@queenoliviastr’s The Cat Operator’s Manual set to be the hit #book of the season

https://lucire.com/insider/20250318/the-cat-operators-manual-set-to-be-the-hit-book-of-the-season/ #humour #author #publishing #ChronicleBooks #CuddleUnit5 #boken #livre #launch #QueenOliviaIII #Wellington #NZ #Aotearoa #WhanganuiaTara #UnityBooks #bookstodon

Readers, because of this, I highly recommend you start sharing your favorite #SelfPublished authors because bookstores will be flooded.
OpenAI brings you statistically average literary fiction https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/03/17/openai-brings-you-statistically-average-literary-fiction/ #Publishing

'Whether reading a koan or a passage from Malone Dies, one has a sense of glimpsing The Absolute through a letterbox.'

Jonny Pelham on the challenge of designing #book covers for #SamuelBeckett

https://www.faber.co.uk/journal/book-cover-design-jonny-pelham-on-beckett

#books #reading #writing #publishing #design #bookstodon @bookstodon

After Meta Blocks Whistleblower's Book Promotion, It Becomes an Amazon Bestseller

#books #bookstodon #publishing
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/03/16/1836242/after-meta-blocks-whistleblowers-book-promotion-it-becomes-an-amazon-bestseller

By a series of fortunate events, I came across this book at the library: "Killed Cartoons: Casualties of the war on free expression". This was written in 2007 and is a nice little time capsule of the environment at that time, which some people seem to misremember as a golden age when comedians could tell any joke without repercussions worse than a few groans and politicians never put any pressure on publications. So, if you want to remember, check out this book:
https://archive.org/details/killedcartoonsca0000unse_p0g8/mode/2up

Amazing: of all the books in all the world Mr Free Speech Zuckerberg wants to ban, it’s the one about him

#BookBanning #TechnoFascism #books #publishing
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/14/mark-zuckerberg-free-speech-meta-sheryl-sandberg?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Heard from a favourite author today that Unbound or their new incarnation Boundless *not* be refunding backers of his outstanding unpublished books. I have £48.50 worth of unpublished books still owed from them - books by other authors, but probably the same applies. I guess that's vanished then. Furious doesn't even come close. #Unbound #Books #Bookstodon #Publishing #Boundless #Crowdfunding

"Meta has scored a legal victory against former employee Sarah Wynn-Williams, securing a temporary injunction to block the promotion and distribution of her explosive memoir, 'Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism'.”:
https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/meta-blocks-explosive-memoir-20219936.php
They can silence her because she "violated a non-disparagement clause in her 2017 severance agreement." Do not sign away your rights.
#publishing #tech #politics #zuckerberg #facebook #contracts.

My weekly roundup of #publishing news and #writing craft tips and #bookmarketing links is now up on Substack.
Publishing : An International Conundrum
https://open.substack.com/pub/maureencrisp/p/publishing-an-international-conundrum?r=8opd8&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
#writingcommunity

Really pleased to have managed to visit the last day of the #LondonBookFair2025 with loads of fascinating talks on #publishing, content production and #readership engagement.

#Publishing: Wiley Releases #AI Guidelines For #Authors https://www.infodocket.com/2025/03/13/publishing-wiley-releases-ai-guidelines-for-authors/ #scholcomm

Broth makes it across the river, with a first appearance in #NorthLondon

Get your copy of Diana Evans's 'lean, quiet and shocking' short story at the Book Art Bookshop on Pitfield Street N1, or at https://www.fictionable.world/pages/fictionable-edition-broth-by-diana-evans

#books #reading #writing #fiction #bookshops #publishing #bookstodon @bookstodon

Meta is trying to block ex-employee’s book alleging misconduct and harassment #books #publishing #censorship #TechnoFascism

https://www.theverge.com/news/628643/meta-careless-people-sarah-wynn-williams-arbitrator-suing

My weekly roundup of #publishing news, #writing craft tips and #bookmarketing links is up.
Publishing: An International Conundrum.
https://buff.ly/6naXRp2

I encourage you to take advantage of your Fediverse channels.

Include relevant hashtags in captions when you post content on the social web (fediverse)—either through your Flipboard social account or in your federated Flipboard magazines.

Why?
Hashtags help your content be discoverable by users who follow or search for those topics. Using the right hashtags increases engagement and visibility.

How to Choose the Right Hashtag?
• Search for your topic on Flipboard, Mastodon, Bluesky, or other Fediverse instances.
• Check the popularity of a hashtag (e.g., on Mastodon, #Food has 1.3K mentions, while #Sports has 1K).
• Use a mix of general and specific hashtags to reach a broader audience. #Flipboard #Fediverse #SocialWeb #Blogging #ContentCuration #Publishing

Publisher Unbound goes into administration. They lost me when they stopped offering DRM-free downloads of ebooks. Even after buyers preordered ebooks on exactly those terms. Also this seems a *curious* plan to set up a new publisher, with the original founders. https://www.thebookseller.com/news/unbound-goes-into-administration-as-archna-sharma-and-john-mitchinson-launch-new-publisher #publishing #books #bookstodon #Unbound #DRMfree

Ah, technology...Do I care that the AI overview of my ridiculously spicy, erotic romance Flicka's LOVERS pictures Mary O'Hara's sweet, G-rated book My Friend Flicka? NAH! #AI #noAI #Books #Bookstodon #google #writer #Writers #WritersCoffeeClub #Publishing #Authors #author