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How do you tell if someone's a "real" #author?
Ask if their fever dreams are about ISBN allocation. If they can tell a harrowing tale of Kafkaesque unique ID per copy proportions, then they are a real author.
This test is unashamedly designed to privilege people who are me. Because I deserve some positive worth after getting hammered down for days by the aforementioned fever.
@DaveHiggins I guess I'm not a real author, because that all sailed right over my head.
@BobTarte Probably for the best. The international ISBN situation is almost the opposite of a simple solution to book IDs. So, like some strange Lovecraftian protagonist, I would not wish understanding upon anyone.
@DaveHiggins I'm glad I never have to think about that stuff.
@BobTarte There are days when the ease of not being a publisher tempts me too.