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James Spackman @jamesspackman73.bsky.social · 14h

The circle line can do one.

James Spackman @jamesspackman73.bsky.social · 3d

House of Guinness is pony imo

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Lucy Sullivan @lucysullivan.bsky.social · 3d

Final Days to fill out the survey!
Help them understand comic creators work/finances & help grow their case for supporting comics.

DO IT ASAP! Please!
(UK based creators only)

Hannah Berry @streakofpith.bsky.social · 6d

🚨FINAL FEW DAYS!🚨

The UK Comics Creator Survey will close forever at midnight on Monday 6th! Have you submitted your response yet? Or were you, like me*, waiting for the last minute? The last minute is now, lads! Get in there!

ukcomicscreators.org.uk

*I thrive** on pressure
**Exist painfully

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James Spackman @jamesspackman73.bsky.social · 5d

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James Spackman @jamesspackman73.bsky.social · 5d

I mean, it's the go-to, isn't it?

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James Spackman @jamesspackman73.bsky.social · 5d

This week's Book Pitch Doctor's Surgery is all about The End (of your pitch).

mailchi.mp/95970fb10f1a...

#booksky

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George Walkley @georgewalkley.com · 6d

A hugely important update for authors and publishers: you may not be eligible, it's a defined list of titles based on US copyright registration and date eligibility, not everything in LibGen. But take five minutes to be sure 👉

Independent Publishers Guild @independentpublishersguild.com · 6d

If you think you are entitled to a share of the $1.5bn class action settlement with AI firm Anthropic in the US, you can now file a claim.

The settlement website has all the info including a searchable database of eligible titles, claim forms and FAQs www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
#booksky

ANT Homepage | ANT

www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com

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Hannah Berry @streakofpith.bsky.social · 6d

🚨FINAL FEW DAYS!🚨

The UK Comics Creator Survey will close forever at midnight on Monday 6th! Have you submitted your response yet? Or were you, like me*, waiting for the last minute? The last minute is now, lads! Get in there!

ukcomicscreators.org.uk

*I thrive** on pressure
**Exist painfully

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Lucy Fishwife 🥐 @lucyfishwife.bsky.social · 6d

An indy bookseller speaks! Bookshop.org is AMAZING and frankly, without it, a lot of us would have struggled even more during lockdown. WAYYY better than Hive (if you’re picking the book up from a bookshop, why aren’t you ordering it directly from them in the first place??)

Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 7d

Independent bookshops will earn 100% of the profit from sales, and ebooks will be priced the same as they are on Amazon.

‘A tool in the fight against Amazon’: independent bookshops to begin selling ebooks

A new platform will be an alternative to Kindle, and bookshops will earn 100% of the profit from sales

www.theguardian.com

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James Alistair Henry @jamesbluecat.bsky.social · 9d

I'm on the Always Take Notes podcast, talking Pagans and scriptwriting. Enjoyed this one as lot as it's quite into the process end of things as well as covering how you actually make a living and balancing writing with childcare stuff.

open.spotify.com/episode/2OOb...

#222: James Alistair Henry, screenwriter and novelist

open.spotify.com

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James Spackman @jamesspackman73.bsky.social · 10d

Unimprovable publisher-acknowledgment

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James Spackman @jamesspackman73.bsky.social · 13d

This week's Book Pitch Doctor's Surgery is all about how to *start* a book pitch ... mailchi.mp/7feec4ba13d4...

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James Spackman @jamesspackman73.bsky.social · 15d

Thanks GW! And thanks @alisonjones.com :)

George Walkley @georgewalkley.com · 15d

A superb podcast with @alisonjones.com interviewing my friend and colleague @jamesspackman73.bsky.social on books and the business of persuasion—the points about playful experimentation and chains of enthusiasm are pure gold for anyone looking to sell a book.

Episode 462 - Perfecting your pitch with James Spackman

YouTube video by Alison Jones

youtu.be

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Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 17d

A short thing about music. Please indulge me.

My son and his girlfriend did a pub gig this afternoon. Here they are. Voice and keyboard. Jazz standards. They were good, but that’s not the point. (1/n)

A vocalist abd a keyboard player performing in front of a pub menu.

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James Spackman @jamesspackman73.bsky.social · 17d

Love this

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James Spackman @jamesspackman73.bsky.social · 22d

Thanks George :)

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James Spackman @jamesspackman73.bsky.social · 26d

This week's Book Pitch Doctor's Surgery answers the vexed question 'where should I look when I'm pitching?'

mailchi.mp/edb7022d342f...

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James Spackman @jamesspackman73.bsky.social · 27d

Haha! YES

James Spackman @jamesspackman73.bsky.social · 27d

totally could've

James Spackman @jamesspackman73.bsky.social · 27d

We didn't discuss it, but I thought the same. I was gonna v him at judo on the way to the loo but then thought nah he's not worth it

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James Spackman @jamesspackman73.bsky.social · 29d

As a regular (albeit mediocre) racing track cyclist, I can report that *nothing* is more terrifying than the Embankment bike lane at 0845 on a sunny tube-strike day.

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James Spackman @jamesspackman73.bsky.social · Sep 8

Thank you to one of my publishing heroes, Hilary Murray Hill for this endorsement of How to Pitch a Book (available here - www.bookpitchdoctor.com )

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James Spackman @jamesspackman73.bsky.social · Sep 6

Crack on 👍

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James Spackman @jamesspackman73.bsky.social · Sep 2

Think I’ll check out the score in the cric-

Fucks sake.

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Lucy Sullivan @lucysullivan.bsky.social · Aug 29

🔊 PODCASTERS!! 💬
THE THING WITH FEATHERS is out this Autumn & features Cumberbatch playing a comic creator (with art by me)

The director Dylan Southern & myself would love to chat to you about the film, comics, the art & more
Drop me a line if you’re keen!

www.imdb.com/title/tt2777...
Pls share!

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