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Literary Publicist / Cheerleader Proud co-founder Broadside PR Native Californian in New York
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Merriam-Webster
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Charlie Stross
about 8 hours ago
Mass market paperbacks that were unsold within 90 or 120 days had their covers stripped (as proof of destruction) then were pulped. Up to 50% of the print run would be destroyed this way. Horribly wasteful: we're MUCH better off with ebooks as the cheap/disposable reading format of choice.
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A horrible story that we are aware of because of excellent journalism: who what where why when. I’ve got A LOT of problems with you
@nytimes.com
but kudos for this one: Prosecutors Began Investigating Renee Good’s Killing. Washington Told Them to Stop.
#ernestlondoño
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...
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Prosecutors Began Investigating Renee Good’s Killing. Washington Told Them to Stop.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/us/renee-good-investigation-minnesota-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.KVA.JUlr.U4IICIiJnd-G&smid=nytcore-ios-share
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Elise Howard
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Reminder than instead of Amazon, you can use
bookshop.org
, instead of Kindle you can use Kobo, and instead of Audible, you can use
Libro.fm
. And if you are lucky enough to have a local indie bookstore, please shop there!
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Bookshop.org: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.
A better way to buy books online. Every purchase financially supports local independent bookstores.
https://bookshop.org
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze)
2 days ago
This is a remarkable
@nytimes.com
split screen: A huge 3,526 word + photos profile on Sen Britt who "can't stop thinking about the boy ICE detained" But Rep Jaoquin Castro- who actually got Liam Ramos out of detention & back home- gets no interview, no pix, just 116 words inside a story. WOW.
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I say again Huzzah for journalism with a moral center!
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Huzzah for excellent journalism! Huzzah!
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National treasure
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Ron Charles’ farewell letter 💔📚
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Book Club: Farewell and thanks
https://s2.washingtonpost.com/camp-rw/?trackId=5972e089ade4e21a8486138c&s=698601f552fff2363447a9e1&utm_campaign=wp_book_club&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&linknum=5&linktot=30
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Asawin Suebsaeng
1 day ago
Love and support you always, Cincinnati Enquirer (support local media), but esp today This is a Midwest daily paper. About as middle of the road as you can get & they understand that this is an objective, straight news headline, in the context of a planned Trump/GOP onslaught in Springfield, etc
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NYT literally reprinting a press release with zero skepticism about the numbers. Shocked/not shocked/sick of it. ‘Melania’ Arrives With Strong Box Office Showing for a Documentary
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/b...
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‘Melania’ Arrives With Strong Box Office Showing for a Documentary
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/business/melania-documentary-box-office.html?unlocked_article_code=1.KFA.0FbJ.CXs-L50HoWX_&smid=nytcore-ios-share
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Alex Ip 葉清霖
3 days ago
INBOX: Washington Post Ukraine Correspondent Lizzie Johnson announces that she has been laid off in the middle of a below-freezing war zone without power, heat, or running water.
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Summer Brennan
3 days ago
A healthy book ecosystem relies on professional book reviewers, not just authors reviewing their peers, although this is good and interesting too. We need both. But the professional reviewer is a keystone species in the ecosystem. We can't lose them.
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Ron Charles
3 days ago
After 20 years, I've been laid off at The Washington Post.
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I’ve Been Laid Off. I’m Not Done.
After 20 years at The Washington Post, I’m suddenly on my own — and still writing about books.
https://substack.com/home/post/p-186865843
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Drew Harwell
3 days ago
Here's who the Washington Post just laid off.
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Since my rage is still burning hot, I will just add that, in my experience, people who call meetings for 8:30am are certifiable assholes.
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Laurie Muchnick
3 days ago
Besides the splendid
@roncharles.bsky.social
and
@johnwilliams.bsky.social
and Becca Rothfeld, I'm thinking about former editors Nina King and Marie Arana and Jabari Asim and Michael Dirda. Book World has long had a unique and often surprising voice. What a terrible loss.
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Erin Campos
3 days ago
Great letter and explanation of how the path to an authoritarian government is already in progress. We’re watching it happen and nobody’s stopping it.
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Maris Kreizman
3 days ago
For so long Amazon has had a monopoly on selling self-published books. Good to see that
@bookshop.org
is ready to compete in the space!
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
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Bookshop.org Teams with Draft2Digital
The online bookselling platform has partnered with the self-publishing company to allow self-published authors to sell e-books on its site.
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/bookselling/article/99616-bookshop-draft2digital-deal.html
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“This is a tragic day for American journalism, the city of Washington and the country as a whole,”
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John Williams
3 days ago
Definitely worth noting since it wasn't announced in that way.
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You’d think a guy who owns a company that is the largest seller of books would support the newspaper’s (that he owns) book section.
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Jake Tapper, long-suffering Philly sports fan
3 days ago
1) Bezos current net worth = $261 billion. 2) “Journalism plays a critical role in a free society, and The Washington Post -- as the hometown paper of the capital city of the United States -- is especially important,” Bezos said in 2013, “follow the story, no matter the cost.”
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Absolutely devastating, personally, professionally. Bereft.
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Susan Glasser
3 days ago
Just a note to say how grateful we are for all the work of the Washington Post foreign staff bringing ground truth about the world to a hometown that desperately needs it. -30-
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Anne Trubek
3 days ago
Ok fine let‘s gather together the existing remnants of professional book reviewing and figure out how to support what still survives/expand options.
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Readers: if you’re not subscribing to
@maris.bsky.social
Maris Kreizman’s Maris Review newsletter, what even are you doing? This newsletter is essential for anyone who appreciates smart literary criticism and books. Get in there!
www.themarisreview.com/the-maris-re...
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The Maris Review, vol 90
The theme of the week is how-to. But first... This is the worst part. I hate to do this. But I just re-upped my account for this newsletter on Ghost (it would have been nice if they'd given me a wa...
https://www.themarisreview.com/the-maris-review-vol-90/
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PEN America
5 days ago
For NPR's Here & Now, Indira Lakshmanan speaks with New York Times Opinion columnist M. Gessen about co-founding a tech project called Kronika, a PEN America and Bard College initiative, that aims to help journalists around the world safeguard history:
www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...
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How Kronika aims to safeguard journalism
What started out as an effort to protect news from censorship in Russia is now expanding.
https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2026/02/02/kronika-journalism
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Hari Kunzru
5 days ago
Given that any historical Helen would be 4’ nothing and darker than me, one is forced to conclude that Charlie is offended by Lupita because his notion of ‘Western Civilization’ is largely based on sword and sandal movies he saw as a kid in the fifties
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Washington Post Guild
5 days ago
Join us Thursday for a rally to
#SaveThePost
!! The rally will run from noon to 1 p.m. Thursday at 1301 K St. NW!! Bring friends! Bring gloves! Bring a love of journalism!
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Michael Taeckens
10 days ago
I'm participating in the Publishing for Minnesota auction. Proceeds from the auction will support organizations providing legal aid, emergency assistance, food, and community resources to those in urgent need.
www.32auctions.com/organization...
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American Library Association
11 days ago
We are honored to announce the 2026 #ALA_Carnegie winners: 🥇#Nonfiction: Yiyun Li, THINGS IN NATURE MERLY GROW 🥇#Fiction: Megha Majumdar, A GUARDIAN AND A THIEF Congratulations to our winners and publishers,
@macmillanlib.bsky.social
and
@prhlibrary.bsky.social
🎉 Read more:
https://bit.ly/46gpBfU
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Dawn Durante
12 days ago
Please help spread the word about our open position for a history editor in the
@uncpress.bsky.social
acquisitions department! This person will be overseeing exciting, key lists for the publishing program.
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David_j_roth
12 days ago
Weird that hiring away a few checked-out Tory alcoholics from British dailies and emphasizing op eds about Why Your Boss Deserves A Tax Cut didn't deliver better results but what can you do? What, at the end of the day, can you do?
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G Elliott Morris
14 days ago
Reminder: All it would take to end the murder of American citizens by an untrained government goon squad is 16 Republicans in Congress voting with Dems to defund ICE (or 23 to impeach and remove Trump — 3 in House & 20 in Senate). That’s it. 23 Americans can vote for the public and end all of this.
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Minnesota Star Tribune
14 days ago
Tomorrow's front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 25, 2026
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Gobsmacked. Read the Texts Between Trump and Norway’s Prime Minister About Greenland
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/u...
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Read the Texts Between Trump and Norway’s Prime Minister About Greenland
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/us/politics/trump-norway-prime-minister-texts-greenland.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
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San Francisco Chronicle
20 days ago
The beloved reptile, a hero to the underdog who died last month, was celebrated Sunday for the millions of lives he touched at the California Academy of Sciences.
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‘Coolest reptile ever’: Claude the albino alligator memorialized with S.F. street in his name
The beloved reptile, a hero to the underdog who died last month, was celebrated Sunday for the millions of lives he touched at the California Academy of Sciences.
https://bit.ly/3LpqHz3
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Drew Harwell
24 days ago
Important to be clear-eyed about what this FBI search means. The Trump administration is going after a journalist for doing journalism. "A clear and appalling sign that this administration will set no limits on its acts of aggression against an independent press."
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Howard French
25 days ago
I wrote book reviews for a while for the WSJ well over a decade ago, and Bari Weis was my editor. One of her special tricks was to try to insert a sharp rightward slant into my essays *after* it had been copy edited, as a way of slipping her viewpoint in at the last minute.
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Oscar Villalon
27 days ago
As much as the Warriors are beloved, as much as the Giants matter, what the Niners mean to San Francisco and the Bay Area at large can’t be overstated. Incredible playoff win, and given all the setbacks this season, it somehow feels much more significant than that. So much heart in that squad.
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🎉🎉🎉 Kirkus acquires AudioFile & Meg Kuehn returns🎉🎉🎉
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
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Kirkus Buys ‘AudioFile’ Magazine
With the acquisition, Kirkus Reviews will begin coverage of audiobooks, edited by former AudioFile managing editor Jennifer Dowell.
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/audio-books/article/99404-kirkus-buys-audiofile-magazine.html
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🎉 Meg is back at Kirkus and acquired
@audiofilemagazine.bsky.social
Thank for sharing the news
@shelf-awareness.com
🎉
www.shelf-awareness.com/theshelf/202...
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Kirkus Buys AudioFile Magazine; Kuehn Returns as CEO and Publisher
Kirkus has bought AudioFile magazine, which publishes more than 2,500 audiobook reviews a year and was founded in 1992 by Robin Whitten. A&#
https://www.shelf-awareness.com/theshelf/2026-01-07/kirkus_buys_audiofile_magazine_kuehn_returns_as_ceo_and_publisher.html
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Lauren Groff
about 1 month ago
Pro tip: if you want to collaborate with an independent bookstore, don’t use AI in your communications. You instantly lose all credibility.
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From Nadja Spiegelman: Everything (and Everyone) Brigitte Bardot Scorned
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/o...
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Opinion | Everything (and Everyone) Brigitte Bardot Scorned
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/opinion/brigitte-bardot-france.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
about 1 month ago
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Hell Gate *subscribe today!*
about 1 month ago
🚨JOB ALERT🚨 Enjoy writing clever headlines and assigning one-of-a-kind stories? Have an eye for detail and a knack for turning rough copy into sparkling prose? We're looking for another editor to join our small but elite team covering New York City news and culture.
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Hell Gate Is Hiring Again!
We're looking for an editor to join the worker-owned media revolution.
https://hellgatenyc.com/hell-gate-is-hiring-again-2026/
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BANG BANG!
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Please no on the air quotes, @nytimes. It is what it is. (Gift link) ‘60 Minutes’ Pulled a Segment. A Correspondent Calls It ‘Political.’
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
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‘60 Minutes’ Pulled a Segment. A Correspondent Calls It ‘Political.’
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/business/60-minutes-trump-bari-weiss.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-k8.q-se.HwDT6aoEZFGY&smid=nytcore-ios-share
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Shane Anderson 🏳️🌈
about 2 months ago
"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future." -
@tressiemcphd.bsky.social
with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit. Incredible words. Listen to all of it!
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Erin Somers
about 2 months ago
Very cool to that a lot of people read Pleasantries!!
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Mark Athitakis
about 2 months ago
I put Emmelie Prophete's superb novel "Cece" on my LAT books-of-the-year list. Charmed to see it helped put her on Page One of Haiti's biggest newspaper.
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