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Kim Baccellia

@ixtumea.bsky.social

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Author, staff reviewer at YA Books Central, educator, and activist. Amazon-Candle In Wind: https://www.amazon.com/Candle-Wind-Kim-Baccellia-ebook/dp/B0DMKWVSJP/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3UBBIQXZD6CFX&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.y3CnG6ip52QYY46F9R923Q.3GHS08Oo7OEmUzu7eAIM8Y

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 7h

Portland 🔥

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Kim Baccellia @ixtumea.bsky.social · 5h

So it’s officially: I’m a retired teacher!

a woman in a red dress is sitting at a table with a laptop and making a funny face .

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Kim Baccellia @ixtumea.bsky.social · 5h

Me when seeing the cover to my historical LETTERS FROM LUCCA

a woman is crying in front of a refrigerator and saying `` omg !!! it 's gorgeous !!! '' .

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Kim Baccellia @ixtumea.bsky.social · 5h

Got back the final copy of my upcoming historical cover. Very excited to share!!!

Kim Baccellia @ixtumea.bsky.social · 5h

Kennedy frightens me more than 47 with him laying off scientists and experts to help us during pandemics. Kennedy’s crazy conspiracy theories will cause death.

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 10h

I’m signing SB 41 to lower health care costs for all Californians.

Alongside the 2025 budget and CalRx, this bill marks the most aggressive effort in the nation to drive down prescription drug prices, boost transparency, and ensure savings reach consumers and families.

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🦋Fiona McGee🦋🚫👑 @judymccarthy.bsky.social · 8h

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Kim Baccellia @ixtumea.bsky.social · 5h

Evil. Pure evil.

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 6h

Diane Keaton was a true Californian. She was a self-described oddball, uniquely stylish, deeply creative, funny, and an acting legend who could steal the screen in comic and dramatic roles alike. She was in a class all her own, an icon.

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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 2d

I'm seeing an increasing number of scams like the one below, leveraging the widespread problem of publishing scams w/ a faux service promising to fix problems author is having w/ the original scam but really to hit them up for more $$ (note the "Amazon partner agency" claim: there's no such thing)

From: Blaire Andrews <bandrews@royaltypilots.com>
Date: Wed, Oct 8, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Subject: Your royalties on Amazon
To: [redacted]

Hi [redacted]

I’m Blaire from Amazon Partners – Royalty Pilots.
We’re an Amazon agency commissioned to help authors migrate their books from third-party publishers to their own Amazon KDP accounts.

I’m reaching out because we’ve spoken with many authors who recently shared frustrations that you might also be experiencing while being published through a third-party service provider—such as:

Royalties that never seem to arrive or come with little to no explanation.

No visibility or control over how many copies have been sold or where those sales are happening.

Endless upsells and new charges every time you want to make even a small change to your book.

Through Amazon KDP, authors are now publishing their books directly with Amazon — with no middlemen involved.
This means:

Royalties are sent straight to your bank account every month.

You can track real-time sales data through your own KDP dashboard.

You have full ownership and control over your books, including the freedom to make revisions free of charge.

If you’d like to explore how this can work for you, I’d love to schedule a quick call. Please let me know your best contact number and the most convenient time to reach you.

Blaire Andrews

Senior Marketing Manager – Partners, Authors

Royalty Pilots, an Amazon partner agency

Phone: 315-325-9099
Email: bandrews@royaltypilots.com

Website: https://royaltypilots.com/

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Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 12h

Marjorie Taylor Greene : "Prices have not come down at all. The job market is extremely difficult. Wages have not gone up. Health insurance premiums are going to go up. Homeowner's insurance goes up every year. Rent is going up. Young people have no hope of buying a home."

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Lisa Yee . . . is confused about social media @lisayee.bsky.social · 10h

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Kim Baccellia @ixtumea.bsky.social · 10h

I’m jealous as I got one from a ghost hunter FB group. Problem is my dystopian YA isn’t a paranormal!

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 11h

If you work in the Office of Special Education for the Department of Education and have been RIF'ed or if you work in a school that has been notified about it, please message me. My Signal is emgarcia.85. I'll protect your identity.

Sara Partridge, Ph.D. @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 14h

There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.

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Kim Baccellia @ixtumea.bsky.social · 11h

Diane Keaton will be missed

Kim Baccellia @ixtumea.bsky.social · 11h

NO! Diane Keaton died. She was my role model as a teen. Dressed like her from Annie Hall. Wore ties, hat, and hat.

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Trish @trish58.bsky.social · 16h

#WhatsInYourVase? Sunflowers 💚🌻💛

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Reverend Jesus "H" Christ @reverendjesus.com · 1d

Blessed are the frogs, for they keep making authoritarians look incredibly stupid

Three persons in inflatable frog costumes. One of them is holding a nicely painted sign with two little cartoon frogs holding hands, below the text "FROGS TOGETHER STRONG"

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Gwenda Bond @gwenda.bsky.social · 17h

This -- seeing the books that are being targeted most NOW really makes what is being done hit harder. It actually undercuts the real threat to show books that are famous and still selling fine.

Nathan @nathandunbar.bsky.social · 18h

A call to bookshops when setting up banned books displays. Feature alive authors who could be struggling due to this. Yes, Stephen King gets banned but he's doing ok financially. So many others are not.

Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 18h

Just a reminder that Banned Books Week isn’t about selling more copies of 1984. It’s about keeping authors and teachers and librarians safe and making sure all of us have the freedom to read widely. www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 1d

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

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Kim Baccellia @ixtumea.bsky.social · 16h

It sickens me so much.

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Luca Migo ❌👑 @victinibcn.bsky.social · 19h

Unbearably violent images from Downtown Chicago where a classical music concert was played on the Chicago River. This is too elegant and magical to be seen.

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Virginia Gewin @virginiagewin.bsky.social · 1d

Journalist here

I’m interested in talking to a federal agency scientist who was fired, then rehired. I can keep you anonymous. I’m on Signal ginnyg.04

Reposts are appreciated!

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Kim Baccellia @ixtumea.bsky.social · 16h

I grew up around men who were not only narcissists, but pathological liars. Men that lied about such things as serving in the military with honors but didn’t. Lied so much they believed it. Kind of like what we’re all witnessing now in current administration.