I dunno, can’t speak for Simon but I think Jen does quite a lot in return for Patreon tiers to make it worth it for people who want to support.
Oh I'm not saying she doesn't , just that she has so many other sources of income and an employed partner (as does Simon for that matter) I really don't think they are needing us to put our hands in our pockets to pay for their groceries etc..I dunno, can’t speak for Simon but I think Jen does quite a lot in return for Patreon tiers to make it worth it for people who want to support.
Never can forget the time I subbed to Lauren’s Patreon, it was the lower tier and she hadn’t posted anything (like, the promised perks) to that tier in months and months.
I met Jen when she did an event at my local library for her short story collection. She was actually ok.. we have the same name so we kinda has a few comments about that. Sorry you had a bad experience. I can see your POV.. sounds like you had an awful time... I'm curious.. can you share anymore?
Yeah, of course. I should stress, it wasn't how she treated me that upset me, but how she treated another author. Jen was interviewing another author at an event, and I was excited because squee, I got to see Jen Campbell. The author was a woman of colour and Jen was supposed to be interviewing her. Note how I said supposed to.
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It's not just him though..unknown bloggers also do it. Met 1 at a publisher event where she took home a huge stackof proofs etc ( I didn't feel right taking more than 1 tho there were a few i fancied, also I had to ask if I could take 1), then followed her on IG. She then posted a stack of 23 books she got through the mail.. most of which she probably won't read. It's been a couple of months now and she hast posted about a single ARC she took at the publisher event. Meanwhile I am stuck here practically begging for even E ARCS as I try to start a Booksta which nobody will follow.
Tell Armistead at least I did the readalong lol... I think he has a real issue with taking on more than he can handle re workloads. I really don't know why his jobs send him around the UK as most of the library events will probably entail the libraries doing a lot of the actual workload around them. Also have you taken a look at what Arts bodies will throw money at? My library barely has any books now . Slough (not my local but one i'm a member of) is one of the ones listed in his new project and they just sent me a survey cleared aimed at them trying to cut costs of their libraries but then they are involved with these daft ideas like Story Trails and its augmented reality experiences..
UGH I KNOW he won't read some of those.. I'd kill to get my hands on a copy of Pure Colour.. so many of my friends in the US loved it.. I can guarantee it's not up his alley.. Can highly recommend Brown Girls - just read that and it's very poetic..Also have Memphis on my tbr..
I stood next to Leena Norms at the midnight release of The Testaments in London. She does lots of book content and work(ed?) in publishing but I don't know how much she counts as a Booktuber.
Yeah I think of Leena as booktuber-adjacent. Did she seem nice?
She did! It's hard to tell too much because she was doing background stuff like filming/organising but she seemed like she was getting on well with her co workers and having a laugh. I'm sure if I had spoken to her she'd have been lovely about it but I found it a bit uncomfortable to say anything when she wasn't there in her capacity as a youtuber.
Oh thats nice to hear! I like her content and general 'vibe'. I would be the same - would feel awkward to interupt her at work!
That makes me happy to hear because she seems so genuine and lovely! I've watched her videos for a few years and she has kinda left the Bootube community a bit, but she's a poet so I think she's just more professional and has more of an actual like than most booktubers do - they just seem to live at home with their parents or partner who financially support them while they just read books and call it work. Leena is an actual professional
she's a poet? Always wondered what she was doing to earn money since she quit publishing. but then again she does also charge per video on her Patreon.. I joined to get access to her FB group but soon unsubbed because unlike most other Patreons she charges per item rather than a monthly fee. When you are on a set budget this isn't really practical as one month Leena could do a beano and your costs could rocket.. imagine if she did Vlogmas and actually posted 1 a day in December.. at £1 a time...
Yeah definitely she's probably one of the only booktubers I still watch regularly despite the fact she has moved away from the community a bit.
Wasn't Jen in this and Jean? I think I've seen a video with them going away and baking. I presume the panini and them all scattering out of London has a lot to do with this ending. I recall Lauren Wade being in this but can't remember Leena..
Yeah maybe Leena wasn't - I'm thinking Jen, Jean, Lauren Wade and Mercedes definitely were and maybe Sanne from Booksandquills? I don't remember Lauren from Lauren and the books going on the holidays etc but she was on the podcast with Mercedes.
