One of the best trends we've seen in fantasy and science fiction in recent years is the explosion in accessibility of non-Western fantasy and speculative traditions entering the global English language market.
For those not familiar with him, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki is a Nigerian SF/F writer and editor who has been doing amazing work to showcase African speculative fiction. He's won the Otherwise (formerly Tiptree) and British Fantasy awards and been nominated for the Nebula, Locus, and others. He edited the first Year's Best African Speculative Fiction anthology (review in Locus), the award-winning anthology Dominion with Zelda Knight, and is editing the upcoming Tor anthology Africa Risen with Knight and Sheree Renée Thomas (current editor of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, best known for the Dark Matter anthologies).
The Year's Best African Speculative Fiction, which contains fiction from both African writers and writers from the African diaspora, rightly made a splash in the field, and I enjoyed listening to Ekpeki's recent interview on the Coode Street Podcast. He has in the past detailed issues he's had as a Nigerian in this industry, from being unable to use PayPal to people not respecting African names.
Today, Oghenechovwe Ekpeki posted this thread on Twitter about a really messed up situation with Amazon. Ekpeki published the anthology through a press he set up, Jembefola Press, and so put it on Amazon himself. He was told he'd receive the accrued royalties in January (which he was waiting on to be able to finish paying contributors), over $2000 so far. On December 31, Amazon emailed him to say they were shutting down his account because he either had multiple accounts and/or his account was "related to" a banned account. He has no idea what they're talking about and they've refused to clarify in follow-up. They're saying all the royalties are forfeited.
It's a really messed up situation and goes to show yet another reason why we should be concerned with Amazon's growing dominance of the book market. Hundreds of people got this anthology through Amazon to read ex
... keep reading on reddit ➡Really brief list of suggestions to show authors your support and/or get them money without involving Amazon.
--Buy their books from other stores. This only works if their books aren't locked to Amazon. You can shop at Barnes & Noble, Kobo, and Smashwords, among others, and some authors sell books directly from their websites. Here is a post from IndieBound about buying ebooks and audiobooks from indie bookstores.
--If you read the book from the library, post a review online somewhere.
--Boost their posts when they have a new release. This might end up leading to Amazon, but I definitely understand it's not in everyone's budgets, monetarily or emotionally, to shop elsewhere.
--Subscribe to their Patreons. This only works for authors who are on Patreon, naturally.
--Send them fan mail that doesn't make demands and just says thank you for writing. Also tell them what you like about their books specifically.
This won't necessary show an author support monetarily, but I try to buy as many print books as I can from Better World Books. They sell new and used books, and use some of the profits for literacy and education efforts worldwide.
Anyone else have any suggestions? I know a lot of people are really tied to Amazon--I'm one of them, thanks to my Kindle and my laziness--but the only way the Amazon monopoly is going to be broken is if people shop at other places.
I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.
Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.
The doctor says it terminal.
Alot of great jokes get posted here! However just because you have a joke, doesn't mean it's a dad joke.
THIS IS NOT ABOUT NSFW, THIS IS ABOUT LONG JOKES, BLONDE JOKES, SEXUAL JOKES, KNOCK KNOCK JOKES, POLITICAL JOKES, ETC BEING POSTED IN A DAD JOKE SUB
Try telling these sexual jokes that get posted here, to your kid and see how your spouse likes it.. if that goes well, Try telling one of your friends kid about your sex life being like Coca cola, first it was normal, than light and now zero , and see if the parents are OK with you telling their kid the "dad joke"
I'm not even referencing the NSFW, I'm saying Dad jokes are corny, and sometimes painful, not sexual
So check out r/jokes for all types of jokes
r/unclejokes for dirty jokes
r/3amjokes for real weird and alot of OC
r/cleandadjokes If your really sick of seeing not dad jokes in r/dadjokes
Punchline !
Edit: this is not a post about NSFW , This is about jokes, knock knock jokes, blonde jokes, political jokes etc being posted in a dad joke sub
Edit 2: don't touch the thermostat
Do your worst!
How the hell am I suppose to know when it’s raining in Sweden?
We told her she can lean on us for support. Although, we are going to have to change her driver's license, her height is going down by a foot. I don't want to go too far out on a limb here but it better not be a hack job.
Ants don’t even have the concept fathers, let alone a good dad joke. Keep r/ants out of my r/dadjokes.
But no, seriously. I understand rule 7 is great to have intelligent discussion, but sometimes it feels like 1 in 10 posts here is someone getting upset about the jokes on this sub. Let the mods deal with it, they regulate the sub.
They were cooked in Greece.
I'm surprised it hasn't decade.
He lost May
I searched in the sub and I’m shocked that this hasn’t been suggested! This is one of my favorite reads of 2021. It’s about a group of young girls from different backgrounds who are lost in the wilderness after a kayaking trip at sleepaway camp, and it also follows them as adults as they deal with the fallout and the way it shaped them. I’d consider it a must read for Yellowjackets fans.
The book is not as dark or frightening as Yellowjackets, but what really sticks out for me is the way both shows dig into the ways that interpersonal dynamics and relationships affect their plans and, really, chances for survival. It also spends a lot of time looking in-depth into their adult lives, flashing back and forth, so you get to know them more and more throughout those timelines as you learn about “what happened out there.”
Love it. Buy it from a local shop or indiebound, find it at your library or via Overdrive…. get your hands on this gorgeous book.
Now that I listen to albums, I hardly ever leave the house.
So many people post about reading their first book in years, or having a hard time getting back in the habit of reading. This post is IN NO WAY a knock on them and I have nothing but respect for those who have been trying to pick it back up.
That being said, though, I just can’t imagine not reading. I never go anywhere without a book, either in paper or digital form. I even pull out a book when I am stuck at railroad tracks. Between books at home, in my work bag, an audio book while driving, etc., I am reading four books at the same time. As addictions go, could be worse…lol
Two muffins are in an oven, one muffin looks at the other and says "is it just me, or is it hot in here?"
Then the other muffin says "AHH, TALKING MUFFIN!!!"
Don't you know a good pun is its own reword?
For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.
I said "hey look, an escaPEA"
No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!
Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂
It really does, I swear!
And now I’m cannelloni
Because she wanted to see the task manager.
But that’s comparing apples to oranges
And boy are my arms legs.
Put it on my bill
Heard they've been doing some shady business.
but then I remembered it was ground this morning.
Edit: Thank you guys for the awards, they're much nicer than the cardboard sleeve I've been using and reassures me that my jokes aren't stale
Edit 2: I have already been made aware that Men In Black 3 has told a version of this joke before. If the joke is not new to you, please enjoy any of the single origin puns in the comments
They’re on standbi
A play on words.
Maybe I'm missing something but it seems like the only place I can buy ebooks is Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or Kobo. Is there any way to buy ebooks from smaller independent shops?
