Roadside Mum #9 Is this normal behaviour for RSM?

[Jelly Bean]

Another year! Ha ha. They have got nothing, but have just bought another year before they perform the inevitable and offer refunds or ‘credit’ for other projects. Plus, even if this insane zine does come out, you would be struggling to find something more out of date and irrelevant.

Unbound are scam artists and enablers of scam artists.

Aren't a lot of the essays about covid and lockdown? Who tf wants to read about that now? Plus it will all be about this terrible Tory government.
What a waste of paper.
It will still probably come out sooner than Bex Kitchen's 'Hearty' mind you.

 

[Shimmering]

One in Five has a new cover. Still no publication date.

 

[Mugginsme]

One in Five has a new cover. Still no publication date.

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Weird I'm struggling to get into my unbound account, I want to change the name going in the book, I'll be mortified if my real one is in it as a backer

 

[Traazers]

Unbound buying themselves time I think. Like Bex posting a pic of a salad.

 

[CabalofBolorneaise]

Unbound buying themselves time I think. Like Bex posting a pic of a salad.

I think unbound have probably bitten the bullet and done all the work themselves at this point, they admitted they were helping with the editing etc earlier. If they have any sense they’ll have realised they were getting FA out of RSM and just gone for it themselves as they clearly are diametrically opposed to cancelling and refunding it.

 

[chizontiz]

am I missing an obvious meaning behind the glasses?
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empty glass = poverty?
full glass = no poverty?

 

[CabalofBolorneaise]

am I missing an obvious meaning behind the glasses?

I assume it’s that 4 of them are full (have enough) and one is almost empty (doesn’t) to symbolise the one in five in poverty? I wonder if that figure is even accurate anymore now the CoL has risen so much.

 

[Wooh]

A new cover. We'll, no wonder it's taken so long! That's okay, quite understand.

Notice that there's been so long between drinks (see what I did there?) that the old cover was indeed dated in its colour and style? The new cover is more in line with recent releases.

I borrow a lot - most - of my reading from two apps to download books, and it's easy to see the publishing trends in typeface/fonts, colours and images. And THAT'S how long it's been.

A curse on all their houses.

 

[HotesTilaire]

am I missing an obvious meaning behind the glasses?
---
empty glass = poverty?
full glass = no poverty?

One in 5 can’t afford corporation pop?

 

[Funsizes]

I'll be fair and say I actually quite like the cover!

All is forgiven Louisa! syke

 

[Shimmering]

Ooooh, there's now a confirmed publication date.

 

[FlashBoof]

Good god - what a woeful waste of the world’s finite and precious resources. Just refund folk. This is about 4 years out of date and so irrelevant it’s obscene.

 

[Jelly Bean]

Good god - what a woeful waste of the world’s finite and precious resources. Just refund folk. This is about 4 years out of date and so irrelevant it’s obscene.

It will be all about Tory Britain and covid won't it?

 

[Mugginsme]

If and it's a big if, this book reaches my doorstep I vow to give you all the scoop on what is unbound to be a very Made up interesting set of not at all out of date stories. Bets on any twitter specials making the book?

See what I did there.

 

[HotesTilaire]

If and it's a big if, this book reaches my doorstep I vow to give you all the scoop on what is unbound to be a very Made up interesting set of not at all out of date stories. Bets on any twitter specials making the book?

See what I did there.

Let us know if the handwriting and pen colour changes on each one

 

[Shimmering]

I don't think it's a particularly good sign that the publisher can't even get the one line synopsis right.

 

[HotesTilaire]

Is it a mistake or has there been a

 

[Shimmering]

Is it a mistake or has there been a

God knows. The cover says "True stories about the realities of living in poverty"

 

[HotesTilaire]

interestingly, if you Google it roughly 1 in 5 people are disabled

 

[Shimmering]

interestingly, if you Google it roughly 1 in 5 people are disabled

There's this book too:

One in Five

Practical tips and advice for parents navigating the school system from a mom who’s been there.One in five children have dyslexia, but too many par...

www.simonandschuster.co.uk