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Dave White

@davewhite.bsky.social

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Author of crime novels, including the Jackson Donne thrillers. Repped by Dara Hyde. Die Hard Rutgers Basketball fan and lover of puns.

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Dave White @davewhite.bsky.social · Mar 5

🚨Big News!🚨

Jackson Donne isn’t dead…yet.

Thrilled to announce that Open Road Media has acquired the Jackson Donne backlist PLUS a brand new FINAL Jackson Donne/Matt Herrick novel SET ON BLOOD!

HUGE thanks to:

@dzhyde.bsky.social @hillnadell.bsky.social

Publishers MarketPlace announcing the acquisition

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Dave White @davewhite.bsky.social · 8h

Squeeeeeee

Hill Nadell Literary Agency @hillnadell.bsky.social · 9h

Our new Jackson Donne copies are here! Full of author Dave White's infamous P.I.s Jackson Donne and Matt Herrick hunting and getting hunted in classic New Jersey haunts, you'll want to grab your own striking copies ahead of the release of the 6th book!

Out now from Open Road! 🔦🔍

Dave White @davewhite.bsky.social · 8h

Wait…how…? Lol

Dave White @davewhite.bsky.social · 3d

It was a pilot program to test for future events

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Dave White @davewhite.bsky.social · 3d

We had an Oktoberfest party last night and believe me, we are still cleaning up today…soooo

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Dave White @davewhite.bsky.social · 3d

I hope he sees this

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Alan Sepinwall @sepinwall.bsky.social · 3d

Sports were a mistake.

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Dave White @davewhite.bsky.social · 4d

#stacked

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Beau Johnson 🇨🇦 🪓 @beaujohnson44.bsky.social · 5d

Hey, here’s a book I liked. You might like it too. #BookSky
#FridayRecs

www.amazon.ca/Warehouse-No...

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Dave White @davewhite.bsky.social · 5d

Also @lauralippman.bsky.social liked this before I could fix the typo so…it stays

Dave White @davewhite.bsky.social · 5d

Big Thanks to @dzhyde.bsky.social, Open Road Media, and the fine folks at Hill Nadell!

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Dave White @davewhite.bsky.social · 5d

Here it is:, for the first time in print all together: the Jackson Donne series.

One more to go.

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Dave White @davewhite.bsky.social · 5d

I'll keep this on the QT, OK

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 6d

AUTHORS: It’s time to submit your claims for the Anthropic copyright settlement.

1. Look yourself up here: secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup

2. File your claim here: secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com

Form asks for ISBN and copyright reg # for each work. Can find in step 1.

Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 12d

🚨AUTHORS: The judge has approved the settlement in the Anthropic copyright case. By 10/2 you will be able to look up your name/works on the settlement website to see if you are eligible for payments. Which Authors Guild explained will be split evenly between authors/publishers who both hold rights.

What Authors Need to Know About the $1.5 Billion Anthropic Settlement - The Authors Guild

Background Bartz v Anthropic is one of the major copyright lawsuits brought by authors against an AI company for using books without permission to train large language models. It was filed by nonfict...

authorsguild.org

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Dave White @davewhite.bsky.social · 6d

Haircuts for the guys and a stop at Star Tavern.

Dave White @davewhite.bsky.social · 7d

I would like the dodgers to win so they won’t

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Curtis Ippolito @curtisippolito.bsky.social · 7d

When @rhppress.bsky.social approached me early this year about guest editing a climate change-themed anthology, I almost said no. Why? Well, who am I to anchor such an important, timely project?

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Dave White @davewhite.bsky.social · 7d

Was the evening in question dark and stormy?

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Dave White @davewhite.bsky.social · 7d

Trying to give a character you’ve written about for 25 and a half years a fitting ending can weigh on ya.

Dave White @davewhite.bsky.social · 7d

Not much room for a pun here. I'll do better tomorrow.

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Dave White @davewhite.bsky.social · 8d

Carter got a 100 on a math test so he called his grandma to tell her.

Grandma: What was the math test on?

Carter: Ummm paper

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Curtis Ippolito @curtisippolito.bsky.social · 9d

And it looks like you can order the paperback a day early!

a.co/d/9zvpGTi

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Dave White @davewhite.bsky.social · 9d

Sorry everyone, I was at work and then running a few errands so it took me a while to engineer a response!

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Dave White @davewhite.bsky.social · 9d

5 years. They just fly by.

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Dave White @davewhite.bsky.social · 9d

This reminds me, WHEN ONE MAN DIES is not officially 18 years and 4 days old somehow. It can vote.

Dave White @davewhite.bsky.social · 10d