PQ Weekly is a round-up of the most shared links in our social media network—bookish articles, reviews, quizzes, recommendations and more—in convenient digest form.

• There is apparently a Twitter feed for Shit Academics Say (@AcademicsSay) and it is brilliant. I must now stop signing my emails with “Best,” and try not to think about how the joke about 700 humanities professors applying for one job screwing in a light bulb sounds perilously similar to the publishing industry.
• Yet another reason to shop indie. The Guardian ran a fantastic article about how small publishers can’t avoid selling through Amazon, but often lose money by participating in the very programs that Amazon designed for them. Well that just … stinks.
• “Honey, would you read my book?” can be some of the most terrifying works ever uttered. Here’s why.
• Neil Gaiman has the BEST (and most sarcastic) answer ever to a fan asking how to get writing ideas on paper. You had me at “On the top of a distant mountain…”
• Kafka never finished a novel on his own. The plot for George Orwell’s 1984 may not be as original as you thought. Famous authors have some pretty interesting skeletons in their closets!
• Some kind words for Words for Elephant Man: “This is poetry that will fill your socks and then some.”

Hope you enjoyed the best of this week’s bookternet. Join us for more next Friday, and be sure to share your own literary links in the comments below.