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"She," Angua corrected. "This is Ankh-Morpork, you know. We've got extra pronouns here."
- Feet of Clay, a #Discworld novel by #TerryPratchett
#TransJoy #Bookstodon
If recent events have you feeling down and defeated, @thetyee wants you to know that it’s still worth fighting back. Alvin Finkel, author of “Humans,” writes about “the persistent spark of resistance throughout recorded history, in service of visions of more humane, egalitarian societies.”
Controversial opinion time…
The price of an ebook prices should equal the price of the paperback less the production, shipping, and handling costs.
Any publisher that charges as much (or more) for an ebook as a paperback is telling ebook-readers that we don't matter. They're taking the piss.
Many people have told me how they like to read the opening few paragraphs of books before buying.
So, here is the opening to mine, 'Drystone - A Life Rebuilt' which will be available for pre-order early 2025 and then released in August.
I'm a first time author, so shares mean a lot and I'd genuinely love to hear your thoughts.
#Writing #NatureWriting #Books #Bookstodon #Scotland #Caithness #Bookworm #Reading
I'd like my reading list for next year to include more indie authors (instead of just reading the whole Discworld series on a loop like I usually do), and my fave genre is sci-fi.
So, I'm betting Fedi has quite the treasure trove of indie sci-fi authors, please say hello and tell me where I can find your books! Or if you're not an author, recommendations of people to check out obviously very welcome too.
Thanks!
(Boosts welcome & appreciated ♥️)
Sjukt passande att veckans reading challenge är ”Sapphics in Space” och släpps just idag. Ser för övrigt ett flertal bra böcker på listan och även några som jag avser läsa. Dessa har jag läst och gillat:
No shelter but the stars
The Lily and the Crown
The Caphenon
Dancing in the Darkness
#SapphicBooks #bookstodon
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Sapphics in Space (Hidden Gems #11) - Jae
Check out these 15 recommended sapphic books featuring sapphics in space (science fiction or contemporary fiction about astronauts).Jae
The Light Pirate by Lily Brooks-Dalton | Open Library
The Light Pirate by Lily Brooks-Dalton, December 6th 2022, Grand Central Publishing edition, HardcoverOpen Library
Just enjoy reading however, whenever, or wherever you can 😁
@litterature @reading @bookstodon @bookbubble
#ReadingMemes #Memes #ReadAllTheBooks
#Reading #Readers #ReadersOfMastodon #ReadingCommunity
#Book #Books #Novel #Novels #Fiction
#Bookwyrm #Bookworm #Bookstodon #BookLove #BoostingIsSharing
Dorothy Alison's “Bastard Out of Carolina” stands apart from the "poornography" genre—stories about poverty written by outsiders, according to University of Chicago English professor Leonard Davis.
Allison, who passed away on November 5, drew deeply from her own impoverished childhood to create a raw, authentic world that never lost its gritty roots.
buff.ly/40NiolP @bookstodon #Bookstodon #poverty #dorothyallison
Dorothy Allison was an authentic voice for the poor, capturing the beauty, humor and pain of working-class life in America
Even though her most famous work, ‘Bastard out of Carolina,’ deals with physical and sexual abuse, this merely constitutes one element of a broader emotional and physical landscape.The Conversation
Finished Asylum (2024) by Una McCormack and I loved it! The novel is about an alien species’ struggles that affect Una and Pike at Starfleet Academy and on the Enterprise.
I usually love anything having to do with the Academy and that part of this story in 2233 is no exception. It’s wonderful to see Una in her senior year and Pike as an Ensign guest lecturer. 1/5 #StarTrekSNW #StarTrek #bookstodon
'The right to decide who can train a model on your work does you no good unless it comes with the *power* to exercise that right.'
@pluralistic on Rupert Murdoch's new enthusiasm for AI:
pluralistic.net/2024/11/18/rig…
#books #reading #writing #publishing #AI #bookstodon @bookstodon
Want to give books but avoid Bezos?
Bookshop.org lets you support local bookstores!
thriftbooks.com is great for used or new titles.
betterworldbooks.com donates books via nonprofit partnerships. Buy books, do good.
ETA: For audio books, go to libro.fm/howitworks
See also biblio.com
For vintage, antique, and classic titles, there's gutenberg.org where you can find more than 70,000 free ebooks in Kindle and epub formats.
And there's this!
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Amazon Alternatives - Ethical Revolution
Join me in taking step A, “Amazon Alternatives”, in the A-Z of simple steps to a better world! Includes an Ethical Book Search tool!Ethical Revolution
Rowena Miller, I don't think that word means what you think it means 🤪
#RowenaMiller #Books #bookstodon #Fray
theconversation.com/most-us-bo…
Most US book bans target children’s literature featuring diverse characters and authors of color
The number of book bans in the US has soared in recent years. A new study shines light on which types of books and authors are the main targets.The Conversation
What is lost when species go extinct? Review coming soon to inquisitivebiologist.com
#Books #BookReview #Bookstodon #Scicomm #Biodiversity #Extinction #Conservation
More hearty congratulations to Samantha Harvey, who has won the 2024 #BookerPrize
Catch her discussing her Booker-winning novel Orbital and her short story Bona Fide Nihon-kitsch on the @fictionable #podcast at #ApplePodcasts #Spotify #Acast and, of course at fictionable.world/podcasts/sam…
#books #reading #writing #fiction #bookstodon @bookstodon
Samantha Harvey: ‘This is what fiction can do’
Fiction confronts the mysteries of death and takes us up into the heavens. Samantha Harvey makes the case for making stuff upwww.fictionable.world
From the site: "The radical left is losing, but it doesn’t have to be that way. Here is the radical’s guide to activist work—the manual we need at this crucial moment to organize for universal human rights, a habitable earth, and a more egalitarian society."
#Books #activism #Bookstodon
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Required Reading: Seven Days of Free eBooks from Seven Stories Press
Over the next seven days, we’re offering free digital copies of some of our more relevant — perhaps even inspiring — works of radical literature. Download a copy, share it with your friends, then read it together.sevenstories.com
One of the authors I follow, @clacksee, has made two of her #books free for today.
For some light-hearted #SciFi with plenty of hope, there's The Left Hand of Dog: whitehartfiction.co.uk/product…
If you'd rather read about old ladies getting justice by any means necessary, there's A Bit of Murder Between Friends: whitehartfiction.co.uk/product…
I can highly recommend both.
EU readers should use her Payhip shop: payhip.whitehartfiction.co.uk
A Bit of Murder Between Friends (Vigilauntie Justice #1) ebook
Free today only – price will be discounted at checkout. Cupcakes are sweet … but vengeance is sweeter.White Hart Fiction
Haymarket has made ten of its books--an #antifascist library--free* this week.
And any other ebook is just 2 dollars until Nov 15th!
Get amongst it.
*in exchange for creating an account with an email address.
I've read Freedom is a Constant Struggle and it's so good it should be part of the high school curriculum, in my opinion.
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Ten Free Ebooks for Getting Free
“What keeps us going, ultimately, is our love for each other, and our refusal to bow our heads, to accept the verdict, however all-powerful it seems. It’s what ordinary people have to do. You have to love each other. You have to defend each other.haymarketbooks.org
theconversation.com/this-cours…
This course uses crime novels to teach critical thinking
Can stories about detectives from days gone by help students learn to think more critically? An English lecturer provides clues through a course that features novels about sleuths from a bygone era.The Conversation
Found via Reddit. Apparently there's an upcoming book in Polish collecting letters exchanged between Ursula K. LeGuin and Stanisław Lem. Not sure if there'll be an English edition at some point, but I certainly hope so!
reddit.com/r/scifi/comments/1g…
#SciFi #ScienceFiction #books #bookstodon
📌 📚 In the ongoing effort to give eyeballs options besides election doom-scrolling (😬 🤦♀️) may I say I am (still) incredibly proud of a former student! She is killing it with her recent book. #Writers, DON'T EVER GIVE UP. This #autistic author was never "supposed" to be able to read a book--forget writing one. 💜 Now she's at the very top of the category: "Teaching Students with Developmental & Intellectual Disabilities."
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“Love on the Spectrum”star releases new book “Life on the Bridge”
Kaelynn is a Senior Therapist at Project Hope Foundation, a local autism nonprofit She is on the autism spectrum herself. She appeared on the first U.S. season of Netflix’s Love on the Spectr…WSPA 7NEWS
Where to Buy Books Other than Amazon
A few years back I had a habit of every six months or so doing a thread on Fedi about options for getting books other than Amazon. Eventually it finally occurred to me that I could write it once, put it up on website, and update as needed, rather than constantly reinventing the wheel.
Here’s the updated version for the new site.
It's getting late, so the #FediBookFair is almost over for me.
As a final reminder, you can see details of all my books at my website: RussellPhillips.uk
I don't sell print books direct, but if you'd like a signed copy of any of my books, DM or email me.
#bookstodon #MilitaryHistory @histodons @militaryhistory
#TTRPG #IndieTTRPG #NotDnD @ttrpg @indiettrpg @notdnd
Russell Phillips, Military history and RPG author
An author of military history and RPG books, Russell has been interviewed on various podcasts, YouTube channels, and radio shows.Russell Phillips
Katie Mack: "The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking)"
I'm not reading physics & astro pop sci books often (I love other subjects, just not my own!), so it took ages until I came around to this one.
It's an absolute joy.
Which may seem a strange thing to say about a book on how the universe will end, but it seriously is. Clearly written, cutting edge science, to the point, in a fun voice (+ sounds bites from @freyablekman). Recommended.
#astrodon #bookstodon #VicisBooks #2024reads
From Stephen King’s “Salem’s Lot” to Washington Irving’s “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” to H.P. Lovecraft’s “The Dunwich Horror”, whip-poor-wills have often been a dark omen that haunted classic American #horror #fiction.
But as the birds’ populations have declined by a horrifying 70%, they’re also seeing a near-extinction in books and movies:
theconversation.com/the-whip-p…
#wildlife #fiction #books #Bookstodon
The whip-poor-will has been an omen of death for centuries − what happened to this iconic bird of American horror?
A new film adaptation of Stephen King’s ‘Salem’s Lot’ swaps in an owl for the book’s haunting whip-poor-wills, showing how species loss is also tied into cultural loss.The Conversation
This old image made me think of every single book lover in the Fediverse 📚📖
#bookstodon #books #booklovers
