Tyche Books 🇨🇦
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A Canadian small-press specializing in science fiction, fantasy, and related non-fiction. www.tychebooks.com Calgary, AB She/Her
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Hey everyone, Todd with Air and Nothingness Press has had a rough 2025, and he's looking for a little financial help for his mother during her move to LTC.
The goal is modest, and I know even $5 can help a lot.
The goal is modest, and I know even $5 can help a lot.
My family is looking to raise money to cover a funding gap until long-term health insurance begins for my mother who is in an assisted living facility. Thank you for considering helping us out. We appreciate it. As with many in our situation I've launched a GoFundMe page - gofund.me/ace67ba35
Donate to Help Bridge the Gap For Our Mother's Assisted Living Needs, organized by Todd Sanders
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November 27, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Hey everyone, Todd with Air and Nothingness Press has had a rough 2025, and he's looking for a little financial help for his mother during her move to LTC.
The goal is modest, and I know even $5 can help a lot.
The goal is modest, and I know even $5 can help a lot.
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When your ambassador is SO deranged that Time Magazine says, "Yeah, that quote sounds real".
November 27, 2025 at 9:12 PM
When your ambassador is SO deranged that Time Magazine says, "Yeah, that quote sounds real".
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Using the belief that creators are the "petite bourgeoisie" to justify pirating books/stealing art is EXACTLY what makes it so hard for anyone who isn't rich to pursue their creative dreams
If you steal our art, you PERSONALLY are preventing us from building sustainable careers
If you steal our art, you PERSONALLY are preventing us from building sustainable careers
Honestly, people calling creators the "petite bourgeoisie" makes me want to snap.
We're working folk. And we work really hard. For next to nothing.
We're not lounging around eating bonbons. We're trying to figure out how we're going to be able to pay rent next month.
We're working folk. And we work really hard. For next to nothing.
We're not lounging around eating bonbons. We're trying to figure out how we're going to be able to pay rent next month.
November 27, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Using the belief that creators are the "petite bourgeoisie" to justify pirating books/stealing art is EXACTLY what makes it so hard for anyone who isn't rich to pursue their creative dreams
If you steal our art, you PERSONALLY are preventing us from building sustainable careers
If you steal our art, you PERSONALLY are preventing us from building sustainable careers
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Happy Thursday, Canada 🍁
November 27, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Happy Thursday, Canada 🍁
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Carney and Smith are uniters! They have been able to get environmental activists and climate denying Alberta separatists to unite in their opposition to the MOU.
November 27, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Carney and Smith are uniters! They have been able to get environmental activists and climate denying Alberta separatists to unite in their opposition to the MOU.
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UNBOUND AUTHORS: Leftover copies of your books in the UK (MacMillan) warehouse will be pulped within the next week or two. DM me for a link to the warehouse stock list and contacts.
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
November 27, 2025 at 3:25 PM
UNBOUND AUTHORS: Leftover copies of your books in the UK (MacMillan) warehouse will be pulped within the next week or two. DM me for a link to the warehouse stock list and contacts.
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
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Tim Hortons reminds Campbell’s customers that they also make bad soup for poor slobs
Tim Hortons reminds Campbell's customers that they also make bad soup for poor slobs
TORONTO - Following the news that a top Campbell’s executive was fired after being caught on microphone calling the company’s soups “shit for poor people”, Tim Hortons have released a statement remind...
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November 27, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Tim Hortons reminds Campbell’s customers that they also make bad soup for poor slobs
For the holiday weekend, Adria Laycraft's book, Jumpship Dissonance is on sale on Kobo! You'll want to get caught up with this series, since the concluding volume, Jumpship Freedom, is coming your way in 2026.
Find it on Kobo: www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/...
Find it on Kobo: www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/...
November 27, 2025 at 5:50 PM
For the holiday weekend, Adria Laycraft's book, Jumpship Dissonance is on sale on Kobo! You'll want to get caught up with this series, since the concluding volume, Jumpship Freedom, is coming your way in 2026.
Find it on Kobo: www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/...
Find it on Kobo: www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/...
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I imagine most of the people trying to claim that stealing indie ebooks is leftism simply have never had to worry about paying rent or for groceries but sorry, your desire for free luxury goods is outweighed by the material needs of their creators
November 26, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I imagine most of the people trying to claim that stealing indie ebooks is leftism simply have never had to worry about paying rent or for groceries but sorry, your desire for free luxury goods is outweighed by the material needs of their creators
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i've seen people making the argument that it's a result of everyone being broke now, but like, this round was set off in part by piracy of an indie ebook that was on sale for 99 cents
there is a vast and deep well of genuinely free, no-piracy-needed stuff out there
there is a vast and deep well of genuinely free, no-piracy-needed stuff out there
I imagine most of the people trying to claim that stealing indie ebooks is leftism simply have never had to worry about paying rent or for groceries but sorry, your desire for free luxury goods is outweighed by the material needs of their creators
November 26, 2025 at 11:53 PM
i've seen people making the argument that it's a result of everyone being broke now, but like, this round was set off in part by piracy of an indie ebook that was on sale for 99 cents
there is a vast and deep well of genuinely free, no-piracy-needed stuff out there
there is a vast and deep well of genuinely free, no-piracy-needed stuff out there
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I know we're tired and done discoursing, but I still had some thoughts circling my head while baking today because it kept me thinking about Friday.
As a preteen, a bunch of my friends shoplifted for the fun of it. (I didn't, but I also didn't stop them.) Probably a rite of passage for some.
As a preteen, a bunch of my friends shoplifted for the fun of it. (I didn't, but I also didn't stop them.) Probably a rite of passage for some.
November 26, 2025 at 11:55 PM
I know we're tired and done discoursing, but I still had some thoughts circling my head while baking today because it kept me thinking about Friday.
As a preteen, a bunch of my friends shoplifted for the fun of it. (I didn't, but I also didn't stop them.) Probably a rite of passage for some.
As a preteen, a bunch of my friends shoplifted for the fun of it. (I didn't, but I also didn't stop them.) Probably a rite of passage for some.
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WRITER: Hello! I work very hard to craft diverting art and entertainment projects that I offer for sale; I do this so I can afford things like food and electricity.
THIS FUCKIN GUY: Oh my GOD can you not simply divest yourself of the wage-justifying paradigm, you are so cringe
THIS FUCKIN GUY: Oh my GOD can you not simply divest yourself of the wage-justifying paradigm, you are so cringe
November 26, 2025 at 2:17 AM
WRITER: Hello! I work very hard to craft diverting art and entertainment projects that I offer for sale; I do this so I can afford things like food and electricity.
THIS FUCKIN GUY: Oh my GOD can you not simply divest yourself of the wage-justifying paradigm, you are so cringe
THIS FUCKIN GUY: Oh my GOD can you not simply divest yourself of the wage-justifying paradigm, you are so cringe
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Vive la Canada (literature)!
Rhonda Parrish and Tyche Books have a new anthology coming in the new year.
For now, all you need to do is hit the "notify me on launch" button so that you don't miss this FASCINATING (insert groan soundtrack) anthology.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tyc...
Rhonda Parrish and Tyche Books have a new anthology coming in the new year.
For now, all you need to do is hit the "notify me on launch" button so that you don't miss this FASCINATING (insert groan soundtrack) anthology.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tyc...
Coming soon: Fascination: Dark Fantasy Anthology
A macabre story collection of nature-fueled magic, witches & dark fae. Creepy cottages, haunted homesteads & bespelled woods.
www.kickstarter.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Vive la Canada (literature)!
Rhonda Parrish and Tyche Books have a new anthology coming in the new year.
For now, all you need to do is hit the "notify me on launch" button so that you don't miss this FASCINATING (insert groan soundtrack) anthology.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tyc...
Rhonda Parrish and Tyche Books have a new anthology coming in the new year.
For now, all you need to do is hit the "notify me on launch" button so that you don't miss this FASCINATING (insert groan soundtrack) anthology.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tyc...
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Look at them! ❤️
Marigold and Poppy, as you meet them in OF POTIONS AND HONEY - a nosy, needy cat, and a little (large) mischievous goblin of a dog.
Art by the amazing Gwent at instagram.com/gwentarts / ko-fi.com/gwentarts
Get the book: books2read.com/potions-and-honey
Marigold and Poppy, as you meet them in OF POTIONS AND HONEY - a nosy, needy cat, and a little (large) mischievous goblin of a dog.
Art by the amazing Gwent at instagram.com/gwentarts / ko-fi.com/gwentarts
Get the book: books2read.com/potions-and-honey
November 26, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Look at them! ❤️
Marigold and Poppy, as you meet them in OF POTIONS AND HONEY - a nosy, needy cat, and a little (large) mischievous goblin of a dog.
Art by the amazing Gwent at instagram.com/gwentarts / ko-fi.com/gwentarts
Get the book: books2read.com/potions-and-honey
Marigold and Poppy, as you meet them in OF POTIONS AND HONEY - a nosy, needy cat, and a little (large) mischievous goblin of a dog.
Art by the amazing Gwent at instagram.com/gwentarts / ko-fi.com/gwentarts
Get the book: books2read.com/potions-and-honey
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You may be cool, but you'll never be as cool as these two cats wearing sunglasses in the window of an optician's Boulevard St Germain in 1925
November 26, 2025 at 10:43 AM
You may be cool, but you'll never be as cool as these two cats wearing sunglasses in the window of an optician's Boulevard St Germain in 1925
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Anybody who is like “Piracy is activism!”—trust me, supporting your local library is about 1000% more effective activism, and it’s still free for you and authors still get paid!
November 26, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Anybody who is like “Piracy is activism!”—trust me, supporting your local library is about 1000% more effective activism, and it’s still free for you and authors still get paid!
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"I have to pirate because I'm on a fixed income, otherwise I am ALIENATED FROM POP CULTURE."
stg I feel like I'm having a stroke with this app, I gotta put Freedom back up and pretend it doesn't exist.
Is this a thing? Do people need to all engage with the same entertainment at the same time?
stg I feel like I'm having a stroke with this app, I gotta put Freedom back up and pretend it doesn't exist.
Is this a thing? Do people need to all engage with the same entertainment at the same time?
November 26, 2025 at 1:35 AM
"I have to pirate because I'm on a fixed income, otherwise I am ALIENATED FROM POP CULTURE."
stg I feel like I'm having a stroke with this app, I gotta put Freedom back up and pretend it doesn't exist.
Is this a thing? Do people need to all engage with the same entertainment at the same time?
stg I feel like I'm having a stroke with this app, I gotta put Freedom back up and pretend it doesn't exist.
Is this a thing? Do people need to all engage with the same entertainment at the same time?
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REMINDER: if you think your right-on lefty/socialist/communist/etc. politics justifies pirating books, well guess what? Most writers don't make a living wage from their books or writing work, and stealing from them makes you a class traitor.
November 25, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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ok, this wins the internet
November 26, 2025 at 2:34 AM
ok, this wins the internet
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Anyway, here's a long thread I did last year on out-of-print work, copyright, death of the author, etc, because I do have experience in this area.
"At least Skyla is done with discourse, surely she can't have more to say--"
NOPE, NOT DONE YET, HOLD ON AND LET ME GET MY COFFEE.
I'm taking this sentiment at face value and trust it's meant in earnest: "Copyright should end upon the death of the author and then the book goes into public domain."
NOPE, NOT DONE YET, HOLD ON AND LET ME GET MY COFFEE.
I'm taking this sentiment at face value and trust it's meant in earnest: "Copyright should end upon the death of the author and then the book goes into public domain."
a woman in a pink dress is standing in a doorway with her arms outstretched
Alt: A woman in a pink and black dress smiles as she pops through a door as if saying "Surprise!" and walks forward.
media.tenor.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Anyway, here's a long thread I did last year on out-of-print work, copyright, death of the author, etc, because I do have experience in this area.
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Before I go to bed:
"It's okay to pirate if the author is dead!"
So I'd just like to point out that my aunt Judy passed ten years ago last May and I still don't have out the last out-of-print book because I simply cannot afford the time to scan the text, edit/correct errors, design/format etc.
"It's okay to pirate if the author is dead!"
So I'd just like to point out that my aunt Judy passed ten years ago last May and I still don't have out the last out-of-print book because I simply cannot afford the time to scan the text, edit/correct errors, design/format etc.
November 26, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Before I go to bed:
"It's okay to pirate if the author is dead!"
So I'd just like to point out that my aunt Judy passed ten years ago last May and I still don't have out the last out-of-print book because I simply cannot afford the time to scan the text, edit/correct errors, design/format etc.
"It's okay to pirate if the author is dead!"
So I'd just like to point out that my aunt Judy passed ten years ago last May and I still don't have out the last out-of-print book because I simply cannot afford the time to scan the text, edit/correct errors, design/format etc.
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tech bro: i have made Artificial General Intelligence
programmer: you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
programmer: you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
I’ve been running around asking tech execs and academics if language was the same as intelligence for over a year now - and, well, it isn’t. @benjaminjriley.bsky.social explains how the bubble is built on ignoring cutting-edge research into the science of thought www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
November 25, 2025 at 5:12 PM
tech bro: i have made Artificial General Intelligence
programmer: you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
programmer: you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
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Some people are very good at writing sex and some people are good at believing that they are good at writing sex, the first is a tremendously impressive skill and the second is what makes for deeply uncomfortable author presentations at science fiction conventions
There's nothing wrong with literary porn, but some of the crap those guys wrote was "Have you actuallly ever HAD sex?"
November 25, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Some people are very good at writing sex and some people are good at believing that they are good at writing sex, the first is a tremendously impressive skill and the second is what makes for deeply uncomfortable author presentations at science fiction conventions
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My genuine advice to people who want new releases fresh from the oven is become a reviewer and get arcs. Then you get to be ahead of everybody.
You do kinda have to get along with authors for this to work the best that it can tho.
You do kinda have to get along with authors for this to work the best that it can tho.
"I have to pirate because I'm on a fixed income, otherwise I am ALIENATED FROM POP CULTURE."
stg I feel like I'm having a stroke with this app, I gotta put Freedom back up and pretend it doesn't exist.
Is this a thing? Do people need to all engage with the same entertainment at the same time?
stg I feel like I'm having a stroke with this app, I gotta put Freedom back up and pretend it doesn't exist.
Is this a thing? Do people need to all engage with the same entertainment at the same time?
November 26, 2025 at 3:00 AM
My genuine advice to people who want new releases fresh from the oven is become a reviewer and get arcs. Then you get to be ahead of everybody.
You do kinda have to get along with authors for this to work the best that it can tho.
You do kinda have to get along with authors for this to work the best that it can tho.