National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist Best Book of Fall (Esquire) and a Most Anticipated Book of 2021 (Lit Hub) What Has Happened to Fiction in the Age of Platform Capitalism? Since it was first launched in 1994, Amazon has changed the world of literature. The “Everything Store” has not just transformed how we buy books; it has affected what we buy, and even what we read. In Everything and Less, acclaimed critic Mark McGurl explores this new world where writing is no longer categorized as high or lowbrow, literature or popular fiction. Charting a course spanning from Henry James to E. L. James, McGurl shows that contemporary writing has less to do with writing per se than with the manner of its distribution. This consumerist logic—if you like this, you might also like ...—has reorganized the fiction universe so that literary prize-winners sit alongside fantasy, romance, fan fiction, and the infinite list of hybrid genres and self-published works. This is an innovation to be cautiously celebrated. Amazon’s platform is not just a retail juggernaut but an aesthetic experiment driven by an unseen algorithm rivaling in the depths of its effects any major cultural shift in history. Here all fiction is genre fiction, and the niches range from the categories of crime and science fiction to the more refined interests of Adult Baby Diaper Lover erotica. Everything and Less is a hilarious and insightful map of both the commanding heights and sordid depths of fiction, past and present, that opens up an arresting conversation about why it is we read and write fiction in the first place.

Falling for your brother's best friend isn't as fun as it's cut out to be, especially when you're so screwed up that you're terrified of commitment and being locked down. I crave freedom. I need to let go of the insanity I feel swirling in my head. But I do something even crazier than getting high or fighting like I always do. I fall for the one man who hates my guts . . . Blaze. I'm toxic. I ruin everyone and everything I touch. And yet . . . all while still needing Blaze, I crave Jonah. And allowing both of these men to love me is either going to be what saves me . . . Or what sends me toppling into the deep end. **This is book one in the Coming Alive Duet. It does end on a cliffhanger. It is an MFM menage.** Trigger warnings: cliffhanger, pregnancy, drug abuse, two men sharing one woman. Please also note that this book deals with a woman who struggles with the fact that she is pregnant, and she detests every moment of it. If this is a trigger for you, do not read.

One moment, one day, can change everything. For Tristan Hough, that moment cost him Olympic gold. As he accepted his silver medal, he swore he’d never settle for second again. When Tristan's accused of using the charity Victoria Small runs as a tax shelter, minimizing contact with her becomes critical to his long-term success. Except she's pregnant. And the child is his. A child Tristan wants desperately. So, he's going to be in the baby's life, even if he can't have Victoria. Who cares that she's got Tristan's brain and libido so twisted, the most skilled black diamond boarder would jump at the chance to ride those seductive curves? Tristan's learned his lesson--and has the hard knocks to prove it. He can't let lack of discipline destroy everything he's worked for. Never again. Other Books By Allyson Lindt Valkyrie's Legacy Series (Urban Fantasy) Valkyrie Reborn Valkyrie Hunted Valkyrie Concealed Valkyrie Crowned Three Player Co-op (Ménage Romance) Looking For It Waiting For It Asking For It Running For It Fighting For It Game for Cookies Series (Ménage Romance) Seduction Games Control Games Two Plus One (Ménage Romance) Their Nerd Their Matchmaker 3d20 Series (Ménage Romance) Roll Against Trust Roll Against Regret Roll Against Discovery Roll Against Betrayal Subscribe, Live, Love Series (Ménage Romance) Red Hunted Red Consumed Beauty Claimed Beauty Awakened Ubiquity Series (Urban Fantasy Reverse Harem) Seductive Soul Soul Reaper Soul Betrayer Truth's Harem Series (Urban Fantasy Reverse Harem) Fate's Illusion Innovation's Muse Apathy's Hero Ridden Hard (M/F Contemporary Romance) Hard Flip Hard Pack Riding the Wave Drive Me Wild Love Equation (Contemporary Romance) Rival Charmed by the Geeks Regret Restraint Love Games (M/F Contemporary Romance) His Reputation Her Airman His Cosplayer Love Hack (M/F Contemporary Romance) His Hacker His Infatuation Her Surrender Hacking Wonderland (Suspense) Reagan through the Looking Glass The Hatter and the Hare Painting the Roses Red Reigning Hearts Null Equation (Dystopian Romance) Over Exposed Over Stimulated Over Shared Stand Alone Titles Seeking More (M/F New Adult Romance) Destined for Temptation (Paranormal Romance)

What would happen if you took all the energy you use to try to change your partner and instead changed yourself? Romantic comedy author and host of the You’re Not Stuck podcast Kat Addams is here to tell you what you’ve needed to hear all along. No, he won’t change. But you will! Stop fighting for your relationship and start fighting for yourself. You’re not stuck. You’re capable of building the confidence and mindset needed to grow from victim to survivor and take back control of your life. Kat uses a brutally honest approach of inner work and progressive practices to empower victims to leave their situation. With a humorous, gritty, and relatable tone, she offers a fresh perspective on this emotional journey—or as she likes to call it, a shameless, shitty adventure. As a domestic violence survivor herself, Kat knows the struggle is real. She’s an outspoken advocate for victims and a vocal testimony that life outside of someone else’s control is pure magic. You’re Not Stuck is part comic relief, shedding light on a dark topic, and part motivational kick in the pants to take action toward freedom. With a heavy theme of the ripple effect, this book tells how one life changed can change another, and together, we can stop surviving and start living. Whether you’re struggling in a toxic relationship, a dead-end job, or you just want to escape misery, Kat’s here to wake you up to realize that you’re the key to your mental prison and only you can save yourself. Your life is waiting for you on the other side. You’re not alone, and you’re not stuck either.

While in nonsensical actuality Donald Trump's campaign slogan was "Make America great again!," it probably should have been either "Make facts fake again!" or "Make bigly stinky BS smell good again!" It's appeared to be the president's goal to transform the U.S. into bizarro world, where up is down, black is white, right is wrong, left is right, and a bouquet of herpes is a popular item at supermarkets every February 14th. Cite a fact? That's fake news. Cite fake news? That's a fact. So what do we do when the leader of our country tries turning reality on its head? Resort to 24-hour all-you-can-eat buffets, binge-drinking, and laughter, not necessarily in that order. That's where author Craig Rozniecki's fifteenth book, "A Collection of Satirical Short Stories: A Bigly Clever Title," will come in handy! So join him in attempting to cope with Trump's bizarro world, as he satirizes politics, religion, race, every light topic you're advised to talk about on a first date.