Becoming increasingly clear we’re gonna have to build a parallel infrastructure for all the media we really love. The reason all of this is happening under the color of law is hyperconsolidation, dissent being traded straight up for merger approval, or fear of harassment.

This was a great Q&A with publicist Leah Paulos! booknotions.com/qa-with-leah...

This CNN segment! We could not have asked for a better piece about DEFIANT: The Story of Robert Smalls, which comes out this week from @strangercomics.bsky.social and @legionmofficial.bsky.social just in time for Juneteenth. bit.ly/4n6bzEE

BONIUS Episode: Book Promotion 101 with @leahpaulos.bsky.social of Press Shop PR! Lead time for promotion, selling journalists on covering our book, the cost of publicity, your job as your own publicist, and lots more. Here is the episode: ronitplank.com/2025/06/05/l...

Interview with NYT-bestselling author Lynne Olson about her new book SISTERS OF RAVENSBRUCK @randomhouse.bsky.social "How Women Imprisoned at an All-Female Concentration Camp Resisted the Nazis" bit.ly/4kOL8RN

What a treat it is to work on our first His & Hers book publicity campaign combo! Shelley Fisher Fishkin and James S. Fishkin are married, and both are lovely, insightful Stanford professors — with two very different books being published around the same time.

It is great to be back in the graphic novel space again. Hard copies of DEFIANT: The Story of Robert Smalls (Stranger Comics; June 10) just arrived and they are gorgeous! It tells the incredible — and largely unknown — story of one of the most courageous and daring acts in American history.

Happy pub day to Abigail Leonard and her book FOUR MOTHERS from @algonquinbooks.bsky.social! Publishers Weekly called it “an enthralling and kaleidoscopic view of modern motherhood” in a starred review, and Abigail spoke w/ Ms. Mag about what it means to parenting around the world: bit.ly/3GIzw46

Happy pub day to Shelley Fisher Fishkin & her book JIM @yalepress.bsky.social. In this brilliant, scathing op-ed @sfchronicle.com, she uses Mark Twain's words to clarify our moment: "We've never had a president before who was destitute of self-respect & of respect for his high office" bit.ly/3Y1m4OD

How to leak to a journalist! featuring a bunch of good advice from those who know: @marisakabas.bsky.social @amandabecker.bsky.social @jeffhorwitz.bsky.social @rmac.bsky.social @swin24.bsky.social @juliaangwin.com @benmullin.bsky.social & @maxtani.bsky.social

Tell Congress to protect library funding and the communities it supports: bit.ly/ProtectLibraryFunding

They are coming after knowledge, wherever it lives.

So glad my son, a Jewish student at Columbia, will face worse educational options because of this massive cut in federal dollars. All in the name of making things better for Jewish students at Columbia!

Massive encroachment by Bezos into The Washington Post’s opinion section - makes clear dissenting views will not be published I still have not felt encroachment on my journalism on the news side, but if Bezos tries interfering with the news side I will be quitting immediately and letting you know

The Trump administration is canceling presentations including book talks on important civil rights issues at the Carter Center & possibly elsewhere. Let’s celebrate these authors by buying & reading their books. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/a...

Yes. “People are doing things. You will meet them when YOU start doing things.” Lots of information and resources in this one. open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...

Derek Black, author and Director of the University of South Carolina’s Constitutional Law Center, lays out the legacy of a robust federal presence in education which dates back to the country's founding and underscores how its demise would be a tragedy in @slate.bsky.social:

A must-read from Ezra Klein: "Trump is acting like a king because he is too weak to govern like a president. He is trying to substitute perception for reality. He is hoping that perception then becomes reality. That can only happen if we believe him."

Now that’s a newspaper

Jim Acosta announces on air that he's leaving CNN and says, "it is never a good time to bow down to a tyrant ... don't give in to the lies."

Just listened to another episode of @otherppl.bsky.social's "craftwork" series, this one on prepping for your book launch, with @leahpaulos.bsky.social. Really interesting. Appreciated the advice at the end about keeping a spreadsheet, esp. if you're DIY. Great way to end the ep on a bang, IMO!

I've been trying to manage my despair yesterday and today, and had been sort of, kind of succeeding... until I saw this from Sgt. Aquilino Gonell. We worked on his book last year -- straight testimony from 1/6, a harrowing account from a Capitol Police officer. It is staggering this could happen.

The Winter session of Book Publicity School's 6-Week Intensive starts on Weds. This isn't your average AI-infused book marketing course! We share all the expertise we've developed from our work publicizing books at Press Shop PR. We have 2 open seats! More info: www.bookpublicityschool.com

We’re huge, never-miss-an-episode fans of The Ezra Klein Show at Press Shop—and as literary publicists, we love that he asks guests for book recs at the end of each show. Thrilled to see Press Shop PR’s authors well-represented in this round-up of suggestions from guests in 2024! bit.ly/3ZCjONM

Holiday cards should fit the mood, right?

Job alert! We're looking for a Book Publicity & Marketing Assistant at www.PressShopPR.com. It's an awesome job for someone who wants to learn about media, publishing, PR, and marketing in a fast-paced (but sane & friendly!) environment w/ an incredible team. Hybrid, Brookyn-based. bit.ly/49Egrue

"Books about climate change tend to be gloomy, if not apocalyptic. Not this one. " In INTO THE CLEAR BLUE SKY, Rob Jackson, chair of the Global Carbon Project, argues that we can restore Earth’s atmosphere in a single generation. bit.ly/3OEDsDV @scribnerbooks.bsky.social #climate #books

How did Black Americans build thriving 'cities within cities'? Historian Joe Trotter joined Pittsburgh NPR @wesa.fm to dive into his groundbreaking book BUILDING THE BLACK CITY, which explores the resilience, ingenuity, & community that shaped urban America @ucpress.bsky.social bit.ly/4faiFD2

Great podcast with Brad Listi speaking to expert publicist Leah Paulos about the vagaries of book promotion — an ever present challenge for writers. #booksky #OtherPPL podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...

Galleys of Tamara Dean’s stunning SHELTER AND STORM just landed in our office! This collection of essays is a beautifully crafted exploration of what it means to live lightly on our planet. Stay tuned as we ramp up the publicity campaign for an April pub day! @uminnpress.bsky.social #booksky #books

imagine a world where the entire democratic caucus was demanding fox news release pete hegseths hr file, simultaneously exposing foxs propaganda role while also highlighting how laughably unfit trumps pick for secretary of defense is

We have only two book publicity workshops left in 2024! This Friday is "Pitch Perfect: Nail Your Messaging" and on 12/11: "Research + Rolodex: Create Your Media Contact List". Join us? More info + sign up: www.bookpublicityschool.com #books #booksky #writers

Historian Derek Black writes about the Republican voters who rely on public schools, and the R politicians who harm them at every step. Great op-ed in @bostonglobe.com. bit.ly/4i8w7K6 Black's forthcoming book: DANGEROUS LEARNING: The South’s Long War on Black Literacy @yalepress.bsky.social #booksky

🎬 clip 1 from from the latest Craftwork episode, ‘How to Launch a Book.’ my guest is @leahpaulos.bsky.social, founder of Press Shop PR and Book Publicity School. 🎧 listen to the full episode wherever you get your podcasts.

I’ve been a fan of Brad Listi's Otherppl podcast (@otherppl.bsky.social ) forever — his incredible guests, the free-wheeling literary conversations … his mellifluous voice! So I was absolutely THRILLED to join him for a Craftwork episode to discuss all things book publicity!

Made one of these for all your #book publicity needs (if you're not on here, I'll add ya--just LMK): go.bsky.app/NjfNGBY

I'll be answering questions about book publicity at the University of Windsor's Humanities Research Outreach Series tomorrow, Tuesday, November 19. It's free and open to the public. Have a q? Register link: bit.ly/3UVDMl1 #bookpublicity #bookmarketing 📚💙

We all need to make time for positivity these days, which makes me doubly excited to start the publicity campaign for YOUR BRAIN ON ALTRUISM (@ucpress.bsky.social) by Salon writer Nicole Karlis. The book covers the science behind generosity and the myriad health benefits of helping others.

It was fantastic speaking w/ Rachel Gordon for an episode of "Writing It! The Podcast About Academics & Writing". It was a perfect fit — so many authors we work with are published by academic presses and they want their writing to reach a broader audience. writingit.fireside.fm/36

Well hello Bluesky—everything feels so much nicer over here! I'll be sharing tips for promoting books in today's information environment, exciting things that happen for our Press Shop authors, new Book Publicity School offerings, dog pics, etc. #bookpublicity #books #authors #publishing #booksky