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Lurking Merkins - Volume Two of Under the Duvet of Darkness

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Boiledbeetle · 04/11/2023 08:00

"Under the Duvet of Darkness Volume Two Lurking Merkins" is now live on Amazon.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CMJZ43VZ

This a thread about a book about a thread about a book about a thread! (I think I’ve got the correct number of books and threads in there)

There are over 160 poems written by over 40 different Mumsnet usernames contained within its 208 pages.

There are also 12 Lurking Merkin poems lurking throughout the book!

It can take a few days for it to become fully searchable so the link below will take you straight to it:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CMJZ43VZ

It's available worldwide so if anyone needs the link for a site other than the UK let me know and I can give you the link to the relevant Amazon site.

IMPORTANT BIT:

Whilst written entirely by Mumsnet users this book is not, I repeat NOT, published with Mumsnet’s express permission or co-operation.

It is published with the express permission and co-operation of the individual writers themselves.

Can anyone who tweets about it link directly to the book on Amazon or my Twitter profile:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CMJZ43VZ
or
https://twitter.com/TheBoiledbeetle

rather than to this MN thread.

Thank you everyone who let me use their poems, without you there would be no book!

Boiledbeetle XX

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Boiledbeetle · 19/11/2023 10:29

https://twitter.com/TheBoiledbeetle/status/1726168238017630712?t=ao8NSWxxDMHI0ZRVN0Js7Q&s=19

Let's see if this generates some more sales.

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Boiledbeetle · 19/11/2023 10:28

Now I'm not saying there ever will be, but just in case there is another one I'm just posting this from another thread as in five years time I may get back the urge to do another one and wouldn't have a clue where to find it!

Ritasueandbobtoo9 · Yesterday 05:25

Saudi style.

Silencing women,
Saudi Style,
The police were called,
Saudi Style
Ban from the match,
Saudi Style,
The woman can’t come,
Saudi Style,
One less woman,
Saudi trial.
One by one.
Saudi vile.
@Boiledbeetle

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/4941437-saudi-owned-newcastle-united-suspends-membership-of-womens-rights-activist?reply=130811796&utm_campaign=reply&utm_medium=share

Saudi owned Newcastle United suspends membership of women's rights activist | Mumsnet

A gender-critical Newcastle United fan says the club have suspended her membership because police investigated her for tweeting that “trans women are...

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/4941437-saudi-owned-newcastle-united-suspends-membership-of-womens-rights-activist?reply=130811796

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Boiledbeetle · 16/11/2023 23:11

You wonderful lovely women there's 7 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 reviews now 😍 with some very nice words!

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IcakethereforeIam · 16/11/2023 22:53

My review is up with the requisite number of stars, phew!

TessoftheDurbeyfields · 16/11/2023 22:38

Thanks for the reminder - I've posted a review too

IcakethereforeIam · 16/11/2023 22:07

I've just posted my review. I got a message to say there might be a delay before it's posted. I think that's probably something everyone gets automatically.

I've just realised, I can't remember doing the star thing 😮The Amazon page kept behaving really weirdly (randomly changing size) which distracted me. I'm worried now.

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Boiledbeetle · 16/11/2023 09:52

Waitwhat23 · 16/11/2023 09:44

My review has finally been added

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Thank you you wonderful woman you. I wonder why they took so long with it? Maybe they were reading the book to check how true it was!

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Waitwhat23 · 16/11/2023 09:44

Boiledbeetle · 16/11/2023 08:12

Picked up some more sales yesterday.

It could however do with some more reviews if anyone gets the chance 💋

My review has finally been added

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Boiledbeetle · 16/11/2023 08:12

Picked up some more sales yesterday.

It could however do with some more reviews if anyone gets the chance 💋

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Boiledbeetle · 15/11/2023 16:17

JackieQueen · 15/11/2023 15:52

Ordered my copy yesterday and came home from the shops to find it in my porch today! Sooo looking forward to a good read! 💝

Yay! Enjoy!

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JackieQueen · 15/11/2023 15:52

Ordered my copy yesterday and came home from the shops to find it in my porch today! Sooo looking forward to a good read! 💝

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Boiledbeetle · 15/11/2023 08:56

ArcaneWireless · 14/11/2023 14:43

My books came at the weekend 😊

Better late than never!

If you want them, my vital statistics are short, fat and round. Says it all.

I hope the goddess of the merkin loves it all. There are some crackers in there.

Congratulations all. Splendid stuff. 🥰

Can't wait to hear what your mother thinks! And whether she works out who you are this time!

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Boiledbeetle · 15/11/2023 08:55

Finally feeling slightly more human and less death warmed up so thought I'd look at the stats

This month so far we have sold

13 vol 1
47 vol 2
Money raised for FWS £249.09

The TOTAL figures since this all started back at the beginning of April:

496 vol 1
47 vol 2

TOTAL Money raised for FWS £1521.41

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ArcaneWireless · 14/11/2023 14:43

My books came at the weekend 😊

Better late than never!

If you want them, my vital statistics are short, fat and round. Says it all.

I hope the goddess of the merkin loves it all. There are some crackers in there.

Congratulations all. Splendid stuff. 🥰

LarkLane · 14/11/2023 14:37

But not your safe word as tmi.

IcakethereforeIam · 14/11/2023 14:32

Height, weight and vital statistics!

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Boiledbeetle · 14/11/2023 12:36

SinnerBoy · 14/11/2023 12:32

Do you want my sort code, mother's maiden name and my date of birth?

😃

And bank card pin number and name of your first pet and school!

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SinnerBoy · 14/11/2023 12:32

Do you want my sort code, mother's maiden name and my date of birth?

😃

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Boiledbeetle · 14/11/2023 12:30

Just had the following.

Hello,

Greetings from Amazon KDP.

I understand your concern.

Upon checking, I see your book is live and available for sale on UK marketplace. It might show as unavailable if the shipping address is outside of UK. You can ask them to use a different web browser to check. If they still face the issue with the shipping address is within UK, Please send us the screenshot along with the shipping address that we can check with the technical team and resolve your issue as soon as possible. But we can assure that your book is available for sale.

Not sure how I get random people on the internet to tell me their address mind!!!!

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SinnerBoy · 14/11/2023 12:21

Yes, could be. I had to log out of WiFi on the phone, then log in on the laptop, faff about, allow expletives of varying extremity to seep out,log out of the laptop, back into the phone.... and now can't be arsed to try again.

Still, I'm home tomorrow. Unless someone crashes into us in the dock, we sink and I drow overnight.

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Boiledbeetle · 14/11/2023 12:13

Well as you aren't the only one I've contacted Amazon to see what's going on (still waiting on a response all I've got is maybe they'll get back to me in the next 24 hours). I've checked out every reason in their less than helpful help guides and none of the answers fit. So Amazon being Amazon seems to be the answer!

But yours, knowing Amazon, may well be because it's locating your location in the middle of the sea and they don't deliver there!

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SinnerBoy · 14/11/2023 10:38

I've just been whingeing on Twatter that I can't see it on Amazon, but it may be because our ship's WiFi is a Belgian Star Link arrangement.

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Boiledbeetle · 14/11/2023 10:27

@Ramblingnamechanger It's not surprising you missed some on the thread, there were a lot of poems over the two threads! some of the poems came off different threads as well!

It's awful the amount of things that have happened in just a few months isn't it, especially given that what's covered is only a small fraction of some of the crazy shit that's happened this year!

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Ramblingnamechanger · 13/11/2023 16:01

I want that cat! My copy arrived in the box at the bus station on Saturday. Looks fantastic and seeing some poems I missed on the thread is great. It really is record of what was happening in just a few short months…history in the making, Congratulations!

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Boiledbeetle · 13/11/2023 12:24

https://x.com/TheBoiledbeetle/status/1724040075376218553?s=20

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