Though the product page shows its normal discount price of $55 when you arrive, using that link will cause the store to display the correct $44 price when you've gone through all the checkout steps before payment, and the full discount's been applied. (This page over at Ebooks Direct has a slightly more detailed walkthrough of the process.)

And there's more! As part of the local birthday celebrations—and because I get a fair amount of glee out of doing this—with every ten orders that come in, we'll refund one of them immediately, so that the purchaser effectively gets their books for free. (We do a random-number "coin toss" to choose each sales-tranche's winner.) PayPal purchasers will be refunded within an hour or so of their winning a refund. It'll take longer for credit card users, unfortunately, but we'll email you to let you know you're a winner, and send you a digital copy of your refund order from our credit card processor, Stripe.

So please accept a my-birthday present from me—either as the reduced price of the Give Me Everything You've Got package, or as free book(s). And thanks for being my mutuals and followers here! You folks make the time I spend here so much fun, and I look forward to lots more of it.... while assisting in representing the many other Tumblr users who're proudly Old As Dirt. :)

Meanwhile, if you're not interested in the offer, would you consider reblogging it so that others in your timeline can have a look? Thanks! (And one final note: due to Brexit, unfortunately this offer isn't valid in the UK. Details about the situation are here. Our apologies for the inconvenience.)\

...And now I need to think about what kind of cake to bake. Thanks, everybody!

*Or just a little longer. The sale officially ends at 23:59:59 UT on May 18, 2023—that's JD 2460083.49999, for the Young Wizards readers. (Though routinely we let these sales run a little longer, because there's always somebody who turns up an hour late, and I hate for anybody to be disappointed...)

ETA: So that was just our evening's first refund/batch of free books (via PayPal). Congrats to order #30712!

...Bumping this for the North American early evening crowd...

…The morning bump. (stumbles off to get tea)

ETA: Just did another refund for the lucky winner of the roll of the dice on the next tranche of 10 sales. Congrats to order #30725! :)

…FFS, why am I even awake yet? ,,,Anyway: a bump for my fellow Europeans, and others who’re awake too. 😴

Marvel Preview #5, April 1976. Art by Ken Barr.

Greystoke Trading Company.

Its crazy how many people think everyone who works in tv and film is rich. The only rich people are the execs and the tippy top percentile of directors and actors. Listen to any actor who is well known for a tv show and they’ll tell you they make more money from cons than what they made on their show.

Support the writer’s strike and when the director’s guild and SAG go on strike support them too.

June 22 2019 - A fascist trying to pick a fight at Bologna Pride gets more reaction than he bargained for. [video]

Exit, pursued by bear.

@exeuntpursuedbyabear

The description of the original video:

Translation:

“A neo-fascist, in all his Italian virility, begins to insult some women participating in Bologna Pride. This until, frightened by other protesters covered with glitter and by a bear far more virile than he, to devote himself to what the Fascists do best: escape.”

EXIT, PURSUED BY A BEAR. I’M SOBBING

La fuga, pursued by bear in glitter 🤣🤣🤣

“to devote himself to what the Fascists do best: escape.” ROAST HIS ASS

the Strength, the Solidarity, and the Shade here is examplary

This guy delivers food to stray animals with a little remote controlled car. 

(Source)

"Chessie the Cat" poster for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroads,1933

this is so cool are u guys seeing this!!!!!

I knew we’d get decent images of one eventually… 😄

i mean this completely seriously but… a cup of coffee can save your life a little, a shower can save your life a little, making your favorite meal can save your life a little…….little things actually add up to really big things in the long run if you let them, the secret to surviving everyday is infusing a little bit of magic into the mundane i truly believe that

At Diane Duane's Ebooks Direct store: it's a "Get Our Whole Store For $44" Sale, Birthday Edition!

Because it's my birthday and I'll give away ebooks if I want to! :)

Some of you have seen these sales before. Some have wanted to pick up the full-store package but haven't been able to, for one reason or another. Well, now's your chance!

First of all: for 72 hours*, we're reinstating the "Get Our Whole Store For $44 Sale"! That's 35 of DD's ebooks (Peter's are still with another e-publisher, sorry, we're working on that...), all DRM-free and with free replacements included in the price if they're lost or you change platforms. The package on offer includes the 9-book set of Young Wizards New Millennium Editions and the LGBTQ-centered Middle Kingdoms books, along with much more fantasy and SF.

Just click here to put the whole-store package in your shopping basket and grab yourself a bargain! ...This link has the extra discount baked into it. Though the product page shows its normal discount price of $55 when you arrive, using that link will cause the store to display the correct $44 price when you've gone through all the checkout steps before payment, and the full discount's been applied. (This page over at Ebooks Direct has a slightly more detailed walkthrough of the process.)

And there's more! As part of the local birthday celebrations—and because I get a fair amount of glee out of doing this—with every ten orders that come in, we'll refund one of them immediately, so that the purchaser effectively gets their books for free. (We do a random-number "coin toss" to choose each sales-tranche's winner.) PayPal purchasers will be refunded within an hour or so of their winning a refund. It'll take longer for credit card users, unfortunately, but we'll email you to let you know you're a winner, and send you a digital copy of your refund order from our credit card processor, Stripe.

So please accept a my-birthday present from me—either as the reduced price of the Give Me Everything You've Got package, or as free book(s). And thanks for being my mutuals and followers here! You folks make the time I spend here so much fun, and I look forward to lots more of it.... while assisting in representing the many other Tumblr users who're proudly Old As Dirt. :)

Meanwhile, if you're not interested in the offer, would you consider reblogging it so that others in your timeline can have a look? Thanks! (And one final note: due to Brexit, unfortunately this offer isn't valid in the UK. Details about the situation are here. Our apologies for the inconvenience.)\

...And now I need to think about what kind of cake to bake. Thanks, everybody!

*Or just a little longer. The sale officially ends at 23:59:59 UT on May 18, 2023—that's JD 2460083.49999, for the Young Wizards readers. (Though routinely we let these sales run a little longer, because there's always somebody who turns up an hour late, and I hate for anybody to be disappointed...)

ETA: So that was just our evening's first refund/batch of free books (via PayPal). Congrats to order #30712!

...Bumping this for the North American early evening crowd...

…The morning bump. (stumbles off to get tea)

ETA: Just did another refund for the lucky winner of the roll of the dice on the next tranche of 10 sales. Congrats to order #30725! :)