The Coming Enshittification of Public Libraries (open.substack.com)
Global investment vampires have positioned themselves to suck our libraries dry
[SPS] Socially awkward author here saying: "Last call - my scifi shorts are free until Monday!" (inkican.com)
My short stories are free through Smashwords through the end of July. I thought I'd tell you about some of them. This one was just published - Mons City Obituary is a flash-fiction about a woman on Mars who dies alone, but her greatest claim to fame is saving the President's life with her butt. I won't give away the whole story,...
New App Gives Free Access to Banned Books Depending On Area (bookriot.com)
The Digital Public Library of America has launched a new program that lets readers download banned books depending on their area.
Five science fiction and fantasy books recommended for aspiring writers (www.scifinow.co.uk)
Jody Lynn Nye, bestselling science fiction and fantasy writer, co-ordinating judge for the Writers of the Future Contest, gives some advice to aspiring writers...
GitHub - EbookFoundation/free-programming-books: :books: Freely available programming books (github.com)
:books: Freely available programming books. Contribute to EbookFoundation/free-programming-books development by creating an account on GitHub.
Looking for some free scifi? Gotchu covered, fam (inkican.com)
Excited to say my I’m excited to announce that my short stories are FREE on Smashwords for the month of July as part of their Annual Summer/Winter Sale....
What have you been reading? (mid-July 2023 edition)
Stuff you've finished, stuff you're in the middle of--I wanna hear about it all!
Join Bookwyrm - The Federated Library Thing for book lovers (joinbookwyrm.com)
To all #readers and lovers of #books (and here there is a sea!) I point out the federated...
Extremely overdue book returned to New Bedford library 119 years later (www.boston.com)
“This (book) came back in extremely good condition," New Bedford Public Library Director Olivia Melo said Friday.
A Jewish Childhood in the Muslim Mediterranean (University of California Press, 2023)
Translated from French, Une enfance juive en Méditerranée musulmane (2012) is a collection of stories curated by Leïla SEBBAR. Chochana Boukhobza, Roger Dadoun, Anny Dayan-Rosenman, Tobie Nathan, Rosie Pinhas-Delpuech....
TikTok Sells A Lot of Books. Now, Its Owner Wants to Publish Them, Too | NYTimes (archive.fo)
As ByteDance launches a publishing company, many in the book world wonder if it will create an uneven playing field by boosting its own authors at the expense of others.
OC Library in the middle of the mountain
How do you handle perfectionism?
I've been trying to write a novel for years, but I cannot get over my perfectionism at the time of writing. It's manageable for short stories, but novels... it just seems impossible.
Micro-reviews of my 2023 fantasy reads (so far)
Reading what others have enjoyed helps me find stuff to add to my TBR pile, so I thought I should probably contribute!...
What Are You Reading in 2023?
I'm currently reading 'Every Man a King' by Walter Mosley - how about you?
Cosmic Horror: Your Guide to Incomprehensible Terrors (www.tckpublishing.com)
Discover what cosmic horror is, its origins, and examples, plus find out whether it's a great genre for you to dive into!
OC The last four science fiction books I read. (I don't believe there are any spoilers)
Moving over from Reddit, I don't want to just lurk here, so I thought I'd introduce myself by mentioning the last science fiction novels I read along with how I enjoyed them. I just reread what I wrote and I believe they are spoiler-free, though I may be corrected on that point....
Mohammed’s opens Trinidad & Tobago's first inclusive bookstore (guardian.co.tt)
Mohammed’s Bookstore Associates Limited has opened the country’s first “inclusive” bookstore.
OC [Wheel of Time] Padan Fain is our biggest window into the Creator's mind (kbin.social)
Cross-postong from https://Kbin/m/wheeloftime...
OC [Wheel of Time] A Failure of Both Halves: How the mistakes of the Second Age are avoided in the Third (kbin.social)
Cross-postong from https://Kbin/m/wheeloftime...
How would you describe your writing style?
Someone once asked me how I would describe my writing style, and I had a very particular but short answer: dry, succinct, melodrama....
Recommendations for someone's first-ever fiction book
New here? New to reading? Not sure what to pick up?...
OC [Wheel of Time] Sai-dim and Sai-dumb: The Parable of Gawyn and Galad (kbin.social)
Cross posting from https://kbin.social/m/wheeloftime...
OC [Spoilers All] Sai-dim and Sai-dumb: The Parable of Gawyn and Galad
Another of my old /r/wot posts:...
OC [Wheel of Time] We are meant to be sickened by Tylin
Figured I would start moving over some of my high effort posts to the fediverse. This is a post I originally made on the /r/wot and then posted to books@kbin.social and wheeloftime@kbin.social. Hope it's all right that I'm re-posting here. Just trying to do my part to get some content going...