Ballast Book Company

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Rad indie bookstore located in beautiful & complicated Bremerton, Washington. Shop indie bookstores and support local 📚 Corner of 4th street and Pacific Ave. www.ballastbookco.com

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Psst: Project 2025 is terrifying for a lot of reasons but also because on page 5 it calls for teachers and librarians who grant access to books that are maligned as pornography (which just means anything LGBTQ) to be registered as sex offenders. Pass it on.

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Libro.fm is rad. 100 percent recommend. I have not looked back.

I want more folks to know about libro.fm as an alternative to Audible or Spotify or other shady corps. It’s 100% employee-owned and works like Audible, except your credits support an indie bookstore of your choosing instead of Amazon. Go listen to a disabled author for Disability Pride Month! 💙📚

Same audiobooks. Different story.libro.fm Libro.fm makes it possible for you to buy audiobooks directly through local bookstores.

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*wearily taps the sign* SUPPORT YOUR MIDLIST WRITERS THANK

The Eagle Has Landed was Jack Higgins' 35th published novel. The Shell Seekers was Rosamunde Pilcher's 25th published novel. Hilary Mantel published 9 novels, a collection of short stories & a memoir before writing Wolf Hall. Support your midlist writers. Craft takes time.

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2024 Locus Awards Winners locusmag.com/2024/06...

2024 Locus Awards Winnerslocusmag.com The Locus Science Fiction Foundation announced the winners in each category of the 2024 Locus Awards on June 22, 2024, during the Locus Awards Weekend. Henry Lien MCed the awards ceremony with Cory…

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The Federal Trade Commission, of all entities, is out here writing absolute bangers about AI snake oil. www.ftc.gov/business-gui...

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Three of the top 5 paperbacks on the Indie bestseller list have the word "Summer" in the title and it really feels like whoever is programming the simulation kinda phoned that one in.

Do you struggle with staying awake during the day? Ever wish you could destroy any urge to sleep again, ever? @hildur.bsky.social and @maryrobinette.bsky.social have teamed up with Tor Nightfire to bring us this wonder drug: www.ballastbookco.com/item/MWp_c1q...

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Boooook release day!

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What's a tip to pro authors you don't often see? I'll go first. Come up with an explict file naming system that is easy for the other person to understand. ❌ headshot.jpg ✔️ CLPolk headshot by photographer name.jpg ❌ The Colony.docx ✔️ 20240521 CLPolk The Colony A Novel.docx underscore optional

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Anyway HAPPY FRIDAY! I have an annoying errand to run this morning, the cat is sulking because I won't let him outside to Murdermurder Killkill, and you could (in theory) read THE BUTCHER OF THE FOREST and feel better about your own life! :D us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

The Butcher of the Forestus.macmillan.com "A perfect mix of horror and fantasy."—The New York Times“The Butcher of the Forest” shows exactly why Mohamed is one of fantasy’s rising stars."—T...

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It's my birthday today. As I huddle in the darkness of the tornado power outage, drinking cold coffee and eating peanut butter and Nutella sandwiches, I'd be very grateful if you considered pre-ordering my book that comes out on Tuesday. bookshop.org/p/books/driv...

Drive: Scraping by in Uber's America, One Ride at a Time a book by Jonathan Rigsbybookshop.org One father, three years, and thousands of rides Poverty, By America meets Maid in this dad's darkly humorous yet humanizing story of working long hours and late nights behind the wheel as a rideshare...

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I used to have a joke about the Trojan Horse, but honestly it rang a little hollow

I used to have a joke about Sisyphus. I used to have a joke about Sisyphus. I used to have a joke about Sisyphus. I used to have a joke about Sisyphus. I used to have a joke about Sisyphus.

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I have a new story out today and I am so excited to share it with you!!!! I wrote this story with the deliberate goal of making your brain do a thing that human brains really do not do. Give it a try and let me teach you a whole new way to read? www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/we-w...

Editor's Note: This story, "We Will Teach You How to Read | We Will Teach You How to Read" is one of the most amazing stories I've ever read. I urge everyone to read it, & I'm so excited to finally share it with you all. —John Joseph Adams lightspeedmagazine.com/HowToRead

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oh hey guess what THE WATER OUTLAWS paperback is out todayyy!! read the book that @charliejane.bsky.social called "addictive" and @sarahgailey.bsky.social called "spectacular" 😆🌟 us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

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i saw a video today of a guy who wrote a computer program to calculate how many cans of alphabet spaghetti-o’s it would take to write out the lord of the rings trilogy entirely in spaghetti-o’s letters, and i think that guy should be the only man allowed to write code anymore.

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Just thinking, once again, about how the letter A is just an upside down ox head

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One! Month! Till! Book birthday!! 😱 As a little thank you, I've opened a form for anyone who would like a signed bookplate! forms.gle/wC9cz4sbzQKy...

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Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh *this happy scream will continue for months* I don’t have a word in L. There isn’t one to encompass all she means to me. She has worked soooo hard in ways that so many don’t understand. I love her fiercely and know the depths of her imagination. Just fucking finally man ❤️❤️❤️

*AHEM* Good evening...

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Important thread to read: New reason not to order books online from Amazon. And this one is especially sleazy. I also warn folks that they haven’t shipped books in sturdy boxes in a long time. They use the thinnest low-end padded mailers they can. Your book will arrive damaged, period.

Please don't buy paperbacks (or any books) from Amazon. For many many reasons, including that the company will ship crummy print-on-demand copies of books when their stock runs out. For the same price and with no indication that the book is facsimile.

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ICYDK: @scottmccloud.bsky.social's "Understanding Comics" is free to read on the Internet Archive. You should absolutely read it, and let it change the way you look at the art form, especially if you make comics, or aspire to make comics. archive.org/details/Unde...

Understanding Comics ( The Invisible Art) By Scott Mc Cloud : Oscar : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archivearchive.org Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art is a 1993 non-fiction work of comics by American cartoonist Scott McCloud. It explores formal aspects of comics, the...

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what they say: i'm gonna spend the day cleaning the house what they mean: im gonna spend the day putting my books into straighter, taller piles on the floor cuz i've run out of shelf space and i don't know what else to do

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I've started doing this thing where if i I get the urge to scroll social media for no real reason I'll flip through an art book instead and I can't even tell you how much better that's been for my poor brain and eyes. Here are the last few

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Google looks so different with this plugin it’s shocking

Artists & Creatives, there's a browser plugin to remove AI sites from your search results. (Good for getting real references.) Get the plugin here: iorate.github.io/ublacklist/d... Then add the AI blocklists here: iorate.github.io/ublacklist/s... 🔁 Please Boost 🔁

Introduction | uBlacklistiorate.github.io uBlacklist is a Google Search filter for Chrome, Firefox and Safari.

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That the Ignytes still have not met their goal is frustrating to say the least. Take all your handwringing over the Hugos and direct that energy to a cause that isn't out here censoring and harming others.

You can always donate to help support the awards! Donations go entirely to operating costs (and now, we hope, to a couple of new support staff): ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com/support/

support, The Ignyte Awardsignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com The Ignyte Awards usually cost about $3000 a year to operate.

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Here you go. SOmeone on Tumblr has already researched it... www.tumblr.com/deeisace/742... He marries a Sylvia Copp in Spring 1941

Whatwww.tumblr.com I was worried for a second, but it turns out I was looking in the wrong county - Here he is! Part of the 1939 register, a census showing the Caldwell family living at 46 Martin Street, Crewe. John…

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UPDATE: after declaring 2023 hugo awards invalid, the french cardinals have voted to initiate the WSFS schism and elect an antihugo

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I signed and if you're a kids book professional you can as well!

I signed, and I hope you will too. #Kidlit4Ceasefire t.co/QjIuBKm15n

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Oh cool! Witch King is on the BSFA longlist with a bunch of other excellent novels and stories! www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...

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Very happily surprised to see Skin Thief: Stories on the BSFA long list along with such stellar company. I am very grateful to everyone whose supported the book. 🖤🙏🏽 Congrats to all the longlisters.

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Another unexpected, but unbelievably pleasant surprise. A NECESSARY CHAOS is on the BFSA Longlist. How cool is that!! www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...