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Jackie Lau @jackielaubooks.bsky.social · 1d

A jaded woman falls for her sunshine neighbor in this cozy Christmas romance with a touch of magic.

Magically Generated will be out in less than two weeks!

jackielaubooks.com/books/magica...

Trope graphic for Magically Generated by Jackie Lau. Text: neighbors to lovers, Christmas romance, festive snow animals, a little magic, opposites attract, holiday treats.

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Jackie Lau @jackielaubooks.bsky.social · 17h

What if you met your soulmate dozens of times, but he never remembered your name?

Looked at the calendar and realized it has been more than 5 months since the release of Time Loops & Meet Cutes!

What if you met your soulmate dozens of times, but he never remembered your name?

Looked at the calendar and realized it had been more than 5 months since the release of Time Loops & Meet Cutes!

Page of novel. Highlighted text:
“I really wish I could remember kissing you.” He brushes his fingers over my cheek, and I nearly shiver in the warm air.
I want to sink into his touch and learn every inch of him.
“So do I.” My breath hitches, and I trail a fingertip over his jaw. Does this feel familiar to him? “We’ll make new memories soon.”
Memories that he’ll have for just a few hours before they disappear, leaving only the faintest impression behind.
The thought is bittersweet.

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Maureen Johnson @maureenjohnsonbooks.com · 17h

The "set aside the art from the artist" thing in this case is moot. Harry Potter money now goes right to destroying the human rights of trans persons. A billionaire who got her ass kissed for two decades got a rebuke and now she's got to wreck the lives of others.

Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 1d

It cannot be made clearer.

If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.

JK Rowling pledges to keep up fight against SNP trans policies

Author vows to bankroll campaigners after Scottish government fails to pay group's legal fees in Supreme Court equality case

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Jackie Lau @jackielaubooks.bsky.social · 17h

One of these issues is that I have made -$2 CAD in the past couple of months on a free book. From the dashboard, it looks like 2 people returned the book?? and I got charged about $1 each time??

anyway, make sure you check your statements. I'm still waiting on a resolution to this.

Jackie Lau @jackielaubooks.bsky.social · 17h

I have like four separate annoyances/issues with Google Play right now, which have all come up within the last 2 days.

I've averaged <$12 CAD/month in royalties there this year. It's not worth this aggravation.

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Jackie Lau @jackielaubooks.bsky.social · 17h

that info is out of date...this was the reason I initially thought immunocompromised ppl could get them the first week in October, but absolutely nobody (pharmacies, even the hospital) had them last week 🫤 The Ontario website was updated a couple days ago to say the week of the 14th.

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Jackie Lau @jackielaubooks.bsky.social · 17h

Yeah, the Ontario website was updated at some point to say the week of October 14, even though they initially said late September or early October.

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Jackie Lau @jackielaubooks.bsky.social · 17h

appointments appeared on the Shoppers website a couple of days ago. Earliest appointments I could find were October 15.

Jackie Lau @jackielaubooks.bsky.social · 6d

Does anyone in Toronto know of a place where someone who is immunocompromised would be able to get a flu vaccine in the next two weeks? Many pharmacies have COVID-19 shots, but I cannot find a place with flu shots. Does nobody have them yet?

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Jackie Lau @jackielaubooks.bsky.social · 17h

I have like four separate annoyances/issues with Google Play right now, which have all come up within the last 2 days.

I've averaged <$12 CAD/month in royalties there this year. It's not worth this aggravation.

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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 1d

Here's a photo of Lucky when he was a baby for everyone's mental health purposes

A small white fluffy puppy taking a snooze.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 2d

when you try and get your PhD advisor to review your manuscript 😂

Nobel committee unable to reach prize winner who is ‘living his best life’ hiking off grid

Fred Ramsdell was among those honoured with a 2025 Nobel Prize in Medicine but might not know because he is somewhere in Idaho and uncontactable

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Jackie Lau @jackielaubooks.bsky.social · 1d

A jaded woman falls for her sunshine neighbor in this cozy Christmas romance with a touch of magic.

Magically Generated will be out in less than two weeks!

jackielaubooks.com/books/magica...

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Chaz Stein @charlottestein.bsky.social · 2d

My new book, Dealing With A Desperate Demon, is out today! Cheery curvy bookseller, grumpy curvy demon, dating lessons, a beauty and the beast style curse, lots of horniness. Perfect to curl up to for spooky season! You can grab it these places!

read.macmillan.com/lp/dealing-w...

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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 2d

Just saw a care home employee post a video of one of her charges dancing when she thought she was alone and care providers, you really need to…well, CARE about your patients’ privacy! My grandma would have been mortified.

Kids, elders, and disabled people aren’t your content.

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Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 2d

seems very bad www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Baker & Taylor Prepares Plan to Shut Down

At a town hall yesterday, B&T owner and CEO Aman Kochar announced that following the termination of the ReaderLink acquisition deal, he does not see a path to keep the library wholesaler in business.

www.publishersweekly.com

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Sophie W @biologizing.bsky.social · 2d

The Newfoundland and Labrador public libraries continue to make the absolute best free pins that you can just have if you go to borrow a book

A pin on a desk, it has a codfish silhouette holding a library card, with the words "having fun isn't hard when you've got a library cod"

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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 2d

/adds to lexicon/

Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 3d

I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.

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Jackie Lau @jackielaubooks.bsky.social · 3d

We do have extra steps for seniors 80+ renewing their driver's license where I live, and I know they've been around for a while (I remember my one grandfather doing a written test at 80), though I think they changed at some point. Not sure how well they work.

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Jackie Lau @jackielaubooks.bsky.social · 3d

oops I totally forgot about the Mid-Autumn Festival

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 4d

Amazed at the number of guys who are willing to give interviews about how since they didn’t find love with women they found love with the computer that’s poisoning people in black neighborhoods

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Jackie Lau @jackielaubooks.bsky.social · 4d

autumn 🍁

fallen red maple leaves on top of gravel

Branches with sunlit orange and gold leaves against a blue sky.

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Jackie Lau @jackielaubooks.bsky.social · 5d

My anti-genAI Christmas novella (lol) will be out in just over two weeks!

Jackie Lau @jackielaubooks.bsky.social · Aug 28

A jaded woman falls for her sunshine neighbor in this cozy Christmas romance with a touch of magic.

Magically Generated will be out on October 21!

Cover artist: @jaypillerva.bsky.social

Illustrated cover of Magically Generated by Jackie Lau. Large Asian man with beard and glasses, wearing red winter coat and gray hat. White woman wearing green jacket and hat with pompom. He has an arm around her, and they’re looking at each other. Background: snowy city park, including snow sculpture of a rabbit holding a mug. Subtitle: A Christmas novella.

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Jackie Lau @jackielaubooks.bsky.social · 6d

my first Big 5 book was 2 months too late for the settlement, so the fact that it wasn't registered in a timely fashion didn't end up mattering after all.

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Jackie Lau @jackielaubooks.bsky.social · 6d

I only have two books included, so it's not as big a deal.

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Jackie Lau @jackielaubooks.bsky.social · 6d

oh, I see, that's the unique ID.

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