Neil Gaiman Sued For $1 Mill, Onyx Storm Shatters Records, DCC Adaptation Leaked ~FN~

[@DanielGreeneReviews]

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[@betterthanAIart]

Did you cover the Arcane Noxus trailer yet? Seriously, if you can find out why that's on their channel and what the deal is, that would be greatly appreciated.

[@HPirate91]

Hey Daniel, do you have the Words of Radiance leatherbound? Also, could you review some classic dystopian sci-fi? Either way, thank you for your work and content!

[@maggyfrog]

corporations hate to hear this, but because they keep removing titles from their catalogue, they shouldn't be complaining when the audience puts an eye patch to go where those titles are harboring

[@FrenulemEnjoyer]

Piracy is a service problem

[@SusanYeske701]

Perfectly happy to buy official and throw money at the people who will give me the stuff I want.

[@wildfire160]

They got the ISPs to block torrent sites and some streaming sites in the UK (like TPB) but its quite easy to bypass the block even if you don’t have a VPN as nearly all of them have proxy sites

[@KenjiShiratsuki]

Perfectly happy to subscribe to watch stuff I'm interested in, but not if it's in 10 different places. I'd rather not watch it at all. They can't get me as a customer because if the block the piracy, I will just not experience the art at all then. Said it many times, not all piracy damages the product, artist, or company, because they'd only actually lose a customer if the person would have bought in had the pirated version been unavailable.

[@GallowglassVT]

For real, if they don't fill the void, people will do it themselves.

[@nisc2001]

I never was a book blurb enjoyer, but you know what i want back? Back cover summaries!! i've noticed physical books putting the summary on the inside flap or only including blurbs and what people think about it. for me summaries are what drive interest when you randomly find a book in a store or a library. I chose what to read a lot by summaries as a kid. now my choices are driven more by booktube but i still find summaries on the physical book useful.

[@maluse227]

Them moving the summary around has gotten me to a point where if I pick up a book and the summary isnt on the back I just put the book down in the store. The only exception I make is for books people recommend me.

[@e_n_hand]

@@maluse227 Or if the cover is just insanely interesting and unique. But otherwise same.

[@davidbigboutay782]

Yeah, I've literally never given a crap about blurbs because they all read like those heavily edited review quotes on the posters of bad movies. I need the summary on the back of the paperback.

[@justanotherpiccplayer3511]

That summary is what we were told was a called a blurb at school

[@galaxydeathskrill5607]

they really should be there

[@joshyaks]

Remember, if purchasing isn't owning, then piracy isn't stealing. (Also, there's already a fun fantasy-themed board game about collecting hilariously-titled books for your library called "Ex Libris: Revised Edition".)

[@andrewpeterson5882]

Man this is such a great point. It really is as simple as that, isn't it?

[@pRahvi0]

Also, for anything sold exclusively by one company, piracy is the only form of free competition on that market.

[@Dani_77709]

The fact that piracy sites are bigger than Disney is not a surprise. It's convenient because everything is scattered from movies to anime. Most people can't afford to pay for this many streaming services. I firmly believe piracy is the reason we can still see some media that has been pulled from these streaming services. This is how digital media can survive when it's hard to get physical copies.

[@stinkylilguy7948]

Blurbs be like " it's the game of thrones of _______" wow thank you

[@kaladrios]

Currently reading a danish series that has a blurb saying "The danish Game of Thrones". I get what they mean but... it's not at all fitting for the book lol

[@Aigra]

I'm a bit sad to see these go because I find it kind of hilarious how everything wants to be the new Game of Thrones. At this point it's a classic, a running joke.

[@minaDesuDesu]

Lmao +2

[@hollow3900]

20:18 as dystopian as it sounds, I think books getting “human-written” certified is a good thing. I’m not interested in reading someone’s “work” written word-for-word by AI. Me personally, I would feel cheated by the author if they did that.

[@billyalarie929]

It is depressing that it HAS to be done. I hope this stops being a thing, soon enough.

[@Juan_Jose_Miraballes]

My question is how are they going to be able to certify it.

[@quixotiq]

Yep x1000

[@seanpoore2428]

Your books SHOULD have a "Certified Goblin Author" sticker 👍

[@valarya]

that little Rothfuss burn had me howling 😂😂

[@myocoree]

getting rid of the expanse when it’s a prime original show is so annoying like how can streaming services try to fight piracy so hard when they are constantly giving audiences a reason to turn to piracy 🙁

[@MichaelJLClark]

Daniel being flabbergasted by my favorite earth creature, the giant isopod, is the highlight of my week

[@sadee4175]

I bet it tastes like lobster

[@Cataclism7]

Doesn't look awfully different from eating a lobster. I wonder of Daniel has really looked at a lobster, like, really looked at it.

[@angelicaboudreau8739]

To be honest I feel piracy is so popular because everything is too expensive. People can barely afford rent and groceries nevermind books, games or movies.

[@shinigami2502]

Not a major driving factor. Piracy thrives because of limited accessibility. Problem is, some shows can only be accessed exclusively via Netflix or Disney or Prime or HBO max or etc etc. Too many subscription to streaming platform can drain the user money. Best alternative: piracy 🤷

[@soupdragonuk]

When you have brand new releases for Kindle that are more expensive than a hardback, you know there's a problem. The fact is at one time piracy was dropping as e-books became more accessible and not insanely priced. But year upon year the prices have started increasing to crazy levels. Plus, you only need ONE version of an e-book and you're selling that "licence" again and again. If they want to pull that book and you've paid £15 $15 for it, you won't get a refund. They can't recall your hardback. it's acts like this from the book publishers that cause people to pirate books.

[@PyroOfZen]

@@shinigami2502 Expense isn't a driving factor because too many streaming services is too expensive? Bruh, what?

[@quixotiq]

I download them externally as well Then they can't take it back​@@soupdragonuk

[@sanguine2552]

Yeah I think Netflix proved quantitatively in the early days that if people are given access to materials they want at a reasonable level of effort/money they will pay it. It was only once everyone started trying to lock away their own stuff (Disney plus, peacock, Hulu etc) that piracy began to rise again. It all comes down to ease of effort and monetary cost. I’m willing to pay $20 a month for good content, no problem. I’m not willing to subscribe to 5 different services to fully enjoy a handful of shows and movies

[@TheDacane]

I cant help but wonder how much of 4th wings success was Amazon being like "hey you looked at a book, you probably should also read 4th wing, hey you listened to anything at all, have you considered listening to 4th wing, hey you breath air, we think 4th wing is a book you will love" for all of 2024

[@quixotiq]

Yeah the Amazon lists have become even more useless. Also lazy bookshops have the same boring 10 books marketed

[@sanguine2552]

It’s exactly like how annoying people are with recommending Brandon Sanderson/ Mistborn stuff 😂 like bro stop acting like entry level fantasy is god tier. He’s an impressive author! But he’s not in the top 10 of the century or something you know

[@Raindrop2424]

Also a lot of people bought multiple copies of each book. So it would be interesting to see the difference if it was only one version available 🤔

[@moonbookseyeshadow0580]

I think she just simply has a fanbase who in fact likes the series...I was there first month when the book dropped and it was selling out like crazy late may/all June 2023 online and in real life.

[@moonbookseyeshadow0580]

@@Raindrop2424 it depends in which content? folks have always brought many copies in fandom of CD,DVD,and books they like that is nothing new... I have a few versions of the first Percy Jackson book.. Dont even get started on the harry potter fandom and how many things iv seen them get. I also have heard stores only count buying multiple copies of CDs/books at the same time as one transaction (I could be wrong about that) her numbers are no more "inflated" than the average modern popular writer.

[@shadowofchaos7675]

To quote a title of a youtube video: "Disney+: Where anime goes to die"

[@Javifaa]

That one was from Mother's Basement, right?

[@shadowofchaos7675]

@@Javifaa yes

[@rabl3535]

Onyx Storm really went all out with their marketing, it’s hard to find a bookstore where it’s not being promoted

[@Twocat5side]

Yeah it's a really marketable book. This is both to its detriment and benefit

[@adrianpillai6645]

​@Twocat5side the only detriment is somehow the writing has gotten worse.

[@Twocat5side]

​@@adrianpillai6645 that's exactly the problem, if you make your book that markets to a wide audience you don't really think about the plot. The emphasis is more on just fitting all the tropes, adding dragons because dragons are cool, making death such a casual thing in the world, the aesthetics of a war academy.

[@ulrichbrodowsky5016]

Remember the time when netflix shows were actually good and when streaming made more shows available?

[@thefriesofLockeLamora]

Piracy is an interesting field. In the global south, there's so much piracy of physical books. In my country there's a whole business reprinting generic editions of popular books.

[@hiddenrainbow12]

Yeah, where I live a paperback is ~30-40usd. With crazy prices piracy is only going to increase

[@SusanYeske701]

​@@hiddenrainbow12wow, that's nuts! That's a big part of why a lot of people buy secondhand or borrow from the library

[@quixotiq]

​@@hiddenrainbow12unfortunately even at that price books are actually still artificially cheap. But yes, no one can afford these things now. Economics is broken.

[@bnikolab]

​@@quixotiqI honestly don't understand how that's artificially cheap.

[@bmike3000]

as a fan and reader of the Empyrean series I have to wonder how inflated Yarros' numbers are just because of the fact that every book has had multiple editions with extra chapters in one edition that arent in around. fans each buying several copies of the same book to get that extra content certainly adds to sales but could hinder an attempt to get an accurate ideaof how many unique readers she has

[@nocturnalizzie]

Only the red special edition hardback and (relatively) new black paperback of FW had bonus chapters, and she made it clear that she would be putting those chapters on her website for free as soon as she was allowed to. Iron Flame only had the one special edition (with no bonus content) at launch unless I missed something. I know some people have been going absolutely bonkers over collecting different editions to display but I feel like most fans probably just have one copy of each book, no?

[@covergirlbooks]

On the blurb thing- I feel like this belongs in the responsibility of the publisher, because if it’s really a marketing ploy on the cover, they should handle the awkward ask of authors to accomplish that. Not sure if that’s the direction things are going, or if we can indeed hope for blurbless haha covers in the future.

[@m.e.881]

Yeah, I definitely have always assumed the authors who wrote those book blurbs based them off of a clifnotes version of the story. I always figured they were too busy to read all the books they write blurbs for! Never gave them much mind.

[@rad4924]

The only impact book blurbs have ever had on me has been that they make me question the sanity of reviewers/authors whenever I read a terrible book plastered with blurbs like "What a masterpiece!" etc

[@calebmauer1751]

Neil Breen puts fake blurbs on his movie covers (not that he admits they're fake), but an unintentionally funny one is just "stunning...desperation" with no attribution.

[@FranciscaPires]

not even 2minutes in: THANK YOU FOR SHOUTING OUT THE ARTIST WHO WORKES WITH YOU 💖

[@carson9464]

3:59 to answer that question, yes, it did happen to me once where I was at a Barnes and Noble and bought a book titled “The Poet” based on the fact that Stephen King not only had a blurb on the front, but also wrote the introduction to the book. So kinda yes and kinda no.

[@TrentRyanKatzenberger]

Honestly, these greedy corporations don't understand what giving a little something for free can get you. During the worst time in my life when I was direly I'll and couldn't sleep for days, the only thing that got me through was reading One Piece. And I didn't pay for it. I pirated it cuz I really thought there was a decent chance id hate it. It just looked so damn goofy. But now, I am buying the omnibuses (even though the spell Zoro's name wrong and make s bunch of other strange translation decisions) because I'm hooked! Piracy doesn't always equal no money, in fact, sometimes it's the only way people might be willing to give your product a try!

[@potterpal5]

@@TrentRyanKatzenberger Pretty much the same thing happened with me and Naruto.

[@amandalinn3618]

Yes! sometimes I just dont know if I'll like a book. If I do like it, I love to get the physical version to display on my shelf and reread. I almost bought all of The Magician books but I "tried" it first and couldn't even get through the first book

[@LeeThePinch]

I thought a blurb was a short description of the book, usually on the back cover, to give a potential reader an idea of the type of story and if they are likely to enjoy it. When did we start calling review quotes blurbs? Did I miss that?

[@kodabuck225]

as somebody who works in a bookstore, I've noticed folks use the word blurb to describe both and interchangeably all the time depending on context and the person

[@BenjaminAeveryn]

Just a 2 cents on blurbs from an indie author -- I can't speak to their efficacy on book covers/selling from the shelf, but I can attest from running ads that they are super powerful when compared with other forms of copy. Even without attribution, a simple blurb of the "This is an amazing book!" type does result in more clicks. It creates a kind of implicit social proof with the benefit of being able to hand-select precisely which quotes you use. Human brains are weird, but it really does work.

[@shelbyr14]

@BenjaminAeveryn "implicit social proof" is definitely a factor. If I find an author I like blurbed a book, and it sounds similar to their style, I'm going to assume that I may like it. They do need to actually describe the book instead of just 2 or 3 words. That doesn't really help give the feel of the book. Is this book going to upset me? Is it uplifting? Is it disturbing? What is it? I do find pages of reviews on the inside more helpful with making my choice because they give actual thoughts on the tone. Author blurbs can be done really well, but 2 or 3 words is not enough. Reviews give more detail.

[@TysonVaughan]

I really feel like the purchase of one format of a book (physical, ebook, or audiobook) should either include access to other formats or at least come with a significant discount on the other formats. I love physical books, but find my preferred method of reading is a combination of ebook and audiobook. This just gives me the flexibility to read in a wider variety of situations and environments. But it’s expensive to have to buy the same book twice.

[@benjaminrawls5479]

You could probably come up with something for ebooks and physical books, a lot of the publishing work there overlaps as I understand it, but making the audiobook is a whole additional production on top done by teams of people who do deserve compensation for their work.

[@NaritaZaraki]

The only publisher I know that does this as their norm is Verso books. With every physical purchase you get the ebook for free 👍

[@quixotiq]

Audiobooks are NOT reading tho

[@jessemiller8036]

I started reading Brent Weeks "The Way of Shadows" because his book had a blurb from Terry Brooks on the back. Brooks was basically the only fantasy author I had read at the time, so the blurb worked for me.

[@zerin25]

The issue with piracy surging because of a difficult streaming landscape is exactly what I'm afraid of as tech companies start getting more into e-books and the possibility of exclusive titles for some devices. It's honestly feeling like we're going backwards as someone living in Australia - piracy of TV shows was huuuuge here before streaming picked up because it was the only way to actually watch shows (either at all or in a timely manner). A lot of people genuinely would've paid to get hold of things if it was at all possible, but it wasn't. It feels like we're heading right back to that time, but globally.

[@blunderswish7121]

Companies are removing media, relying on cumbersome drm practices, consistently increasing their prices, and throwing licenses out to some of the most random places. Oh and the plethora of media arbitrarily inaccessible in certain locations. So we have at least 2 instance where piracy would actually be legal due to inaccessibility to the product in the market. The cumbersome DRM pushes people that have bought it to get the non-drm version; and convince others not to buy it because access to it is so restrictive on the customer. Prices are increasing, while purchasing power isn't.

[@davidbigboutay782]

Why are they calling it a webtoon rather than a webcomic? Webtoon implies a Korean manhua formatted into a long strip to be read on smartphones.

[@kodabuck225]

theres a popular site called Webtoon, perhaps they're doing it through there? idk

[@zackasaurr4285]

IMO, I think the Fourth Wing books are selling so much because of the constant release of “special” editions and people’s need to collect each variation. I feel like we have seen a substantial increase in these special editions in recent years.

[@stone_forest3802]

@@zackasaurr4285 for sure, good point. My friend is an avid book collector and owns books in multiple languages she doesn't speak (if she loves the series and the design) but even she says it's impossible to keep up and getting too much.

[@anth636]

The book industry looked over the shoulder if the video game industry and copied its homework

[@wurzyking]

My wife and all her friends went to a book release event with all her friends. I'm not too interested in the series, but I was super jealous of the midnight book release. I want to go to one for my favorite author/s.

[@quixotiq]

Boring really, they just stand in a line like eejits, asaik

[@DSollick]

I have definitely used a blurb to at least look closer at a book. When you're looking through shelves and shelves at the bookstore, seeing an author you already know and like endorsing someone else always gives me pause and take a second glance. It's not fair to those who don't have connections to get those blurbs, but especially in a store where it can be hard to provide additional context vs like, subgenre tags on an ebook, it's at least a way to make a book stand out a bit more to the casual browser.

[@shadushio9682]

My weekly dose of fantasy news is here, courtesy of the head goblin.

[@Dobbicus89]

A blurb actually sold me on The Way of Kings, my first Sanderson novel. Doors of Stone was nowhere in sight, but the Rothfuss blurb (and the dope ass cover art) sold me.

[@user-nz2bb4gp2d]

That's so embarrassing that those Fourth wing books are selling that much

[@sanadafox1182]

If buying isnt owning, then pirating isnt stealing

[@ReadableMarie]

Okay okay hear me out. I shouldn’t have to pay more than 8 dollars for a 15 year old ebook my library doesn’t carry. Omg there should be an unspoken rule that after a decade the ebook reduces to like 3/4 bucks. I’m so tired of having to shell out 15 dollars for a book my library won’t carry because it’s not in demand. IM DEMANDING IT, please give it to me. Ebooks should be wayyyyy cheaper than physical

[@RichardmpayiTnway]

Neil literally being my favorite author this killed me. Like wtf dude this again proves how power game and money corrupts. And yet again having to separate the artist from the art. But yeah justice for the victims.

[@destro6971]

Et tu, Neil? I have shelves of his books, started with Sandman back in the 90s in HS, Coraline is my daughter’s favorite movie, and just….i mean…damnit, Neil.

[@Paul_Todkill]

Absolutely lost it at Kayla's Korean editing insert ahahaha

[@SuperMegaCoffeeGuru]

Always trying to knock down piracy by swinging at the source instead of looking at the reason that same seed gets planted over and over again. Time to trot out the Gabe N quote for another round because once again it's true. Napster (et al) won their fight on music availability and the lesson should have been learned then; there is a reason Steam, for as much of a unicorn as it is, has been able to make all the money in the gaming world. Netflix and Hulu were set to win the streaming wars against piracy out the gate but too many execs saw the subscriber numbers and did some napkin math thinking they could cut out the middle man and start their own service, learned just how expensive serving video is, and now it has become another cluster of overprice, under deliver BAH!

[@quixotiq]

Steam rips off indy game devs too, almost worse than Amazon does authors

[@fionawallace8847]

Okay the phone call to God and 'we were doing some Molly' almost made me spit up my coffee. Well played, Goblin, well played~

[@green.goblin]

Kayla correcting pronunciation made my day

[@luck_adiante]

There are literally anime out there you can't watch without piracy.

[@goodwolf152]

23:17 These are the thoughtful, nuanced takes I come here for. Piracy (at least the widespread and pervasive variety) is absolutely a response to market balkanization. I am not quite there myself (I could see myself getting there, frankly), but I do know people personally who are so frustrated with these subscription models that they've elected to pirate, and then just go to their creators' Patreons (if they have them) and make a donation, instead. It's never going to stop the market from trying to have both their exclusivity hell-scape AND zero pirating, because as long as legislative remedies exist to prop up these content fiefdoms, you better believe the platform holders will avail themselves of them. Nevertheless...they've sown the wind, etc., etc.

[@themetaphysicalgentleman]

Studios: Let's remove the first 3 seasons of a tv show from our streaming service. Also studios: Guys no why are you pirating stuff stop that

[@TheGreatHeeroYuy]

If you're pirating anime and manga... you're already used to sites going down and hunting down other ones. Don't think it'll affect it much.

[@arenkai]

Time is a flat donut. Every so often a new romancy thing grabs the attention of the same crowd from a new generation.

[@thefool8750]

Just bought a book with a quote from Gaiman on it 💀 but broken clocks are right twice a day

[@jhopewell4208]

@@thefool8750 I know the feeling. I've never read much Gaiman, but I swear he wrote an introduction or cover quote for almost every book I'm interested in. If only all those introductions kept his hands busy 😭

[@sarahkendall5714]

Yeah I wonder if this is maybe part of a reason why publishers might be doing this, if you think about it a book not written by Gaimen but still has his name on the front cover as part of the blurb then that book might still suffer in sales.

[@YourDearEnemy]

well, his writing or book taste wasnt what is wrong with him

[@FlyingFocs]

Yeah, I tried rereading A Wizard of Earthsea and of course, he has a review blurb on the back. Not quite the same, and I could just go over it with sharpie

[@roadtoantiquity]

I have a book that has a quote from him on the front... Very sadly..

[@agob157]

Yeah blurbs suck I just got a book that has George on it that says “This one has it all.” ….. k. It’s like the non-removable stickers- wrecks the cover art of a book I’m paying my hard earned bux for

[@noriller]

As some say: "Piracy is almost always a service problem and not a pricing problem."

[@Kim-gy9pl]

when i was 19-20 I did pick up books that had blurbs from authors I like, but that was also before booktube and the ability to find reviews easily online.

[@ImiKG]

Greenman bamboozled us with the Dungeon Crawler Carl Adaptation - Thought it was a streaming show for a moment

[@DanielGreeneReviews]

Well we’ve already covered a show is being worked on by Seth McFarland.

[@ImiKG]

@@DanielGreeneReviews Uuuuuuuh, very good! Gotta finish it until then 👾

[@valarya]

Re: BLURBS --- my initial reaction was the same as yours, that it's a good thing they're going away. But then I thought back to ALL THE TIMES I was in a bookstore, browsing the SFF section for new shit to read feeling totally overwhelmed and noticing a tiny blurb from a favorite author on a book I'd never heard of. This is how I found Robin Hobb in the early 2000s. (The Farseer Trilogy used to have a blurb from GRRM on them, before either of them were "huge.") So I'm having mixed feelings.

[@calebmauer1751]

Yeah, people can pretend they don't like them, but they sell copies, the data proves it. It probably just doesn't work online as well as it does on a physical cover so it's not paying off like it used to. Or they just overplayed their hand with blurbs so people are starting to catch on to how little some of them say.

[@brookebarnett8028]

I love how Kayla came in so disappointed

[@ziggystardust1973]

Regarding book piracy, I see an issue where some exclsuive stores just aren't available everywhere. I've run into some ebooks that just aren't available in my country. For example, I wanted to buy the avatar books, but in my country the only versions I could find as ebooks were in my language, so I was seriously considering piracy before deciding to just not read them. When I wanted to read the manga Frieren all I could find as ebook were french versions, not even an ebook in my language. That was very disappointing

[@quixotiq]

Vpn is your friend, use them to find a supplier abroad that can ship to your country. Yes you will need to pay shipping and relevant duties/fees/taxes but if you really want something .... Or ask a friend living there or visiting.

[@Pondemonium89]

14:00 Kayla is OP ❤❤❤❤ love her

[@brandontaylor3252]

I've been perusing used books stores lately and the Gaiman shelves are getting heavier and heavier.

[@tylerdurham6091]

Not gonna lie, is gonna be really fucking hard to look at my hardcover Sandman editions once they get out of storage. This shit fucking sucks.

[@KevinGriffin-b2s]

​@tylerdurham6091 The absolute editions. I have them all too. I don't a lot of time finding good copies cheap. Now I don't really want to look at them.

[@YeloowFish]

Daniel saying that the Devil May Cry games weren't standout is probably one of the hottest takes I have ever heard. (I don't count the second one)

[@andrewwinkelmeyer6503]

Onyx Storm might have sold well but I’m not hearing positive things about the book. My wife loved the first one and has liked each sequel less and less

[@IzzysTravelDiaries]

Frankly, when a book is selling millions of copies, i don't mind checking it out on a certain Russian site. On the anime thing, it's harder when you're outside the US. So much stuff is not available where i live even when I have a subscription to the streaming site, i can't watch it. Like i can't watch Inuyasha legally. Shows too. What streaming does now is that they only have a show available in my country, when there's local language subtitles available. Like i saw a KZbin video mentioning a documentary on Max, I search for it, not available. Not to mention that the income in my country is about 10% of US income, and streaming is usually not that much less.

[@thefriesofLockeLamora]

24:40 very true. I feel bad for all the workers who've lost their jobs. I think all studios should start having a standard practice of doing Me-Too checks before starting adaptations.

[@quixotiq]

Ffs its just insane virtue signalling. Unless convicted of an actual crime, these cancellations are a step too far imo

[@angela_merkeI]

OMG, a new species of giant isopod🥰 That's better than any of the other news. They are so cute! An aquarium I was once in allowed to pet them ت They and regular woodlice are soooooo awesome. Isn't it cool that they are crustaceans but also land dwellers?😍

[@angela_merkeI]

With the exception of blurbs dieing maybe. Gods, I hate blurbs.

[@SusanYeske701]

Every time one of these things pops up I am reminded of a vintage scifi series which had a species the humans called "land prawns". Title is Little Fuzzy by H. Beam Piper if you are interested.

[@neasanicdhomhnaill7112]

Thank you so much for reporting on AI in the writing industry, I really appreciate your integrity and information on this topic. And Tim Hickson's information and integrity too. You guys are doing such an awesome job, I cannot say thank you enough!

[@DarkAkaike]

Thank God book blurbs are dieing. Summary or bust

[@Kaladin_S_]

The skit with God was S tier 😂 your delivery as god was perfect

[@peeporiot9948]

Same, I never really paid attention to blurbs anyways. I always just assume that they're getting their friends weren't going to say anything bad to do them, it's never squared me to read a book

[@Macapta]

I don't think Daniel understands how hot a take his DMC opinion was.

[@jarltrippin]

I don't think anyone here does. Daniel and his audience aren't gamers, which is fine, of course, but when they do venture to play a game, it's usually something like The Last of us or Red Dead 2, games that could have easily been movies/TV shows. Devil May Cry is a _game,_ and apparently, that's a "dated" thing to be, according to Daniel.

[@Las.22]

I loved that he thought to drop the hard g sound for gumiho in an attempt to pronounce it accurately, when it wasn’t necessary 😂😂 14:26

[@ZeeDC666]

Piracy is a symptom and not the actual "problem", and this bill is honestly not going to do much at all. The people that outright don't want to pay for it still won't, and the people this is aimed at that are aware they're pirating will still have to make the same choice as before, which is usually: Would I rather pay to watch this, or not watch it at all? Also, I don't think outperforming Disney+ is too difficult in my opinion. Everyone I know who has a recurring sub to Disney+ has young children, everyone else buys a month here and there to catch up on releases. There just isn't enough regular content to warrant a Disney sub.

[@brooklynwadsworth8098]

I've been having a rough week, and this ep of Fantasy News has given me lots of laughs. I also just feel joy watching you fan over incredible cover art. Thank you so much for doing this and making my day feel better. 😊

[@andreassundberg9426]

I don't like piracy but when it comes to anime there often is a problem that you can't find it legally. At least here in sweden

[@willpi6413]

4:05 lol no joke, I picked up the farseer trilogy because of the blurb on the front by George RR Martin. That’s why I like them but if people want to get rid of them, I’ll survive

[@lordphinix3]

I've definitely been partially influenced by a blurb before, and even when I'm not I still like to skim them.

[@lindsayreads21]

The voiceovers are the best part 😂

[@yotuel9064]

If they think removing piracy sites from mainstream is gonna help... Just saying you are gonna see lots of yt tutorials and reddit and forum post of the fastest and easiest way to find those.

[@High5Favorites]

I don’t think I’ve ever actually read a book blurb, or if I have, it was so unimportant of a factor in deciding to get a book or not. 03:20

[@TrentRyanKatzenberger]

Ya see.... This has really confused me. I always thought book blurbs were the little summaries on the back not the author endorsements elsewhere. .. I thought those were called endorsements, lol. Are y'all SURE that is how you use that word?

[@timschulte1248]

OK.. I know it's an adult book, but Harry Potter kicked its ass.. Selling wise

[@erraticonteuse]

I used to know an author who was high-enough profile to get asked for blurbs, and indeed, he didn’t even read the books, he just sent back some marketing fluff. That said, I literally started reading Strangers in Paradise because of Neil Gaiman's blurb on the first pocket book 😭😭😭

[@momojiji_radar]

thank you for thanking your artists

[@pingpong2978]

I'm very happy that the fourth wing is raising book sales, but my goodness I dont understand why. I read fourth wing and it was one of the worst things I've ever read.

[@jonbaxter2254]

Haven't seen someone fall so fast as Gaiman

[@SwimmerInBlue]

Speaking on the first story - the only reason I picked up The Long Price Quartet was bc of a GRRM blurb saying it was fantastic. He was right!

[@AskWhyMoreOften]

Fortnightly isn't used as much in N. America but it is less confusing then using bimonthly and biweekly.

[@crimsonraen]

Thanks for the news Daniel!

[@Soup.of.Mandrake]

I really appreciate the use of the Dune soundbite you've been using. Just had to say it.

[@OfficialACM]

4:00 I have purchased exactly one (1) book because of a blurb: Kushiel's Dart had a blurb from Robert Jorda , I would have never picked it up otherwise & would have missed out on a fantastic trilogy

[@thetrav8730]

The Warhammer description was spot on

[@DeePat-gd5so]

I have been waiting for Season 2 of Sandman on Netflix for awhile. Loved the 1st season...i was totaly shocked when I heard the allegations against Gaiman. Made me think of the Muse arc in Sandman. Irony

[@quixotiq]

Honestly rumours have been around for years on the kink scene and internet

[@Katertot8895]

The only time I pay attention to blurbs is when an author I do not respect at all (ex: colleen hoover) has blurbed a book I'm interested in. Then, I am not longer interested in that book.

[@justanotherpiccplayer3511]

So stupid question, I thought the blurb was the bit on the back of the book that told you what the books about? Not quotes from authors?

[@MrHyde-bp1nb]

I apologize if someone has already said it because there’s already a lot of comments but Del Toro’s Frankenstein isn’t an adaptation of the novel unfortunately. It’s a sequel to the original story.

[@lsmc8909]

I hate reading blurbs on covers, but even more particularly, on Kobo when it recommends a book to you and you click on the description and all you see is an author’s generic blurb and not the actual description of the novel, it makes me absolutely crazy.

[@vestofholding]

30:28: This coming just a few minutes after the discussion about the causes of piracy is deeply funny to me.

[@lucasmonk4258]

Ever since I first saw The Emperor's New Groove, I've wanted to try bugs like that!

[@COMBATKYLE4]

A news with fantasy is a news with fantasy

[@shadowofchaos7675]

You are the second youtuber in two days that made a skit about that darth vader bug😂

[@indigoowl7841]

Who was the first? More Darth Vader bug skits, please.

[@zacharydillard3021]

4:28 you are ohhhh so wrong. My mom picked me up Will of the Many for Christmas because she saw your blurb on the front 😅