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Janny Wurts @jannywurts.bsky.social · 1h

Today at 4 PM Eastern time, going live for Page Chewing group's discussion of the finale chapters of Song of the Mysteries - join us!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmGb...

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Janny Wurts @jannywurts.bsky.social · 1h

They came from Snow Leopard Trust's shop, so: support of wild cats, totally perfect win win.

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Janny Wurts @jannywurts.bsky.social · 1d

it is #Caturday and #socktober and we finally got the long awaited seasonal temperature change.

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Martha Wells @marthawells.com · 6d

Tour dates and stops:

Martha Wells @marthawells.com · 7d

Book tour for Queen Demon (the sequel to Witch King, next book in the Rising World series) starts tomorrow! 1/11

artsatthearmory.org/events/bill-...

Bill Blumenreich Presents Martha Wells - The Center for the Arts at the Armory

Martha Wells in conversation with Holly Black for the new book, Queen Demon

artsatthearmory.org

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Robin Hobb @robinhobb.bsky.social · 7d

Tomorrow at the new @barnesandnoble.com store at the South Hill Mall in Puyallup.Noon. Terry Brooks and Shawn Speakman and I will be signing books to celebrate the stores opening. Join us there! 3500 S Meridian. Puyallup. WA.

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Janny Wurts @jannywurts.bsky.social · 8d

They are - not an imprint - they publish autonomously...and: the rights they are horning in on are REVERTED/in some cases there are text differences with the registered US version that they had no part of...

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Janny Wurts @jannywurts.bsky.social · 8d

Nope.....never signed anything or wrote anything in their sphere.

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Tufty McTavish @tuftymctavish.com · 9d

📬 I see a lot of hypewagon for the initial hardback release of a book, but a bit less for the paperback edition ~1y later.

Turns out I had entirely missed the paperback release of @jannywurts.bsky.social’s “Song of the Mysteries” back in April! 😳😲

⚔️ #FantasyBooks 🪐📚💙 #BookSky 🦋 #OctoberBookHaul 📦

A paperback edition of Janny Wurts’ “Song of the Mysteries” sat on a table.

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Janny Wurts @jannywurts.bsky.social · 8d

Authors filing for claim on the Anthropic list: did any of you find a publisher called Zondervan 'claiming' to be a publisher of their works (illigitimately?) I had never heard of them; never signed with them. My agent said the only outfit he knew of with that name published religious books. WTF??

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Janny Wurts @jannywurts.bsky.social · 8d

I put it up here....on release date, and elsewhere. Thanks for finding it!

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Janny Wurts @jannywurts.bsky.social · 10d

Murky take on the publisher's part, if you ask me.

Publishers hold right to PUBLISH the work. Not to 'create based on' books they have licensed.

Creators deserve the entire settlement, because they are the ones affected/they did the brain WORK for AI scraping; the licensed text is NOT replicated.

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Janny Wurts @jannywurts.bsky.social · 10d

Somebody explain this to me:

UK has pages and pages of instruction on 'how to file for copyright registration' in the UK, but NO way I could find to 'search' if this step was completed.

UK Publisher's legal response (when questioned): "No registration filing required here, copyright is a RIGHT."

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SFF Addicts Podcast @sffaddictspod.bsky.social · 10d

Co-hosts @adrianmgibson.bsky.social & Greta Kelly were joined on the podcast by @julieleong.bsky.social, where they chatted about her new novel The Keeper of Magical Things and more. Stay tuned this Sunday for info on the first of two episodes with Julie.

All episodes available in audio/video.

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Sean Eric Fagan @kithrup.bsky.social · 11d

Cached US Kindle giveaway: 10 copies of Daughter of the Empire (Riftwar Cycle: The Empire Trilogy Book 1) by @jannywurts.bsky.social (and @refeist.bsky.social), which I have read and liked a *lot*. I enjoyed the other view of the Empire.

#KindleBookGiveaway

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Janny Wurts @jannywurts.bsky.social · 15d

Arriken, killing it, and at 6 months: they grow so fast! #caturday

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Janny Wurts @jannywurts.bsky.social · 23d

Zachary Shaye and Jake at Nerd Level Rising dropped a stunning in depth discussion of Fugitive Prince, yesterday:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=90rh...

Fugitive Prince SPOILER DISCUSSION - Wars of Light and Shadow Vol. 4 By Janny Wurts

YouTube video by Nerd Level Rising

www.youtube.com

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Janny Wurts @jannywurts.bsky.social · 25d

Also, you would go NUTS over my thoroughbred (now retired at 32!!) - She's a great granddaughter of Buckpasser /sire side, and Northern Dancer/ dam side.

What would FLOOR you: she's a CARBON COPY, one hand shorter, than Buckpasser. I got chills when I bought her straight off the track.

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Janny Wurts @jannywurts.bsky.social · 25d

Gods, I still cry over Ruffian.

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Janny Wurts @jannywurts.bsky.social · 25d

Who cares about Normal in this case?

At one time, I had ALL of the US Triple Crown winners memorized.

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Skyla Dawn Cameron @skyladawn.ca · Sep 6

We're always terrible at selling our own books but can sell others' so: Please visit Krista's shop and buy her books because she wants to produce more fancy audiobooks. Also I suggested the tagline on her homepage. payhip.com/kristadball

Krista D. Ball

Krista D. Ball is an award-winning Canadian author who hasn't met a potato she didn't like.

payhip.com

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Janny Wurts @jannywurts.bsky.social · Sep 4

New Release! The Gallant, a Wars of Light and Shadow novella, is now available in audiobook format narrated by Zachary Shaye Jennings. The audiobook (and original e-book format) are available exclusively in the Studio Shop: shop.paravia.com/janny-wurts/...

The Gallant * Audiobook
A WARS OF LIGHT AND SHADOW NOVELLA
by Janny Wurts * narrated by Zachary Shaye Jennings
available exclusively at shop.paravia.com

In the center is the cover art (original artwork by Janny Wurts).

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Delilah S. Dawson @delilahsdawson.bsky.social · Sep 2

ONE WEEK FROM TODAY!!
House of Idyll is on the way to rock your world. Available for preorder at all the usual places, plus a special SIGNED edition from Books-a-Million. All preorder links here, including hardcover, ebook, and audio: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/790197...

The book House of Idyll, which is very rad, by the way, and includes a bloody unicorn, is pictured with a quote from Sadie Hartmann, aka Mother Horror. You should totally buy this book.

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Janny Wurts @jannywurts.bsky.social · Sep 1

Zachary Shaye has busted the silence on the forthcoming audio book release of The Gallant, coming on Sept 4, and his debut as a narrator - available on the Paravia studio shop site.

Check out his channel for excerpts:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4Hu...

Audio Book Announcement 🎧 The Gallant by Janny Wurts

YouTube video by Zachary Shaye

www.youtube.com

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Kaitlin Ruiz @kaitlinruiz.bsky.social · Aug 31

EDMONTON: this is Fiasco, @premeemohamed.com's beautiful boy. after slipping outside a few days ago, he needs help finding his way home. can you share this with your local circles?

Kaitlin Ruiz @kaitlinruiz.bsky.social · Aug 31

from Premee's page, here are additional images of Fiasco:

long-haired gray cat with green eyes and white chest

long-haired gray cat with green eyes and white chest; in this photo, we can see that his front paws have teeny tiny white tips.

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Janny Wurts @jannywurts.bsky.social · Aug 30

Arriken says, "Be Cool!" #caturday

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