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writer. award-winning bookseller. believer in nuance. bad rep for all communities i'm in. manager @ oblong books. πŸŒˆπŸ‰πŸŒ±
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*gently pushes RWRB fans towards THE SPARE by miranda dubner and BOYFRIEND MATERIAL by alexis hall*

that self-pub writer's comment was one of the things that broke my brain back in november!!! anyway i read a bunch of stuff about how writers use AI and my conclusion is that these people really must be lonely folks: misshelved.substack.com/p/why-would-...

this is a good thread. 🧡

*gently pushes you towards THE LEGEND OF ELI MONPRESS and GODKILLER*

may i recommend some high quality silliness??? THE GEOGRAPHER'S MAP TO ROMANCE had me gigglin' and kickin' my feet; you're in on the bits. HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE is a classic and a delight and has THE silliest plot twist. THE LEGEND OF ELI MONPRESS is an amazing fantasy book but is also SO funny???

"AI" - dashare.zone ADMIN

KOSA is being reintroduced today. It's always been a dangerous censorship bill. But in this environment, with Trump weaponizing every aspect of the Federal government to suppress speech he doesn't like, KOSA is a catastrophic attack on human rights. We have to stop it. StopKOSA.com

todaaaaaaaaay! today today today! join me!

this is everybody's reminder that @bookshop.org sells e-books now!!! you can buy e-books and read them on the devices of your choice all while supporting independent bookstores!!!

y'know, @libro.fm would never.

booksellers, this is NEXT WEEK. open to ALL indie booksellers! too many of you are nervous about public speaking and you shouldn't be!!! let me help you!!!

i took this weekend to read @indiaholton.bsky.social's THE GEOGRAPHER'S MAP TO ROMANCE and i spent the whole time gigglin' and gaspin' and swoonin'. if you need a break from putting out the fires of the world, this one will hit the spot.

Apparently, you're only allowed to post 1 job for free on LinkedIn (they want hundreds a DAY?!) so FYI, I'm hiring at the bookstore. Please share! curiouscatbookshop.com/careers

Never assume that you know a stranger or a friend's financial situation. You don't. So if you ask for donations & people don't give, you really need to keep it moving. There are 1000 reasons why folks don't give and those reasons aren't your business. Thank those who do give & move on.

If you put someone's manuscript into AI to shortcut a review you should be banned as a peer reviewer from every publication out there.

*gently pushes towards THE YEAR OF THE WITCHING*

*gently pushes towards THE STARDUST GRAIL*

i mean, you CAN, but if you like GIDEON THE NINTH and haven't read MONSTER OF ELENDHAVEN yet, you gotta get on that. it's the locked tomb's spiritual sibling in a very different form, a gay whalepunk novella that absolutely SLAPS, and the two authors are friends. it's so good and y'all slept on it.

hello!!! for books with excellent fantasy worldbulding and compelling romance and plot, i would recommend... πŸ“š SORCERY OF THORNS πŸ“š A DEADLY EDUCATION πŸ“š LEGENDBORN and a lot of what FOURTH WING does well comes straight from the OG dragon novel DRAGONFLIGHT, so pick that up, too!

do you like fantasy? then please pick up the audiobook for GODKILLER by hannah kaner. the book is incredible in every form but the audiobook narrator absolutely slaps, and it's the perfect fantasy to get lost in while taking long summer walks.

β€œI asked ChatGPT-β€œ okay well I asked the big oak tree at the center of the woods and she said you’re a lazy dork

BREAKING: President Trump just fired our nation's Librarian. My statement here:

If you use ChatGPT I think you’re a loser. Hope that helps.

*gently pushes towards RUNNING CLOSE TO THE WIND*

HELLO! i am very picky about by nonfiction audiobooks and can confirm that these all have GREAT readers, are really interesting, and as a bonus most of them are 8 hours or less!!! libro.fm/playlists/ni...

HELLLOOOOOO i love sapphic fantasy and i need so much more of it in my life thank youuuuuuuu but start with these: πŸ’› PRIORY OF THE ORANGE TREE (chonky political fantasy dragon book) πŸ’› GIDEON THE NINTH (lesbian necromancers in space) πŸ’› LIGHT FROM UNCOMMON STARS (music and donuts and demons, oh my)

booksellers, this is NEXT WEEK. open to ALL indie booksellers! too many of you are nervous about public speaking and you shouldn't be!!! let me help you!!!

*gently pushes towards THE YEAR OF THE WITCHING*

β€œI asked ChatGPT” well I asked the three Fates and the one with the scissors got very agitated when I told her you were using your one precious life thread talking to that cursed thing

β€œThe idea that we should all be using AI to protect our own jobs is a repeat of failed history. It reminds me of when Facebook encouraged the pivot to video that royally fucked over a lot of publishers and caused mass layoffs.”

Reminder! If you're in publishing, but not an author, we've got a group for you! Sign up for Publishing Professionals Against Book Bans here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

booksellers!!! i am doing a free education session on public speaking on may 14 at noon! free! education! about talking! in front of people! and how to be good at it! sign up here: www.naiba.com/events/learn... you do NOT have to be a NAIBA member to join. q&a will be available. ✨

interesting shenanigans happening over at powell's. www.ilwulocal5.com/censorship-a...

Just in case any of you would like a script.

i gotchu!!! i also struggle with audiobooks but have a playlist of my favorite short, accessible, engaging nonfiction audiobooks. maybe one will tickle your fancy? libro.fm/playlists/ni...

*gently pushes towards LUCKY RED*

hello!!! two of my favorite niche dives: πŸ“š TALENTED MRS. MANDELBAUM (about the woman who invented organized crime in nyc) πŸ“š VICTORIAN & THE ROMANTIC (dual bio-memoir about author elizabeth gaskell and a woman fascinated by her) and i have a bunch of audiobook specific recs: libro.fm/playlists/ni...

okay you didn't ask me but i am answering cause if i am anything it's a menace: πŸ“š MARS HOUSE (sci-fi, whimsical + political + dramatic, people are SLEEPING on it) πŸ“š TALENTED MRS. MANDELBAUM (nonfic about the woman who invented organized crime) πŸ“š INTIMATIONS (short nonfic, bite-sized essays, SO good)

hello my friend i got you covered!!! πŸ“š GODKILLER by hannah kaner (i would die for kissen and she would get mad at me for it) πŸ“š A DARKER SHADE OF MAGIC by v.e. schwab (lila lila lila lila lila 😍) πŸ“š THE WATER OUTLAWS (how many badass women did you want? all of them? great news: this book!)

That’s why it’s worth primarying every member of congress who has outstayed their welcome and force them to decide between having to run an actual campaign or retirement.

unfortunately, this isn't surprising given ... everything. if you're an author, consider joining @authorsabb.bsky.social if you're a reader looking to support the freedom read, show up for your local library! ilovelibraries.org And attend local school board meetings and fight for these books!