I was afraid of this

[cornerofmadness]

Borders is now closing all stores. One news article held my greatest fear in all of this Publishers said with Borders gone, they would plan for smaller print runs and shipments. Yeah, that's just it. Online is great but people do not browse online the way they do in stores (witness what happened to the music industry once record stores closed). It almost feels like why bother writing. Oh, because it's in me and I have to but the buying online is going to change books forever and I'm thinking not in the best of ways. I have yet to find an easy to navigate site and I get pissed off about 3 minutes into trying to browser them and give up, having bought nothing.

I've also learned I don't mind ereader commericals that atoll the benefits of ereaders. I DO mind greatly when they try to make you look like an idiot for wanting a book. I've yet to find an ereader that didn't hurt my eyes, kindle being the worst offender.

I took Roy to the vet. It must have been a painful visit. I can't even aim a camera at his neck. Once shaved up the lesion is pretty evenly round. She thinks (and I had that thought myself) he got warbled. A warble or bot fly larva probably chewed his way out of Roy's neck. He got antibiotic shots and now I have the liquid amoxicillin. Have I mentioned Roy is a master of spitting? Roy -1 antibiotics -0. He managed to get a measly 1 1/2 ml of fluid on my arm, my clothes, my leg, my foot and the carpet. I swear it magnified in his mouth. the vet was stunned by Soul's behavior and had no suggestions

I think i might have hurt the bad arm. The pain is increasing steadily oddly NOT at the site where they moved the tendon but where they cut out the bursa and the collar bone which should be much better by now. also touched my levator scapula (shoulder muscle) and about went thru the roof. will tell PT's tomorrow.

Also the last two days have been utterly miserable here. Even though yesterday more and this morning it was in the 70's it was like walking into a sauna. It felt like someone was dragging a wet veil over my face. It's raining but it's supposed to be BAD. if they cancel school again tomorrow I'm gonna be pissed.





Blue himalaya poppies. I bought some seeds. They are so notoriously hard to grow there was a huge instruction thing inserted into the package. whee

Comments

[marynachaotica.livejournal.com]

*slowly shaking head* I was thinking you were active way too soon after the surgery.

Soul....well....hate to say this...but some cats just go bonkers for no particular reason. Have been companions to a few like that.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

no no I wasn't I'm following protocol to the letter.

yes so Soul might be rehomed, maybe even with the vet on her farm

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

I love those flowers. They're gorgeous.

Ewww, I hadn't even thought about a bot fly. Ewwww! We used to shave the eggs off the horses in Florida.

But I like browsing in book stores...I guess the little niche stores that haven't been run off by the big name stores might make a comeback?

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

I may need to sacrifice small children to make them grow...

once I saw it was a perfectly punctate wound bot fly did enter my mind. yeah FL half the damn squirrels had bots

someone suggested that about niche stores but as more stuff goes to ebooks, probably not and yes i LIKE being physically in a store, seeing things. I shop so much less now that it's all online

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

That will be sad. I want novels I can pick up and hold and whack people over the head with.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

pretty much

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

sad. So very sad.

[sillymagpie.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I miss being able to flip through an entire book to decide whether or not I want it. The few pages you can see in an online bookstore aren't the same. :-(

Poor Roy! Dickens is a champion spitter, too.

Yeah, Soul may need a home where there's not much upheaval and he can stay half-feral. :-(

Get that arm checked out!

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

no they're not, not at all and the whole social aspect is mising.

geez, these cats. Yes that's what I'm afraid about Soul

will talk to the PT tomorrow. I think some of it is muscle spasms in areas I can not release myself

[bay115.livejournal.com]

I actually haven't set foot at Borders (I'm a Barnes and Noble girl, lol), but it's sad to hear a bookstore being closed, especially one as big as Borders.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

indeed especially since B&N is next to go

[ital-gal.livejournal.com]

sad news indeed.

um I really shouldn`t say it,and I`m sorry to, but the cats (even poor Roy) seem to be a bit too much right now, give n how you should be keeping your shoulder still. :(

anyway hope your shoulder is a bit better today. the poppies are beautiful

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

very sad

these cats will be the death of me

the shoulder's issues were all muscle spasm related

they are

[ozma914.livejournal.com]

Considering the support I've been (not) getting from my small publisher since Storm Chaser came out, I'm thinking that traditional publishing, like traditional brick and mortar bookstars, are going to be a thing of the past. Like you, I sometimes catch myself thinking, "Why do I bother". But of course, whether there's profit in it or not, writers write because they *have* to.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

and epublishers give even less support frmo my experience so now you're left flailing around hoping someone stumbles over you via amazon? even big names like King aren't succeeding that way

[ozma914.livejournal.com]

Exactly right, which brings us right back to the question: Why even go with traditional publishers at all, unless you're already an A list author? And how do you get to be an A list author if they're the only ones who get heavy promotional/distribution efforts to begin with. Seems to me the publishing companies are shooting themselves in the foot, by driving away future talent.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

no argument which leaves you very little choices since epublishers can be even more shoddy (or at least from what I'm seeing reported) I'm happy with one of my epublishers and way less so with another

[ozma914.livejournal.com]

I was thinking of going with CreateSpace for my fire department history book, although I've heard Lulu is also good. Do you have any suggestions? This is kind of a different project, being a history book with photos that probably won't sell more than a few hundred copies.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

honestly those two are the two I know the most about and for a project like that should meet your needs well

[ozma914.livejournal.com]

I thought they seemed pretty good -- I've already done a lot of research.

[rain-oubliette.livejournal.com]

I'm crushed at losing Borders. It is literally the ONLY bookstore in York. ONLY! To go browse and read, I will have to drive to Lancaster to Barnes & Nobles.

I can't use an ereader either. Hell, trying to read a large article even on this monitor for my desktop and I can get a headache. :S I happen to *LIKE* my dead trees, dammit!

I have actually removed a maggot/warble from a kitten. One of the few things that has ever really grossed me out. Good luck with the antibiotics + cat.

Soul's behavior is very strange. Especially since it is getting worse, rather than better.

I hope that you didn't screw something up.

It is only 0830 here and the AC has already kicked on. UGH! Thank God for night shift, eh??

[winters-queen.livejournal.com]

There is a B&N in Camp Hill. It's a pretty nice store. That might be easier to drive to than going all the way to Lancaster.

[rain-oubliette.livejournal.com]

REALLY?! SWEET! It's 45 minutes to an hour to Lancaster but only about 30 to Harrisburg area. (I'm in southern York County.) THANKS!

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

we have none here period but you knew that but yes i so preferred Borders to B&N and Amazon

warbles are gross and Roy escaped outside so...

Soul is baffling all

it's freaking gross weather wise

[winters-queen.livejournal.com]

Poor Roy. :/ I know how hard it is to get cats to take meds when you have two working arms. Having one working is a bit much.

*sigh* Ah, Soul. Why do you have to be such a wacky kitten.

Ugh, bots. The mini had bot eggs on his legs last summer and I had to use the slicker brush to get them off. Nasty, nasty things.

Edit the second: And that really sucks about the Borders. Usually when I get manga, Borders always had the larger selection than B&N. :/ Might have to order it online now to get the volumes or order it through B&N.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

it's next to impossible especially since you can't get a good hold on him since the injury is in his neck area.

Soul is losing it

bots are so gross

Borders has a WAY bigger collection of manga andB&N will not carry any homosexual manga (not that I read yaoi much but I find it offensive to be censored)