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KristieI’m allowing myself to go on about this because… for a working-class, mixed-race, debut author with a small press, four months out from publication and no big PR push, to be on the first page of memoirs on bookshop.org is huge.It means a lot to see my name alongside these authors and to know the book is resonating.Thank you!<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Publishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Publishing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Books</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Scotland</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/NatureWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NatureWriting</a>

manettaJust posted my first post ever on a forum 👀 : [discuss] permapublishing <a href="https://bbs.permacomputing.net/thread/7/%5bdiscuss%5d-permapublishing-1/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://bbs.permacomputing.net/thread/7/%5bdiscuss%5d-permapublishing-1/</a>The post is actually not really "mine", it emerged from a collective interest to think about <a href="https://post.lurk.org/tags/permacomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#permacomputing</a> in <a href="https://post.lurk.org/tags/FLOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FLOSS</a> <a href="https://post.lurk.org/tags/publishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#publishing</a> practices, which we discussed during the <a href="https://post.lurk.org/@prepostprint" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@prepostprint</a> gathering in Paris today and yesterday.

Solar Branka :mw:Uncurated, instead of unpublished.<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/publishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#publishing</a>

Robert KingettOne more proof that writers are poor! <a href="https://sightlessscribbles.com/posts/20250405054929/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://sightlessscribbles.com/posts/20250405054929/</a> <a href="https://caneandable.social/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Books</a> <a href="https://caneandable.social/tags/Publishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Publishing</a>

KristieMy book is currently appearing on the first page of memoirs on Bookshop.org - out of over 100 pages! That’s likely down to people pre-ordering, and it’s such a powerful reminder that where we buy books really does matter!Huge thanks to everyone who’s ordered. If you’d like to, the link’s below.<a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/drystone-a-life-rebuilt-kristie-de-garis/7836359?ean=9781846976469" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/drystone-a-life-rebuilt-kristie-de-garis/7836359?ean=9781846976469</a>Or buy directly through your local indie bookstore! Thank you, each and every one of you for your kind words, shares & orders. <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Books</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Publishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Publishing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Bookshops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bookshops</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Scotland</a>

RaymondPierreL3Here is an example of what <a href="https://aus.social/tags/neurology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#neurology</a> and <a href="https://aus.social/tags/PhilosophyOfTheMind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PhilosophyOfTheMind</a> are faced with trying to elucidate <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Consciousness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Consciousness</a> - that slippery notion of ‘who we are’.I am neither a scientist nor philosopher, but it seems to me that looking for consciousness in the electrical potential activity of brain cells is never going to explain a whole lot. Imagine trying to explain an electron by solely studying magnetism in excruciating detail as best we can with instruments designed to detect only what we theorise is measurable in a magnetic effect - I.e. to see what we wish to see. That is similar to what neurologists are doing by measuring brain cell activity as a way to identify, and hence classify, consciousness. In the end, the research may prove fruitful and lead to other discoveries and theories about brain cell activity and the communication channels of the body, but that is the only thing which will be elucidated, brain cell activy - nothing like consciousness (a slippery concept as I said).The link will take you to the abstract, summary, results and conclusion of the scientific paper, but the paper itself is behind a paywall I’m sad to say (<a href="https://aus.social/tags/Grifters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Grifters</a> have to make money out of publishing someone’s hard work - so dictates capitalism where profit is made from someone else’s sweat and effort, Bah! It wouldn’t be so distastful if $ were extracted only to recoup <a href="https://aus.social/tags/publishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#publishing</a> costs and wages, but shareholders? Leeches!)<a href="https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adr3675" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adr3675</a>

KristieHere’s why you should pre-order my book...It’s very goodAlan Rickman in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves was my first crushI'm anti-fascist afMy feet are pretty sexyI believe that hits all the marketing highs? 🤣Info here <a href="https://kristie-de-garis.ghost.io/about-my-book-drystone-a-life-rebuilt/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://kristie-de-garis.ghost.io/about-my-book-drystone-a-life-rebuilt/</a><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Books</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/WorkingClassWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WorkingClassWriting</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/AntiFascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AntiFascist</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Scotland</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/NatureWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NatureWriting</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Publishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Publishing</a>

alxd ✏️ solarpunk prompts<a href="https://stonemaiergames.com/the-darkest-timeline/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://stonemaiergames.com/the-darkest-timeline/</a> StoneMaier Games has a good explanation on how the 54% US tariff on <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/TTRPG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TTRPG</a> and <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/boardGame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#boardGame</a> s printed in China will impact the game market, <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/gameDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gameDesign</a> and <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/publishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#publishing</a> of <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/games" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#games</a>

Sally LowellWhat is the Guiness World Record for the largest number of different journal-generated logins accumulated by one person on Editorial Manager? Maybe the record winner could get a prize, eg a brick wall to repeatedly bang their head against.<a href="https://biologists.social/tags/LifeOfPI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LifeOfPI</a> <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/Publishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Publishing</a> <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/aaaargh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#aaaargh</a>.

❤️ Luigi Mangione'The company has taken our books and used it to make money. It has money, but instead of paying us for our intellectual property instead of licensing a word, it's taking it all for free.' <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c70w24j7jk1o" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23books" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23reading" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#reading</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23writing" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23publishing" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#publishing</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23AI" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23bookstodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bookstodon</a> <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c70w24j7jk1o" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Meta AI book scraping: 'We nee...</a>

Fictionable'In my view, to fixate on words misses much of what translation is.'Michelle Chan Schmidt talks to Matt Reeck about his philosophy of <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/translation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#translation</a> Just don't call it a <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#philosophy</a> <a href="https://www.asymptotejournal.com/blog/2025/04/02/the-movement-of-language-matt-reeck-on-the-best-unexpressed" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.asymptotejournal.com/blog/2025/04/02/the-movement-of-language-matt-reeck-on-the-best-unexpressed</a><a href="https://lor.sh/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#reading</a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fiction</a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poetry</a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/publishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#publishing</a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bookstodon</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a>

Nicole HennigInside arXiv—the Most Transformative Platform in All of Science <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/inside-arxiv-most-transformative-code-science/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.wired.com/story/inside-arxiv-most-transformative-code-science/</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/publishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#publishing</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/preprints" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#preprints</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#science</a>

Nicole HennigInside arXiv—the Most Transformative Platform in All of Science <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/inside-arxiv-most-transformative-code-science/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.wired.com/story/inside-arxiv-most-transformative-code-science/</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23publishing" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#publishing</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23preprints" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#preprints</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23science" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#science</a>

Fictionable'The company has taken our books and used it to make money. It has money, but instead of paying us for our intellectual property instead of licensing a word, it's taking it all for free.'Andrew Rogers talks to the authors standing up against <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Meta</a> <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c70w24j7jk1o" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c70w24j7jk1o</a><a href="https://lor.sh/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#reading</a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/publishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#publishing</a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bookstodon</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a>

CraicerMy weekly roundup of <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/publishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#publishing</a> news <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writing</a> craft tips and <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/bookmarketing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bookmarketing</a> links is up. Reading Success <a href="https://buff.ly/o3falkl" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://buff.ly/o3falkl</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writingcommunity</a>

Terry Hancock (Director/Producer)Ruminating over the fact that the new tariffs might very well hit my costs on publishing hard media (DVDs, etc). A lot of those materials are probably made in China. Almost certainly overseas, anyway. 💿:dumpsterfire::ani_baka: <a href="https://m.filmfreedom.net/tags/Publishing" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Publishing</a> <a href="https://m.filmfreedom.net/tags/Video" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Video</a>

Nick Byrd, Ph.D.Disappointing that academic journals still convert vector graphics to low-quality figures.- Our accepted manuscript contains only vector graphics - We shared our original vector files during final submission + proofingYet the final typeset version contains this fuzzy mess. 🤦‍♂️<a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/graphics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#graphics</a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/vectorGraphic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vectorGraphic</a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/PDF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PDF</a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/ImageFormat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ImageFormat</a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/publishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#publishing</a>

Sarah MatthewsThe 30th <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/WomensPrize" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WomensPrize</a> for Fiction shortlist has been announced today! Six fabulous books are on the list, congratulations to all the authors <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bookstodon</a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/publishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#publishing</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> <a href="https://www.marieclaire.co.uk/entertainment/books/womens-prize-fiction-shortlist-2025" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.marieclaire.co.uk/entertainment/books/womens-prize-fiction-shortlist-2025</a>

Bytes EuropeChina Science Fiction Convention Concludes with Insightful “Sci-Fi+” Forums Exploring Future Frontiers <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/886184/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.byteseu.com/886184/</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ChinaCenterForInternationalCommunicationDevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ChinaCenterForInternationalCommunicationDevelopment</a>(CCICD) <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Computer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Computer</a>&Electronics <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/engineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#engineering</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Math" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Math</a>) <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Publishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Publishing</a>&InformationServices <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Science</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/STEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#STEM</a>(Science <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TECH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TECH</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TradeShowNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TradeShowNews</a>

starsandsabersWe are delighted to announce that we have acquired a cozy urban fantasy mystery novella from author <a href="https://wandering.shop/@khanwong" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@khanwong</a>, titled Elegant Manifestations for the Beautiful and the Lost, to be published in January 2027! Thank you to Ernie Chiara of Fuse Literary for brokering this deal. Read more: <a href="https://www.starsandsabers.com/2025/04/01/stars-and-sabers-publishing-news-book-deal-for-khan-wong/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.starsandsabers.com/2025/04/01/stars-and-sabers-publishing-news-book-deal-for-khan-wong/</a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fantasy</a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/urbanfantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#urbanfantasy</a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/publishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#publishing</a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/fantasybooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fantasybooks</a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a>

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