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Alastair Horne

@pressfuturist.bsky.social

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Lecturer in Publishing at the University of Stirling. Researcher of smartphone storytelling. Author of seven books for Amber on Paris, London, Scotland, cemeteries (twice), chess, & dragons. Erstwhile doer of other things. Baritone. Often mediocre. He/Him

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Alastair Horne @pressfuturist.bsky.social · Nov 15

Evening all! I’m a lecturer in publishing studies at the University of Stirling, as well as the author of a few books for Amber Books. I sort of built what passes for my career by being on Twitter, so I’m sorry to see it go, but needs must.

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Alastair Horne @pressfuturist.bsky.social · 3h

Was running a bath when I realised I was still 3,000 steps short of my daily total. Chucked my clothes back on, turned off the taps, and dashed round the block twice. Arbitrary targets FTW.

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Alastair Horne @pressfuturist.bsky.social · 3h

No great loss. :-D

Alastair Horne @pressfuturist.bsky.social · 3h

King Street! That was where Parrot Records was too. Only moved away four years ago and I’m already forgetting place names…

Alastair Horne @pressfuturist.bsky.social · 3h

I *thought* Andy’s was just outside the Grafton Centre when I remember it, in the mid-nineties, but I could be wrong. An HMV on the market square and another in lion’s Yard, plus Parrot Records round the back near Jesus. Not sure I remember Garon…

Alastair Horne @pressfuturist.bsky.social · 4h

Currently, I get in from work at about a quarter to seven, have some food, and then just collapse into a chair until I have enough energy to go to bed. This is sub-optimal.

Alastair Horne @pressfuturist.bsky.social · 4h

I wouldn’t count on it!

Alastair Horne @pressfuturist.bsky.social · 4h

Same.

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Alastair Horne @pressfuturist.bsky.social · 4h

The fix that FIFA/AFC have put in place to try to ensure Saudi Arabia and Qatar qualify for the world cup would be shocking if it weren’t so utterly, shamelessly predictable and obvious. Corrupt AF.

Alastair Horne @pressfuturist.bsky.social · 5h

Silas Romana

Alastair Horne @pressfuturist.bsky.social · 5h

Just remembered the chump who had a go at me on here last night for buying books online because he didn’t understand that The Bookseller wasn’t Amazon. :-D

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Alastair Horne @pressfuturist.bsky.social · 5h

Where Patisserie Valerie is now: on Bridge Street. (I’m now wondering if it was a different chain, but that’s certainly where it was.)

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Alastair Horne @pressfuturist.bsky.social · 5h

Bought this 35 years ago today from Our Price in Cambridge with the record tokens I got from Barclays for opening a student account with them.

The Charlatans @thecharlatans.bsky.social · 16h

35 years of Some Friendly, our debut album released on this day in 1990. What’s your favourite track?

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Alastair Horne @pressfuturist.bsky.social · 6h

I quite enjoyed the previous two series, but Jim Howick’s character has gone from being sympathetically pathetic to just annoying and this latest episode was 100% concentrated cringe with no fun at all.

Alastair Horne @pressfuturist.bsky.social · 6h

Watching episode two of season three of Here We Go and it’s just hideously embarrassing without being funny in the slightest. Not sure I can carry on watching this.

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 16h

Calling English a 'rip-off degree' is one of the most blatant exhibitions of personal barbarism I've ever seen. You've demonstrated nothing but the poverty of your own mind.

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Alastair Horne @pressfuturist.bsky.social · 17h

Ha! I thought of you when I heard this.

Alastair Horne @pressfuturist.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks!

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Nick Sturm @nicksturm.bsky.social · 1d

I have a student who has watched "Younger" (thank god--finally). They're starting a research project on the show's representation of the publishing industry.

Aside from this NYT piece & a 2022 Lit Hub article, do we know other writing looking at this phenomenon?

www.nytimes.com/2019/01/01/b...

How Hollywood Gets the Publishing Industry Wrong (Published 2019)

www.nytimes.com

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Alastair Horne @pressfuturist.bsky.social · 1d

I’m not sure I’ve ever received a more graceless admission that someone screwed up.

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Alastair Horne @pressfuturist.bsky.social · 1d

Sorry; *I* wet the bed? You really ought to look at the puddle you’re standing in.

Alastair Horne @pressfuturist.bsky.social · 1d

Anyone who follows me on here will know how I spent half my life trawling bookshops, which makes this even funnier.

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Alastair Horne @pressfuturist.bsky.social · 1d

Brilliant!

Alastair Horne @pressfuturist.bsky.social · 1d

Imagine quote tweeting someone’s post about a website to try to shame them for buying books online, when they’re actually posting about the website for an industry magazine called The Bookseller. I really can’t imagine how humiliating that would be.

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Alastair Horne @pressfuturist.bsky.social · 1d

No, it *would* totally be a helpful response, but in this case I tried it and it told me the file was too big to transfer. I appreciate the suggestion, though!

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Alastair Horne @pressfuturist.bsky.social · 1d

:-D

This too!

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Rheinallt H. Rowlands - Weithiau

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