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hiugregg.bsky.social
Ah shit do I need a bio I'm no good at bios why do I have to talk about myself why can't I talk about books instead we should all talk about books more
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Whenever I see people defend DRM, the reasoning is always that it is needed to discourage piracy. The problem is that DRM is often used to lock customers into specific product ecosystems. And piracy is a convenient excuse to justify this.

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

As someone who switched to a kobo a couple months back, there are things about it I love so much more than my kindle. Like accurate page numbering! ...but this is now going to make reading Amazon "exclusive" books a total pain in the arse. If not impossible.

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

I am a multiple alarms in the morning person. And proud! ...but what I'm not so proud of is that I only label these alarms once a year. For Christmas dinner. So, gradually, they make less and less sense as the year goes on.

submitted 8 days ago • 3 comments

Sprout had some surgery yesterday, and is feeling a little bit sorry for herself. So I've brought all of the duvets and blankets downstairs, and we're going to turn the living room into one big comfy bed for the rest of the day.

submitted 13 days ago • 3 comments

Gonna start a thread for all of my blockbuster book ideas. Book Idea 1... An exploration of belief-based magic systems. A hit song from 90s icon Cher causes chaos. Across the planet, each romantic break-up births a new, inhabited, pocket universe. People start to believe in life after love.

submitted 14 days ago • 2 comments

I think it’s time to reignite this account. Has anyone read great books recently?

submitted 14 days ago • 1 comment

Today we're thrilled to be taking part in the cover reveal for Hive favourite David Wragg's final instalment in his Tales of the Plains trilogy THE IRON ROAD, coming out this September from HarperVoyager. Read more: https://buff.ly/3WTjUQm

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

I once got detention for over-eager whistling. Despite the fact that I can't whistle. When I didn't turn up, I was pulled out of class to answer to a panel of teachers who tried to MAKE me whistle to prove the point. So I spent 15 minutes basically blowing kisses and getting yelled at for it.

submitted 14 days ago • 1 comment

Imagine if more fantasy books were named along the lines of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe? "Short Kings, Magic Things, and the One Ring".

submitted 14 days ago • 5 comments

Hey Australian friends! I have a random silly mystery I'm hoping you can help solve! My friend and amazing fellow author @samhawkewrites.bsky.social showed me this pic of the hardcover of THE LAST HOUR BETWEEN WORLDS she bought in a bookstore in Australia that's missing a certain something 😂 (1/?)

submitted 14 days ago • 9 comments

All of my love and support to sexual assault survivors who have the courage to speak out, and refuse to be silenced. Putting yourself under the microscope like that has got to be one of the bravest things a person can do, if they are able.

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

New laptop, new laptop case!

submitted 20 days ago • 1 comment

I picked up Octavia Butler's Kindred pretty much blind. I'm now maybe 30% of the way through, and I don't feel like I'll be in control of my own breathing until I've finished this... And maybe spent a few days processing it.

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

I like to think I'm a reader who loves deep, meaningful, insightful books. And then I read a book where, with a rush of power and some magic sparkles, a dude graduates to a Gold Level Ninja Wizard Warrior and somehow wins an unwinnable battle. And before I know it I'm 6 books deep in a series.

submitted 34 days ago • 2 comments