Tweet of the Day, I’m Torn Between Being Appalled… edition.

…and wondering if the CCA has a genre fiction category.

The Critics Choice Awards have always been kind of silly, but this is almost comically corrupt. (From Matthew Belloni’s newsletter.) pic.twitter.com/uGGuW4x7E6

— Sonny Bunch (@SonnyBunch) August 29, 2022

I mean, the math checks out. $500 + (500 [number of bribees] x $8 [cost to print, package, and ship a book]) = $4,500. If even only a quarter take the bribe, 125 x 20 (absolute minimum sales from their pay-for-play linking) x $3 (profit from a book) = $7,500. Worth it*!

Moe Lane

*Yes, absolutely immoral and I’m not going to do it. But, cashwise? Worth it!