We've gotten two one star reviews on Google. One clearly from a bot talking about how they waited forever before getting their food & tables were dirty. Ma'am this is a bookstore. Please don't use book displays as dining tables.

The Senate yesterday vs the Senate today. We support Senator Booker's speech.

That moment when someone donates a used book to the store that is absolute treasure and you have to choose between selling it and keeping it for yourself...

On the backend of the bookselling industry the Onyx Storm release is once again a big hot mess already. We're just as nervous/stressed as you are because we're seeing orders cut, delayed or arriving damaged. Please be gentle with whatever local bookseller you've chosen. ❤️

Updating photos on our website rn. I'm particularly proud of how much better these covers look.

Hey authors, don’t forget that if you use bookshop.org instead of that great big place, you will be helping out indie bookshops - very few of who make so much they are dabbling with building rockets - you can even choose which bookshop uk.bookshop.org/shop/booksho...

Everybody that is very upset about Spines needs to watch Amazon and see what they do once Spines actually begins publishing books and the people from outside our little community haven't boycotted them. (I'm also upset about Spines, but I've been waiting to see it. What worries me is what follows.)

If you'd like to publish your book without enriching four entities that emerged from the bio-jelly of a thousand pulped tech-bros, you could scan this writeup I put together on self publishing Legends & Lattes, which cost less than 5k and involved human artists and editors medium.com/@travisbaldr...

One thing I haven't found is a good resource to find book recs for specific groups groups within the LGBT community. Like if I wanted recs for romances with trans men where do I go?

I really, really do not talk about the RWA thing a lot, and unless you were there before people knew what the RWA thing was, you probably don’t know this part of the story. (Everyone in Romancelandia probably already knows this part of the story.)

and none of those pieces are being written by people who understand how that level of constant abuse CHANGES you it’s not a mere tedious cleanup process, blocking today’s round of trolls just like sorting out the junk mail from the bills and birthday cards it does not live on you that lightly

HistRom, Enemies to Lovers and a gorgeous man on the cover? Say less! 💙📚 #Romancelandia

Very excited about the editions of a lot of classics that we just brought in! The order they came in had over 200 books in it. So you're definitely going to have to stop by the shop to see all the new books!

Well behaved pet owners are allowed to come in with their pets, so long as it is neither Wednesday nor Friday nor a day Allen felt peculiarly sad as those days are reserved for Mister Growley himself. Also, no pets are allowed Mondays, but that is strictly due to the practicalities of our hours.

It's Wednesday and that means Mister Growley is in store today, so you get a picture of two of the best things: the cutest pupper, and new books coming into the store for you to buy. 💙📚&🐶 #dogs #bookstores #ShopSmall #DogPics #DogSky #Booksky

Newsletter today on Anthony Comstock, a religious zealot, attention whore, and squeaky wheel who really hated women: preview.mailerlite.com/f5b8z8f8d0

clutching at straws here but if anyone in the historical romance community knows of a sapphic historical romance with no magical elements (important) written by an author of color that isn't the books listed below I would love to know of it #romancelandia #historicalromance #sapphicbook

Liking only dark-haired MMCs ❌️ Liking only blond MMCs ❌️ Realizing the best color is morally grey and his hair really doesn't matter ✅️ #booksky #romancelandia #darkromance

I've figured out how to make feeds for book recs/convos based on trips without pulling in things like fanfiction/anime/people randomly using the phrase (search for friends to lovers, you'll see what I mean) Follow me to get updates as the feeds are made. I've got three so far...

To typo is human. Too edit is divine.

What gif pops up if you type your name? I'm here for this one. Absolutely the vibe.

Yay!! Hi friends to lovers - lovers 🤭 I have a story for you, set in a quirky small town with Stars Hollow vibes & a friend group that feels like the New Girl Loft. Come join us, it’s weird but loving here 🫶🏻

Is there a delay between republishing a feed in an aggregator and when the posts in the feed change? I'm using skyfeed.app, and the feed preview says the things I did worked. And I've republished the feed. But when I look at the feed on bluesky it's still the old collection of posts instead.

Bluesky is going to hit 20M users in the next thirty minutes or so! You can watch it happen here: bcounter.nat.vg

New Bookish Feed! Check out the Enemies to Lovers feed to find recommendations and conversations full of books that have that trope! It's a baby feed rn, but people that use #Romancelandia tags and list out tropes in their post will have their book show up in the feed!

Onyx Storm(the third book) comes out in January, so if you haven't already read Fourth Wing, now is the time to start! It's great for people that love the following: Enemies to Lovers Magical War Colleges Dragons Angst & Betrayal Disability Rep #SpicyBooks #Romance #ShopSmall #Bookrecs

This is your weekly reminder that I am the one with too many books, & that I would love it if you came & bought them from my bookstore. Never fear, this won't result in me not having too many books. Because like you, I will use the excuse of losing 1 book to buy 2 books, including an entire series.

You can get Parable of the Sower free on Libro rn! It's been described as the Black scifi version of the Handmaid's Tale and it's coming highly recommended by so many people! I'm stoked to download it and start listening. #FreeBooks #BlackBooks #Audiobooks #BookRecs #ShopSmall

Of course the day I have Piper CJs new book and a bunch of really interesting looking ARCs is the day I'm too sick to read. Stupid sinus infection.

One of our current favorite cozy fantasy books is Can’t Spell Treason Without Tea by @rebeccathorne.bsky.social. It is an incredibly kind book with just the right amount of adventure. www.thebookseller.biz/book/9781250...

You call it an echo chamber cause you’re alone screaming into a void for attention. I call it a community cause it’s full of my friends whose company I enjoy.

Morning, friends. Time to dig back in to all of this. Democracy matters.

In case anyone is wondering what happens to bookstores in places that ban spicy books! I don't want government run bookstores, do you?

I'll be reading Piper CJs A Chill In The Flame, and I'm really excited to dive in!

This is a book RECOMMENDATION account. We aren't here to tell you what we liked, we're here to help you find a book you will love. It's completely different than reviewing books. Reviewing books is also a great skill, and book reviews also sell books. But we're more like a sommelier...for books.

Echo Chamber? That's a weird way to mispronounce "using reputable sources". aLternatIvE factS aren't actually required to learn truths. I don't need to know that some people think the sky is purple to learn that it is actually blue.

Did y'all know that bookstores CANNOT get wholesale accounts through Amazon? Amazon does not offer wholesale accounts for books, not even the ones published via KDP. This is especially for #IndieAuthors to be aware of. I often get emails from authors with links to their book on Amazon...

Is there a place to look for the sort of unwritten etiquette here? Like, Threads hates links, so you don't put them on the main thread, only like sub sub comments. Hashtags on Insta are a crapshoot because some of them get you shadowbanned...that sort of thing. Mostly how do I make starter pack?

Please support bookshops. Independent bookshops. They are so wonderful. Yes you pay a little more. But I think of it as paying for the experience. The experience of browsing. And that oh-so-important bookshop smell. 🖖 Fu** big corporations.

How To Find A Princess by @alyssacolelit.bsky.social is this week's #SapphicSunday pick! #ForcedProximity #OneBed #FakeMarriage #SlowBurn At just $8 in Mass Market Paperback it's an accessible read too! #BlackRomance #IndieBookstore #Romance #Books Order now goldenleafbooks.com/products/how...

Wait wait wait. Do y'all remember #Caturday? Yes I'm old. But it is time for the return of Caturday. Therefore today is #SapphicSunday, next Saturday is Caturday and we shall never speak of yesterday. #BookRec incoming.

You are paying the actual cost of the book when you buy from a bookshop- the retailers that reduce are reducing the profits of authors, booksellers and publishers (my thesis is about this, very excited to share it soon)📚

Like many people, we don't know what to say this week, and whatever we might have said probably wouldn't have been very eloquent, so we've decided to talk about something we know about: Comfort reading and the way romance provides us solace, peace and hope.

#SapphicSaturday is a thing here? How positively delightful! We'll start with The Lady's Guide To Celestial Mechanics. A historical #sapphic #RomanceNovel featuring a woman fleeing her ex lovers wedding by signing up to help a widow translate her husband's last work. A classic, in Mass Market.

Uploading a photo of Mister Growley himself in store yesterday was more important than uploading our avatar. Follow me for the important things about running a bookstore. (AKA pictures of Mister Growley) (Perhaps also people's pets that come visit us. Two weeks ago someone brought their snake.)