BookishinFl
@bookishinfl.bsky.social
This bsky is dedicated to reading and book related content. I’ll leave the rest for elsewhere. I read a bit of everything and look forward to recommendations!
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It's book launch week! Spend the weekend catching up with my bargain basement cyborg hivemind. Murder, mystery, and a detective who just wants to be left alone with her poetry and bad romance novels.
#book #books #BookSky #scifi
#book #books #BookSky #scifi
It's (official) book release day! Come pick up INSIDE THREAT, the sixth Rachel Peng book! This book might be haunted, but in a way of my own making which doesn't transfer at ownership.
Links are here kbspangler.com/books/
#book #books #scifi #BookSky
Links are here kbspangler.com/books/
#book #books #scifi #BookSky
January 17, 2026 at 2:34 AM
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“How to Talk Minnesotan” is intended to be comedic but I recommend it for every autistic transplant, because no one will explain any of this to you, they’ll just get mad at you and you won’t know why. This outright just tells you the unspoken rules and everything makes so much more sense after that
This is light-hearted and doesn't touch on cases of fuckaroundits, but maybe it'll spark joy. Mid 90s local PBS.
youtu.be/oiSzwoJr4-0
youtu.be/oiSzwoJr4-0
How To Talk Minnesotan | Full Length Film
YouTube video by Twin Cities PBS
youtu.be
January 18, 2026 at 12:42 AM
“How to Talk Minnesotan” is intended to be comedic but I recommend it for every autistic transplant, because no one will explain any of this to you, they’ll just get mad at you and you won’t know why. This outright just tells you the unspoken rules and everything makes so much more sense after that
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I'm glad to see this thread because i have completely divested from the evil river and i have picked up kobo plus read and listen.
To give us an idea of books available on Kobo & Kobo Plus, I'd like to do a Kobo Books Thread🧵
So authors drop your;
Genre & book or series description
Kobo link & graphic
Let us know if your book's also in Kobo Plus!
🌈📚🪐📚💙
So authors drop your;
Genre & book or series description
Kobo link & graphic
Let us know if your book's also in Kobo Plus!
🌈📚🪐📚💙
January 5, 2026 at 7:40 AM
I'm glad to see this thread because i have completely divested from the evil river and i have picked up kobo plus read and listen.
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Every time someone says "I can't write X, editors will never buy it" an angel loses its wings
Those shining adamantine feathers, sharper than death, slice all creatures in their path to molecule-thin ribbons, blood raining down onto acres of land rendered poisonous for decades.
So maybe reconsider
Those shining adamantine feathers, sharper than death, slice all creatures in their path to molecule-thin ribbons, blood raining down onto acres of land rendered poisonous for decades.
So maybe reconsider
January 1, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Every time someone says "I can't write X, editors will never buy it" an angel loses its wings
Those shining adamantine feathers, sharper than death, slice all creatures in their path to molecule-thin ribbons, blood raining down onto acres of land rendered poisonous for decades.
So maybe reconsider
Those shining adamantine feathers, sharper than death, slice all creatures in their path to molecule-thin ribbons, blood raining down onto acres of land rendered poisonous for decades.
So maybe reconsider
Oh no. Too on the nose.
January 2, 2026 at 1:18 AM
Oh no. Too on the nose.
@bookslikewhoa.bsky.social Really enjoy your channel and side channel. Because we had a lot of old school overlap I tried Ilona Andrews at your suggestion and what a treat. Just wanted to reach out and say thanks, we’re watching.
January 1, 2026 at 11:57 AM
@bookslikewhoa.bsky.social Really enjoy your channel and side channel. Because we had a lot of old school overlap I tried Ilona Andrews at your suggestion and what a treat. Just wanted to reach out and say thanks, we’re watching.
What an interesting reading year! I mostly read via audiobooks and am so thankful for Libby. Running errands, providing care for parents, walking to and from car…all have been made better by audiobooks. I swear doing unpleasant, repetitive things would’ve driven me mad this year without them.
January 1, 2026 at 11:06 AM
What an interesting reading year! I mostly read via audiobooks and am so thankful for Libby. Running errands, providing care for parents, walking to and from car…all have been made better by audiobooks. I swear doing unpleasant, repetitive things would’ve driven me mad this year without them.
Look at that graph! Wild!
5/ So let's talk about that minority of heavy readers. We know how many books Americans said they read in 2025 — which lets us calculate a distribution. And it turns out we've got some substantial Reading Inequality. (Three cheers for the Power Law!)
January 1, 2026 at 10:33 AM
Look at that graph! Wild!
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“If £1b were to suddenly appear in their bank account, would euthanasia still be necessary?
“If the answer is no, that's not euthanasia; it's social murder.”
“If the answer is no, that's not euthanasia; it's social murder.”
![Tweet by Nico Reznick, AT NicoReznick on 20 June 2025 reads:
“There is a simple test to see if someone should qualify for assisted dying:
If £1b were to suddenly appear in their bank account, would euthanasia still be necessary?
If the answer is no, that's not euthanasia; it's social murder.
[hashtag] AssistedDyingBill [hashtag] assistedsuicidebill”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3ltsziuodekvpalwz7r6x44c/bafkreifb75ozlukb4tmji3stoy5rigxacp7obmzxfdaljpc4kns252e4uq@jpeg)
December 14, 2025 at 3:31 PM
“If £1b were to suddenly appear in their bank account, would euthanasia still be necessary?
“If the answer is no, that's not euthanasia; it's social murder.”
“If the answer is no, that's not euthanasia; it's social murder.”
Why did I get of bed? It was a mistake.
December 15, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Why did I get of bed? It was a mistake.
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Uh-oh someone taught the menswear guy about kerning.
crazy how much this bugs me now that someone pointed it out. if i worked at the white house, i would find this ugly, but not as annoying as i do now. ignorance is really bliss bc they more you learn, the more you just walk around thinking "collar gap" and "kerning is off."
November 12, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Uh-oh someone taught the menswear guy about kerning.
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Amazing!!!
I did a tattoo based on @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social ‘s Southern Reach series (my favourite book series ever) yesterday and I’m feeling very excited about it 🐇🥀
November 12, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Amazing!!!
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“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 3:05 AM
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
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These three made my day😄
November 11, 2025 at 10:53 PM
These three made my day😄
Please follow this issue.
So. Audible did make the announcement of their updated model and the top line they announced was Royalty Rates are increased! Hurrah! But taking a closer look at the article something is (intentionally, I'd bet) obfuscated.
www.audible.com/about/newsro...
Here's an excerpt from the article:
www.audible.com/about/newsro...
Here's an excerpt from the article:
August 19, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Please follow this issue.
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfSW...
If you have an Audible subscription, and don't want to abuse authors, **don't use Plus or premium plus.**
Those are like streaming services, where you don't 'own' the audiobooks. They massively cut the authors' royalties.
Better yet, move to Libro.fm or use your --
If you have an Audible subscription, and don't want to abuse authors, **don't use Plus or premium plus.**
Those are like streaming services, where you don't 'own' the audiobooks. They massively cut the authors' royalties.
Better yet, move to Libro.fm or use your --
Audible Exploited Brandon Sanderson
YouTube video by Daniel Greene
www.youtube.com
August 19, 2025 at 4:08 PM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfSW...
If you have an Audible subscription, and don't want to abuse authors, **don't use Plus or premium plus.**
Those are like streaming services, where you don't 'own' the audiobooks. They massively cut the authors' royalties.
Better yet, move to Libro.fm or use your --
If you have an Audible subscription, and don't want to abuse authors, **don't use Plus or premium plus.**
Those are like streaming services, where you don't 'own' the audiobooks. They massively cut the authors' royalties.
Better yet, move to Libro.fm or use your --
This is a great idea
Morning fun. The fountain in the pool we've set up to entertain the local wildlife died. Replaced it yesterday and it's attracting more attention than the old one. This is a Cooper's Hawk.
July 31, 2025 at 8:42 PM
This is a great idea
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The way to develop a presence that can sell books on bluesky is to not be on bluesky to sell books.
That sounds trite but if you just want to sell books, don't be on here. But if you love being on here just for fun, you can also sell stuff.
That sounds trite but if you just want to sell books, don't be on here. But if you love being on here just for fun, you can also sell stuff.
I have found that text-based social like Old Twitter and On Here moves books primarily when it comes to flash ebook sales. That drives a lot of cheap impulse buys. It also builds gradual brand awareness over years. But this is 100s of copies at best, not 1000s.
I think bsky definitely contributes to sales, and I've certainly seen it drive people to my books. I think the trap is, with social media, thinking it's The Way To Sell Books, when it definitely isn't. Social media moves some copies, just not at the level a publisher would desire, I think.
July 31, 2025 at 3:34 PM
The way to develop a presence that can sell books on bluesky is to not be on bluesky to sell books.
That sounds trite but if you just want to sell books, don't be on here. But if you love being on here just for fun, you can also sell stuff.
That sounds trite but if you just want to sell books, don't be on here. But if you love being on here just for fun, you can also sell stuff.
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Epstein victims lawyer Spencer Kuvin: "We now know from the words of the President himself that Virginia was right all along, and that she was trafficked out of Mar-a-Lago.”
July 31, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Epstein victims lawyer Spencer Kuvin: "We now know from the words of the President himself that Virginia was right all along, and that she was trafficked out of Mar-a-Lago.”
A fucking men
I miss having shared cultutal moments that aren't traumatic.
July 22, 2025 at 11:58 AM
A fucking men
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Yeah, there is a quirky dynamic where books by women are presumed to be for women and books by men are presumed to be for everyone, and honestly while there was very little interest in courting women as a customer demographic, there seems to be some rage at losing them as a built in audience.
I think there may be an argument to be made that it is harder to sell books to ONLY men, because younger men read less and women no longer accept that the male POV is the default way of viewing the world. But as the kids say, this is a skill issue, for the writing and the marketing.
July 20, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Yeah, there is a quirky dynamic where books by women are presumed to be for women and books by men are presumed to be for everyone, and honestly while there was very little interest in courting women as a customer demographic, there seems to be some rage at losing them as a built in audience.
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I've been told I'm awful at marketing so...please read and boost our new explainer #comic on #TARIFFS
Free to download and distribute, but if you want more of these in this series, donate or join #Patreon
The next planned comic is a double-length explainer on #immigration and #ICE
Free to download and distribute, but if you want more of these in this series, donate or join #Patreon
The next planned comic is a double-length explainer on #immigration and #ICE
Civix Comix | K.B. Spangler
Get more from K.B. Spangler on Patreon
www.patreon.com
July 20, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I've been told I'm awful at marketing so...please read and boost our new explainer #comic on #TARIFFS
Free to download and distribute, but if you want more of these in this series, donate or join #Patreon
The next planned comic is a double-length explainer on #immigration and #ICE
Free to download and distribute, but if you want more of these in this series, donate or join #Patreon
The next planned comic is a double-length explainer on #immigration and #ICE
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It blows my mind how much credit people give Substack. "Join my Substack" "I wrote a Substack" "I have a Substack"
After what Facebook, Twitter and Google have pulled, it's unbelievable how many writers are falling for this again
After what Facebook, Twitter and Google have pulled, it's unbelievable how many writers are falling for this again
Wrote a thing. Come for the inside baseball of what it was like to turn Substack down in 2017, stay for a piano-based metaphor on how VC funding gradually dilutes mission.
Writers are doing themselves a massive disservice by branding their personal newsletters as a "Substack," writes @ernie.tedium.co
www.typebarmagazine.com/2025/07/14/d...
www.typebarmagazine.com/2025/07/14/d...
July 14, 2025 at 1:08 PM
It blows my mind how much credit people give Substack. "Join my Substack" "I wrote a Substack" "I have a Substack"
After what Facebook, Twitter and Google have pulled, it's unbelievable how many writers are falling for this again
After what Facebook, Twitter and Google have pulled, it's unbelievable how many writers are falling for this again
Evergreen
I would never curse another with the constant need to give a fuck, this is exhausting
July 15, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Evergreen