Here’s why you should pre-order my book...
It’s very good
Alan Rickman in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves was my first crush
I'm anti-fascist af
My feet are pretty sexy
I believe that hits all the marketing highs? 
Info here
https://kristie-de-garis.ghost.io/about-my-book-drystone-a-life-rebuilt/
https://stonemaiergames.com/the-darkest-timeline/
StoneMaier Games has a good explanation on how the 54% US tariff on #TTRPG and #boardGame s printed in China will impact the game market, #gameDesign and #publishing of #games
'The company has taken our books and used it to make money. It has money, but instead of paying us for our intellectual property instead of licensing a word, it's taking it all for free.'
Andrew Rogers talks to the authors standing up against #Meta
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c70w24j7jk1o
#books #reading #writing #publishing #AI #bookstodon @bookstodon
Ruminating over the fact that the new tariffs might very well hit my costs on publishing hard media (DVDs, etc). A lot of those materials are probably made in China. Almost certainly overseas, anyway.
#Publishing #Video
The 30th #WomensPrize for Fiction shortlist has been announced today!
Six fabulous books are on the list, congratulations to all the authors #bookstodon #books #publishing @bookstodon
https://www.marieclaire.co.uk/entertainment/books/womens-prize-fiction-shortlist-2025
China Science Fiction Convention Concludes with Insightful “Sci-Fi+” Forums Exploring Future Frontiers https://www.byteseu.com/886184/ #ChinaCenterForInternationalCommunicationDevelopment(CCICD) #Computer&Electronics #engineering #Math) #Publishing&InformationServices #Science #STEM(Science #TECH #TradeShowNews
The Center for Public Integrity (CPI) has ceased #publishing after 36 years, and is in talks to turn over its #archives to the Project on Government Oversight (POGO)
https://www.cjr.org/news/center-for-public-integrity-shutting-down.php
Congrats to @johnonolan and the team at Ghost, which today announced a public beta for users to connect their publications to the fediverse. If you're in their beta, you'll be able to find, follow and interact with people and publications on platforms including Ghost, WordPress, Threads, Mastodon, BlueSky, Flipboard and more. Get details in the blogpost here. If you want to know more about Ghost's approach to decentralization and the open social web, check out John's DotSocial conversation with @mike at the second link.
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> What Happens if Libraries Can’t Buy Ebooks?
https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2025/03/25/what-happens-if-libraries-cant-buy-ebooks-opinion
Let me bottom line it for you without some of the polite 
in the article: Libraries would be fucked, and more importantly, so would faculty who may rely on books and/or publish them.
#BadEconomy #academia #HigherEd #books #reading #publishing #fuckery (c)
@kristiedegaris Thank you so much for sharing your story on the unpaid labour of book authors.
I first learned about this through the 2022 book "Chokepoint Capitalism" by @pluralistic which describes in detail how publishers (and other intermediaries) systematically exploit creative workers:
https://pluralistic.net/2022/08/21/what-is-chokepoint-capitalism/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chokepoint_Capitalism
The system is in an advanced stage of #enshittification, and things must change.
This thread from a book seller proves not all is doom in books https://skywriter.blue/pages/cavatica.bsky.social/post/3lkwse5vuec2k #Books #Publishing @bookstodon
Publishing looks glossy from the outside. Inside? It’s built on unpaid labour.
My first book is out this year.
Here’s what I actually got paid, what my contract says, & why most authors can’t afford to do this twice.
https://kristie-de-garis.ghost.io/published-doesnt-mean-paid/
Today in Labor History March 24, 1919: Poet and activist Lawrence Ferlinghetti was born. Ferlinghetti is most well-known for his book of poetry, “A Coney Island of the Mind” (1958) and for cofounding City Lights bookstore and publishing, in San Francisco. The authorities arrested him for publishing Allen Ginsberg’s “Howl” because they deemed it obscene. However, a jury acquitted him in 1957. Politically, Ferlinghetti considered himself an anarchist. His politics were influenced by Anarchist poet and IWW member Kenneth Rexroth.
#workingclass #LaborHistory #anarchism #IWW #beatniks #Ferlinghetti #obscenity #CityLights #publishing #poetry @bookstadon
Weil da grad wieder Unwissen herrschte bei einer Anfrage:
Was eine Lektorin macht. Und was nicht.
https://texteundtee.at/was-eine-lektorin-macht-und-was-nicht/
Gern weitersagen, danke!
#lektorat #publishing # Autor_innenleben #schreiben #Buch #indieauthor
… currently starting to think a little differently about scraping after catching up with @pluralistic on thinking about scraping:
https://pluralistic.net/2023/09/17/how-to-think-about-scraping
(Thanks @urixturing )
#books #reading #writing #publishing #copyright #AI #bookstodon @bookstodon
Mutiny brews in French bookshops over Hachette owner’s media grip
Booksellers take stand against influence of conservative billionaire by limiting orders of his company’s books and placing them on lower shelves A conservative Catholic billionaire and media owner is facing an independent bookshop rebellion in...
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/mar/22/mutiny-brews-french-bookshops-hachette-owner-media-grip
#Books #France #Paris #Publishing #Culture #Europe #Media
@indieauthors
There have been rumours… what a terrible blow to indie authors in the UK who’ve been treated so badly! #publishing #bookstodon #unbound @bookstodon Authors await overdue payments as publisher Unbound goes into administration | Books | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/mar/18/authors-await-overdue-payments-as-publisher-unbound-goes-into-administration
Hands on with Ghost’s New ActivityPub Beta
Ghost has announced a public beta for Social Web integration, bringing their publishing platform to the Fediverse. We test it out!
solarpunk prompts 
