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Emily C. Hughes @emilyhughes.bsky.social · 2m

oh hey if you’ve been meaning to pick up Horror For Weenies, Bookshop is having an anti-prime day free shipping sale (also a slight discount on the book!): bookshop.org/a/293/978168...

Horror for Weenies: Everything You Need to Know About the Films You're Too Scared to Watch

Everything You Need to Know About the Films You're Too Scared to Watch

bookshop.org

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🌈 Hailey Piper 🌈 @haileypiperfights.bsky.social · 56m

It's Lesbian Visibility Day, and I see that Bookshop is having FREE SHIPPING until the day's over, so it's clearly time for some lesbian horror 🌈😈

bookshop.org/beta-search?...

Showing the following Hailey Piper book covers: A Game in Yellow, Queen of Teeth, A Light Most Hateful, Teenage Girls Can Be Demons, The Ghostlands of Natalie Glasgow
Around a banner that says free shipping

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Emily C. Hughes @emilyhughes.bsky.social · 10h

what will it take for people to stop writing unhinged fanfic about you

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Jess Zimmerman @jesszimmerman.com · 17h

Could someone cool please start a press. There are so many great hires rattling around out there right now. I KNOW some of you are out here having secret money

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Lumpy, Beanpole & Shooz @hamshooz.ooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.ooo · 12h

me and the homie after we stepped outside for a puff

Gef the Toking Mongoose @geftokingmongoose.bsky.social · 1d

we out here

It is a moon lit night in a narrow valley of a high mountain spooky terrain. The moon has a halo that makes it look twice its own size, and is only barely covered by slightly wispy clouds. The mountains in the distance are blueish white from the splash of the moons haunted hues, but in between the walls of darker rock that crowd in to the foreground, two-robed creatures that are likely men stand lit by a torch that one of them holds like a holy relic. Their hoods are pointed and drawn up over their heads, but we can see the whites of their long impressive beards that make them look like wizards, though perhaps they are merely otherworldly cultists. Their faces are in shadow and they are hunched suspiciously, as if they are up to some dark mischief and their hands are raised in a way that you cannot tell if they are conversing, about to exchange items, or casting some spell.

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good hyuck, babe! @markpopham.bsky.social · 18h

If I hear a single fucking person talking about how we need to line up behind this shitheads inevitable candidacy I'm going to lost it

LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation.com · 18h

Gavin Newsom vetoes gender education bill, declines to sign other trans protections - buff.ly/MTUAV85

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Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 23h

My friend Sama'a has two little girls to feed and clothe, and after two years of genocidal horror she is tired in ways we cannot fully understand. Please give what you can to help her family survive.

gofund.me/db56c7ce3

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Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.com · 21h

Distribution is THE under-reported story in book publishing (outside of the trade publications) and losing B&T is going to have untold ripple effects on the industry, small presses, and authors.

Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 21h

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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Emily C. Hughes @emilyhughes.bsky.social · 22h

I can't imagine any publisher I ever worked for completely failing to communicate something like this to authors and agents!

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Emily C. Hughes @emilyhughes.bsky.social · 22h

mostly it means your royalty statements will be coming from a different place now, but the books will stay in print. it's not the end of the world, practically speaking, but the lack of communication and transparency around it is unforgivable.

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Emily C. Hughes @emilyhughes.bsky.social · 23h

so great, right??

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Emily C. Hughes @emilyhughes.bsky.social · 23h

having a normal one!

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thank u, hexed @lindsaykingmiller.bsky.social · 23h

Gaby was an absolute DREAM to work with on THE Z WORD and THIS IS MY BODY. If you're looking for a freelance publicist I can't imagine a better option!

gaby iori @gabyiori.bsky.social · 1d

...anyway! I am looking for work (and have been for months actually!!) and also soft-launching that I'm doing freelance marketing and publicity. if you have a book coming out that you think would benefit from a thoughtful publicist/marketer, I'd love to help you get it into the world!

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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 1d

It's banned books week and so I'm legally obligated to bully you, a person who has ever had their name on a book, into joining @authorsabb.bsky.social.

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

We fight the source of book bans with calls to action, partnership w everyone in the game, and offer training.

AABB Author Sign-Up Form

Hello! We're Authors Against Book Bans, a group of authors who’ve come together to protect and promote the freedom to read on both the national and local levels. We’re creating a network of authors to...

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Molly Templeton @mollytempleton.com · 1d

I am absolutely not buying any books as I have like two weeks to pack all the ones I own, but just a little reminder that you can ignore that made-up money-eating holiday created by that grotesque retail giant and get free shipping from Bookshop for the next two days instead

Bookshop: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.

An online bookstore that financially supports local independent bookstores and gives back to the book community.

bookshop.org

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Drew Schnoebelen @dschnoeb.bsky.social · 1d

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 1d

Me: I feel like I've lost control. I'm spiraling.

My therapist, Junji Ito: That must be really scary for you.

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more mr. dice guy @juniorhoncho.bsky.social · 1d

remember how sometimes the blogosphere would be abuzz

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Emily C. Hughes @emilyhughes.bsky.social · 1d

those stacks got moved up to my reference shelves in my office!

Emily C. Hughes @emilyhughes.bsky.social · 1d

welcome 🫠

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Chibdm @chibdm.bsky.social · 1d

Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop

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Emily C. Hughes @emilyhughes.bsky.social · 1d

what if "i'm gonna piss on your leg and tell you it's raining" were a whole company's communications strategy

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Emily C. Hughes @emilyhughes.bsky.social · 1d

[stares directly into camera]

Rebecca Gyllenhaal @rebeccagyllenhaal.bsky.social · 1d

another thing I'm just gonna leave here (from Wiki)

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gaby iori @gabyiori.bsky.social · 1d

...anyway! I am looking for work (and have been for months actually!!) and also soft-launching that I'm doing freelance marketing and publicity. if you have a book coming out that you think would benefit from a thoughtful publicist/marketer, I'd love to help you get it into the world!

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Emily C. Hughes @emilyhughes.bsky.social · 1d

Gaby was the marketing/publicity lead for Horror For Weenies and she's a MARVEL - please hire her for staff and/or freelance work!

gaby iori @gabyiori.bsky.social · 1d

...anyway! I am looking for work (and have been for months actually!!) and also soft-launching that I'm doing freelance marketing and publicity. if you have a book coming out that you think would benefit from a thoughtful publicist/marketer, I'd love to help you get it into the world!

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