We love booksellers, but don’t do this.

RVryanvanloan.bsky.socialNov 2, 2023 11:54am

Bookstores & sellers are the lifeblood of publishing, but this is a pretty terrible look. Folks, authors have 🅾️ control over the physical publication & distribution of our books. That's literally why we sell the rights to entities called publisher. Telling customers to direct vitriol at the author 🙄

One thing I'm particularly pleased about re my career to date is having helped murder the rote habit of setting all non-English text in italics.

no time to explain, jump in the Haikubaru

Mundane Halloween is back! Today is the "Mundane Halloween" contest in Japan, sponsored by website Daily Portalz The idea is to dress up as something incredibly ordinary. Here is a thread of some of my favorites from this year!

Happy pub day!! So exciting!

Here's the cover for Love Lies, and Cherry Pie! 😍🥧 Coming May 7, 2024 from Atria/Emily Bestler Books. jackielaubooks.com/books/love-l...

would love to abolish the notion that making your audience feel joy is inherently intellectually and artistically inferior to making them feel pain, a cheap and cynical attitude which poisons everything from misogynist disdain for romance to why it’s harder for comedies to win Best Picture

Folks, look, Scholastic is only a billion-dollar juggernaut that dominates the children’s book industry. What are they supposed to do about fascist book banning and censorship in the face of 11 racists sending angry emails? Whatever they want because they literally can? C’mon. Be reasonable.

In the hands of the biggest media corporations, the term 'diversity' has become a poison pill. A way to silo and minimize the contributions of the historically marginalized. There are *real* books and 'diverse' books, which you can safely ignore. At conferences, real panels and 'diverse' panels. Etc

DWdonnell.bsky.socialOct 9, 2023 1:47pm

Scholastic asks, "Do you want to opt out of 'diverse' books at your school's next book fair?" Your participation in white supremacy has never been easier, just uncheck the 'diverse' books box– poof, no problems. 🙄

Scholastic Under Fire for Allowing Schools to Opt Out of ‘Diverse Books’ for Book Fairs

Scholastic has been accused of bending to right-wing pressure, making having diverse books optional for school book fairs.

Happy Indigenous People's day, the crimes of the conquistadors were known and recorded not just by their victims but by their cultural and linguistic contemporaries.

KAatherton.bsky.socialSep 29, 2023 5:18pm

Catherine's tweet is one of the best. Bringing it over here for preservation.