Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Pay What It Costs Publishing

@paywhatitcosts.bsky.social

40 followers 32 following 44 posts

Pay What it Costs is a small but mighty publishing house specializing in books designed to further justice. paywhatitcosts.com "Truth is all that matters. I’ll pay what it costs to get the truth. I’ll pay what it costs to get it out." - Andrew Vachss

Posts Media Videos Starter Packs

Pinned

Pay What It Costs Publishing @paywhatitcosts.bsky.social · 25d

Support your local library and favorite authors.

If your library doesn't already have a title, more times than not the librarians will be able to place an order for a brand new copy!

Charlie Jane "Lessons in Magic and Disaster" Anders 🏳️‍⚧ @charliejane.bsky.social · 26d

Hey, I know books are expensive and money is tight right now.

But if there's a brand new book you really wanna read — including my own Lessons in Magic and Disaster — you can help get the book into way more hands by requesting it from your local library!

It's easy! Check your library's website.

11 31

Reposted by Pay What It Costs Publishing

Zitate von Andrew Vachss auf Deutsch @avachsszitatedt.bsky.social · 17d

Andrew Vachss Theocracy as Fascism:
www.vachss.com/help_text/th...

2 1

Pay What It Costs Publishing @paywhatitcosts.bsky.social · 3h

Name 20 female authors you admire, one per day.

Day 4: Ursula K. Le Guin

#booksky

1 6

Pay What It Costs Publishing @paywhatitcosts.bsky.social · 3h

A force in her own regard. Here’s her first release - a powerhouse.

OBaaT (One Bully at a Time) was published earlier this year by our publishing house.

Pay What It Costs Publishing @paywhatitcosts.bsky.social · 15h

Name 20 female authors you admire, one per day.

Day 3: Attorney and author, Alice Vachss.

#booksky

1 2 3

Reposted by Pay What It Costs Publishing

Zak Mucha @zakmucha.bsky.social · 1d

originally published by the Center for Critical and Clinical Analysis: zakmucha.com/blog/item/29...

Zak Mucha, LCSW - An American Ambulatorium

... originally published by The Center for Critical and Clinical Analysis. April 2025...   An American Ambulatorium   A pal of mine, a Zen Buddhist monk, was asked by a mid-level corporation...

zakmucha.com

2 2

Pay What It Costs Publishing @paywhatitcosts.bsky.social · 2d

Name 20 female authors you admire, one per day.

Day 2: Robin Wall Kimmerer, Potawatomi botanist and author.

#booksky

1 4

Reposted by Pay What It Costs Publishing

DC Public Library @dcpubliclibrary.bsky.social · 2d

The federal government may be closed, but DC Public Library is open, holding down the fort, as always. 💪🏽

6 39 220

Reposted by Pay What It Costs Publishing

DemCast USA @demcast.com · 3d

Book bans do not protect children; they seek to control them. They limit what young people can know, imagine, and question.

Resistance is Reading. Share this post now to spread the word about Banned Book Week!
open.substack.com/pub/demcastu...

16 170 330

Pay What It Costs Publishing @paywhatitcosts.bsky.social · 2d

A note from attorney and OBaaT (One Bully at a Time) author Alice Vachss.

#booksky #LDICP #childprotection #policychange

1 2

Pay What It Costs Publishing @paywhatitcosts.bsky.social · 3d

Name 20 female authors you admire, one per day.

Day 1: Clinical psychologist and author Meg Jay.

#booksky

1 3

Pay What It Costs Publishing @paywhatitcosts.bsky.social · 3d

Now that's an idea...

Pay What It Costs Publishing @paywhatitcosts.bsky.social · 3d

Well said. Born Bad has that effect on people.

Pay What It Costs Publishing @paywhatitcosts.bsky.social · 4d

What is your favorite Andrew Vachss book?

#booksky

2 1 1

Reposted by Pay What It Costs Publishing

Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 4d

Library cards are cheaper than an Amazon unlimited subscription

And they have better ebooks available anyways

57 290 1.4K

Pay What It Costs Publishing @paywhatitcosts.bsky.social · 4d

A riveting review of Emotional Abuse: A Manual for Self-Defense by LCSW and psychoanalyst Zak Mucha. Order where you get your books.

#booksky #bookreviews #newrelease #psychology

1 2

Pay What It Costs Publishing @paywhatitcosts.bsky.social · 4d

What do you look for in publishers #booksky?

Reposted by Pay What It Costs Publishing

19thnews @19thnews.org · 10d

“When I was a little girl, I used to dream as a man, because I wanted to do things that women didn’t do back then such as traveling to Africa, living with wild animals and writing books.”

Jane Goodall lived her childhood dream

Famous for studying the behavior of chimpanzees, one of the most renowned women conservationists in the world has died at 91.

19thnews.org

14 88

Pay What It Costs Publishing @paywhatitcosts.bsky.social · 10d

"The idea that you're not a writer until you're published is a lie."

- Andrew Vachss

#booksky

2 3

Reposted by Pay What It Costs Publishing

Joe R. Lansdale @joerlansdale.bsky.social · 11d

Sugar on the Bones limited edition

2 14

Reposted by Pay What It Costs Publishing

Ray E. Boomhower @rboomhower.bsky.social · 14d

Portland’s Antifa headquarters.

61 150 870

Pay What It Costs Publishing @paywhatitcosts.bsky.social · 13d

We're offering a giveaway!
Message us and tell us what chosen family means to you.

Winners will receive a physical copy of the coming of age novel OBaaT (One Bully at a Time) by Alice Vachss - to keep for yourself or share with someone you love. A chosen family member, perhaps?
#booksky #giveaway

1 3

Pay What It Costs Publishing @paywhatitcosts.bsky.social · 13d

#booksky

Emotional Abuse: A Manual for Self-Defense by LCSW and psychoanalyst Zak Mucha.

Pay What It Costs Publishing @paywhatitcosts.bsky.social · 13d

Enjoyed our latest publication by Zak Mucha? Leave Emotional Abuse: A Manual for Self-Defense a rating or review!

#booksky #bookreviews

Reposted by Pay What It Costs Publishing

Gareth L. Powell @garethlpowell.bsky.social · 16d

Just a reminder that if you enjoy a book, please leave a quick review on Amazon or Bookshop dot org, or wherever. Even if it's only a sentence, it really, really helps get the word out to other readers.

9 120 420

Reposted by Pay What It Costs Publishing

Jeremy Ghost Shipp @jeremycshipp.bsky.social · 18d

As always, today's a great day to support artists, writers, creators. If you have the means, buy a book, commission an art piece, play an indie game, go to a live theater show. You can also leave a nice comment, post a review, signal boost someone's work. Everything helps.

35 69