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Originally Posted by mbovenka
Like ^&**^ there is't. Yeah, the Woody Allens and J.K. Rowlings of this world can pretty much ignore it, sure. But I suggest you read (and follow the links in) Paperbackstash's post.
Cancel culture is real. Even if the biggest fish aren't hurt by it, smaller fry most certainly are.
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What I got from reading the shared articles is that authors and publishers should just stay off of YATwitter and proceed as planned.
The most famous example (or at least the one I have any familiarity with) is
The Black Witch by Laurie Forest. Despite the Twitter rage, the book was released, seems to be popular and has garnered good reviews and has two sequels.
Same goes for
Blood Heir by Amélie Wen Zhao.
A Place For Wolves by Kosoko Jackson would likely also be fine if the author and publisher just decided to plow ahead.
The heat on Twitter is real But in the end, it's also insular and ignored by the rest of the world (including apparently YAs, as YATwitter is mostly made up of adults).