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Ballast Book Company @ballastbookco.bsky.social · Sep 8

based on real life events

A photo of an open book on a towel on a sandy beach. White serif text overlaid on top says 'the summer I didn't finish a single book on my TBR' (to be read)

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Ballast Book Company @ballastbookco.bsky.social · Aug 20

OUR NAME NEXT TO SEANAN MCGUIRE'S NAME?! 😭🫡

Seanan McGuire @seananmcguire.bsky.social · Aug 18

UK:

Portal Bookshop

USA:

The Lakewood Bookstore,
Porter Square Books,
Grit City Books,
Copper Dog Books,
Murder By The Book,
Booksweet,
Caprichos Books,
Ballast Book Company,
Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore,
Borderlands Books,
Bookends & Beginnings,

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Ballast Book Company @ballastbookco.bsky.social · Aug 17

Happy Women in Translation Month! A perfect time to celebrate and uplift women who write in languages other than English.
Some of our favorite translated authors are: Agustina Bazterrica, Marlen Haushofer, Olga Ravn, Sayaka Murata, Mariana Enriquez, Han Kang, and Isabel Allende!

A cream background with blue cursive text in centre that says 'Woman in Translation Month'. 6 books circle the text in matching blue/cream: Tender is the Flesh, The Employees, My Name is Emilia Del Valle, A Sunny Place for Shady People, The Wall, and The Vegetarian

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Ballast Book Company @ballastbookco.bsky.social · Aug 15

And, baby, that's bookselling business for you ❤️‍🔥

From being unable to reach books on the highest shelf to climbing over the mountains of boxes delivered everyday, The Life of a Bookseller is beautiful, rapturous, and frightening 😌

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Ballast Book Company @ballastbookco.bsky.social · Jul 30

we had a proposal in our bookstore ahhh it's a love story baby just say yes !!

Woman in a white and green renaissance outfit holding a basket and also holding back tears as her boyfriend gets down on one knee

A blonde woman in a white and green Renaissance outfit admiring the engagement ring on her finger as her boyfriend kneels down in front of her wearing a green bucket hat and white shirt

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Ballast Book Company @ballastbookco.bsky.social · Jul 30

Happy Paperback Book Day! Here's some of our bookseller favorites in paperback form 📕❤️

A stack of 5 books sitting on a stool with a blurred background. The books from top to bottom are All Fours by Miranda July, Service Model by Tchaikovsky, The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst, Bury Your Gays by Chuck Tingle, and Vicious by VE Schwab

Ballast Book Company @ballastbookco.bsky.social · Jul 12

yeah we really like books by the saint of writing @tkingfisher.com

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Ballast Book Company @ballastbookco.bsky.social · Jul 9

5 baby orange kittens all walking in the same direction with a white text overlaid on top that says 'gang on the way to support small businesses' because shopping small and supporting indie businesses is COOL and helping billionaires rent historical cities is NOT

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Ballast Book Company @ballastbookco.bsky.social · Jul 9

it's a prime day to shop small and support local!

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Ballast Book Company @ballastbookco.bsky.social · Jul 8

3 photos like a comic a trip. In the first, a young woman with brown hair asks "what was the date?". Second: a young blonde woman says "it was just like going to an indie bookstore and looking at all the cute stickers and getting book recommendations." In the third the brunette says "My dream date. Cute. And he knows that." Because going to an indie bookstore is a much cuter date than shopping on Amazon dot com !

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Ballast Book Company @ballastbookco.bsky.social · Jul 8

you are so welcome Mr. Leakyboots

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Ballast Book Company @ballastbookco.bsky.social · Jun 30

why help a b*illionaire rent an entire city when you can help a local bookseller buy labubus instead

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Ballast Book Company @ballastbookco.bsky.social · Jun 16

"I asked chatgpt" okay well I asked the cool bookseller at my local indie bookstore and they said read more gay books so

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Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · Jun 14

I can't tell you how invigorating and inspiring and hopeful it is to be in a crowd of people who also care. Took a group of teens to the last big protest and they were most struck by no longer feeling alone. If you're able to go, I encourage you to try. Get a group of friends & go together.

Louisa @louisathelast.bsky.social · Jun 13

I’ve seen a lot of hand wringing about the dangers of going to No Kings protests and gently, I want to tell people to chill a little. These are permitted marches and the point is to be out there and seen en masse. Please don’t scare off people who are maybe going to their very first protest

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · Jun 13

Need a little good news for your Friday?

We’ve officially raised over $39 million for independent bookstores 🎉

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Ballast Book Company @ballastbookco.bsky.social · Jun 8

lesbian cowgirl books 'cause baby I'm a giver 😌😘

Pink and orange gradient background with 'sapphic westerns' written in fun orange font up top. Two book covers are in the middle ("The Ride of Her Life" and "Upright Women Wanted"). Additional text says 'saddle up!' And 'save a horse ride a cowgirl!' Cut outs of Chappell Roan decorate the bottom

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Ballast Book Company @ballastbookco.bsky.social · Jun 7

We love all your books! Spoiler Alert was 👨‍🍳💋

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Ballast Book Company @ballastbookco.bsky.social · Jun 6

LET ME JUST QUICKLY INCREASE OUR ORDER

www.ballastbookco.com/item/p5lAnqx... Zomromcom by Olivia Dade | Ballast Book Company

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Laurie Raye @ohmwu.bsky.social · Jun 3

Happy Pride month, all! Way back in 2018 I made these galaxy pride flags. They were shared many thousands of times, featured on Vice, and even made their way onto book covers and into video games.

Here are the original ones I created (in no particular order!) so Bluesky can have them too. 💙

Asexual flag made from photos of galaxies

Non-binary flag made from photos of galaxies

New Pride flag made from photos of galaxies

Transgender flag made from photos of galaxies

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Ballast Book Company @ballastbookco.bsky.social · Jun 4

If you get 20 signatures that feels like enough to justify this business expense

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TJ Alexander (they/them) @tjalexandernyc.bsky.social · Jun 3

What's up pride month it's me, your friendly & approachable nonbinary author here to tell you about my queer kissing books

Jokes! Painful earnestness! A fun time!

DON'T WE ALL NEED A FUN TIME.

Buy on @bookshop.org: bookshop.org/lists/my-boo...

Text: Happy Pride, Sluts. Here are some trans books.
All my book covers are arranged on a rainbow background. Titles are Chef's Kiss, Chef's Choice, Second Chances in New Port Stephen, Triple Sec, and A Gentleman's Gentleman.

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Ballast Book Company @ballastbookco.bsky.social · Jun 2

Thank you so much for coming, Sami!!!

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · Jun 1

Bluesky's character count literally isn't long enough for how astonishing and out-of-pocket this woman was, lol. Like, there wasn't even room to add the bit about her being a master fencer who would humble your ass in duels for misgendering her

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · Jun 1

Remembering Chevalière d'Éon for Pride. A transgender woman in the 1700s who was also a spy and who turned double agent, extorted an entire monarchy to get her gender marker changed, and lived her life as a woman in a time when such was thought impossible.

We have always been here.

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Ballast Book Company @ballastbookco.bsky.social · Jun 1

𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁! 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗛𝗼𝘀𝘁!
𝗬𝗼𝘂'𝘃𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁-𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁 𝗗𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗻! 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗺𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗺𝗮𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝗳𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝘁.
𝗥𝗲𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱: 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁 𝗗𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘄. 𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗹𝘂𝗰𝗸 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁.

Photo of author Matt Dinniman smiling behind a microphone and sitting in a cushioned chair on stage. The table to his left has a stuffed car with sunglasses on who is supposed to look like Princess Donut from his Dungeon Crawler Carl book series

Authors Matt Dinniman and Django Wexler sitting in cushioned chairs on stage while they laugh. A stuffed cat sits on a table between them. The lower half of the frame shows the audience in shadow that they are speaking to

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Ballast Book Company @ballastbookco.bsky.social · Jun 1

Princess Donut exactly where she belongs—in front of a live audience 👑💖

A photo of a fake stuffed cat from behind as she looks out over a large audience sitting in a theatre