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Covers a lot. I would have expected it to be thicker.

 

[Essence Lumin]

Covers a lot. I would have expected it to be thicker.

If you want a copy it is available on Amazon for $45. https://www.amazon.com/dp/1535279419?tag=bookfinder-test-b2-20&linkCode=osi&th=1&psc=1&language=en_US&selectObb=new

 

[Veritable Quandry]

If you want a copy it is available on Amazon for $45. https://www.amazon.com/dp/1535279419?tag=bookfinder-test-b2-20&linkCode=osi&th=1&psc=1&language=en_US&selectObb=new

I'll wait for the movie.

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

The 2023 Hugo Awards: A Report on Censorship and Exclusion

This report is being released simultaneously on File770 and Genre Grapevine and is also available to download as an e-book epub file and as a PDF. By Chris M. Barkley and Jason Sanford “You acquire…

file770.com

 

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Hey, spoilers!

 

[Innula Zenovka]

 

[Isabeau]

I don’t know if any of you have seen “Poor Things” (based on the book of the same title) but reminds me a bit of Dr Godwin Baxter… or rather of the morals of doctors and scientists in Victorian times in literature. Maybe I’m stretching it. Anyway, i had never heard of “anthropodermic bibliopegy”.

 

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When I (briefly) worked in a bookstore, I too had lots of time on my hands to make signs like this. Sadly, the store manager didn't care for them.

 

[Isabeau]

Mini thread on Mark Twain on how he was radicalized when he witnessed the murder of a Chinese labourer by a mob and police while working as a beat reporter in San Francisco.

I don’t think you can see it if you aren’t logged in to Bluesky, though, but I found it interesting. Wish I knew about this while watching The Warrior.

Bluesky

bsky.app

 

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Book about book bans banned by Florida school board

A book about book bans has been banned in a Florida school district.

Ban This Book, a children’s book written by Alan Gratz, will no longer be available in the Indian River county school district since the school board voted to remove the book last month.

Gratz’s book, which came out in 2017, follows fourth-grader Amy Anne Ollinger as she tries to check out her favorite book. Ollinger is told by the librarian she cannot, because it was banned after a classmate’s parent thought it was inappropriate. She then creates a secret banned-books library, entering into “an unexpected battle over book banning, censorship, and who has the right to decide what she and her fellow students can read”, according to the book’s description on Gratz’s website.

Soon they'll be banning books that have the words "book" and "ban" in them.

 

[Rose Karuna]

Book about book bans banned by Florida school board



Soon they'll be banning books that have the words "book" and "ban" in them.

More coming out of Florida. John Oliver had a great segment on book banning last month.

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/article/2024/may/06/john-oliver-libraries?ref=upstract.com

 

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[Soen Eber]

Hey, can anyone make a recommendation on literature sites that allow users to store & access stories they are in the process of writing? I've discovered an accidental talent in that direction (after on & off scattered attempts) and would like to make them available, have others review them, check them out for revision, and so forth. Bonus if there's a way to make money from it, but that's just a distant pipe dream.

While some stories are fan fiction (I know where to put those), but I'm also creating totally new works. While nothing is explicit or violent, some might stray on the alt side without getting into any heavy or squckish, (more P.G. Wodehouse with near-vanilla level funsies than anything else).

Thanks.

 

[Isabeau]

Hey, can anyone make a recommendation on literature sites that allow users to store & access stories they are in the process of writing? I've discovered an accidental talent in that direction (after on & off scattered attempts) and would like to make them available, have others review them, check them out for revision, and so forth. Bonus if there's a way to make money from it, but that's just a distant pipe dream.

While some stories are fan fiction (I know where to put those), but I'm also creating totally new works. While nothing is explicit or violent, some might stray on the alt side without getting into any heavy or squckish, (more P.G. Wodehouse with near-vanilla level funsies than anything else).

Thanks.

Maybe this site could help point you in the right direction?

- WRITERS HELPING WRITERS®

Welcome to Writers Helping Writers Our mission? To offer help and support, empowering writers everywhere. This site has many one-of-a-kind tools and resources for writers, editors and teachers, so we encourage you to poke around. We are strong believers in innovation and are always trying to...

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Found this there:

Story Feedback: Free and Paid Options for Writers - WRITERS HELPING WRITERS®

It’s a sad fact, but most writers don’t have a basement full of money, meaning the word BUDGET is kind of a big deal. We want to publish but to do it, we have to think carefully about where we spend our money and why. Investing in our career is smart, when we can afford […]

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[Innula Zenovka]

 

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The Hugo awards are near worthless by this time.

Well done, Puppies. Your efforts have borne rancid fruit.

 

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