So a scholar I do not know, who's working in a field far outside my own, and on a topic I don't even understand, has just emailed me out of the blue to let me know his book is coming out. "I’d really appreciate it if you could let your followers know about the book." So now I'm telling you.

I know that guy. He's a pretty good author. Bad past though. It's been... difficult for him. Glad to know he's making an impression and new friends.

Well hello malicious compliance I think that deserves a follow, how'd you end up on my wall? No idea But that, I'll go read your stuff later, but have a follow for now at least

Did they at least send you a copy of the book, on a subject far outside your field of interest, to help share their writing on a topic with which you were unfamiliar?

Thanks, I have sent in my preorder

LMAO. My bane is when someone who never engages with your work or cites it, keeps tagging you under every new paper of his that is on the same topic, suggesting he knows your work and its relevance to what he does but decides it's *you* who needs to show reverence to his work and not vice versa.

what if i didn't read volumes 3 to 5

I'll be sure to look for it in bookstores. You said the cover was blue, right?

Is it that right wing chud who is releasing a fun new version of Black Like Me? Is that still happening or they delaying that one too till after the election?

There seems to be a lot of buzz about the book. People are talking.