Newsweek says "Survey shows that Americans are reading the lowest number of books annually in 30 years" Yet....."Libraries Break Digital Lending Records in 2025 with Over 820 Million Checkouts and Over 1 Billion Minutes Streamed" #books #reading #amreading […]

RE: https://urbanists.social/@KPED/115939529747032868 I wonder how far the feature could go to reverse engineer an author's entire book?

I’m discovering my neurodiversity, & enjoy language & communication. Writing stretches my mind. I know a sliver of German & as I write, with German & English being so contrasting in grammar rules, I find joy in the potential flexibility English affords #asd #autism #adhd #writing

#indieauthor #indieauthors #amwriting #selfpublishing

[part 1 of 6] It's not until you look at the end-to-end self-publishing workflow for that the immensity of it is realized. #selfpublishing #indieauthor #amwriting #author #writing #writingcommunity Act I Plan

RE: https://indieauthors.social/@garrett/115872824675276990 Wish I could be there to see the gig and be back in my old stomping ground!

Indie Author Social has 1500 character toots! #ias

Authors/readers, in a series. what do you feel is the right amount of info-dumping to get the reader up to speed on "the story so far"? I'm sometimes frustrated with authors, where after the 7th+ book in a series, they attempt to get reader up to speed on every piece of backstory (repetitive) […]

Cost of living challenges, bad; Increased Library visits, good! https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-06/public-libraries-australia-visitors-up-cost-of-living-crisis/106152152

RE: https://wandering.shop/@Genderqueerwolf/115812198421782118 Beautiful

1/5: The Queen of Prussia's Tomb It stands where northern willows weep, A temple fair and lone ; Soft shadows o'er its marble sweep, From cypress branches thrown ; While silently around it spread, Thou feel'st the presence of the dead. And what within is richly shrined ? A sculptured woman's […]

Wow! The stuff of sci-fi but real! 🪐🌌🛰️ https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/voyager-1-will-reach-one-light-day-from-earth-in-2026-here-s-what-that-means/ar-AA1S1N0y #scifi #sciencefiction #scifibooks #space

Rock-on indie authors! 5 independent / small-press authors on the 2025 MSN/ELLE fantasy/scifi list: • K.M. Fajardo – Local Heavens (Bindery Books). • Barbara Truelove – Of Monsters and Mainframes (Bindery / Ezeekat). • Elaine Ho – Cry, Voidbringer (Bindery / Left Unread). • Martin Cahill – […]

A veces la escritura es un intento inútil de atrapar el pasado. Hoy abrazo lo que fui, lo que seré y lo que ya no vuelve: amigos, lugares, risas, dolores y todos los rostros que... https://fictograma.com/d/1273-el-rio-amedes-seco-en-tierra #books #literature #writing #drama

I'm going to be more proactive about informing you about my books. I'm starting with the crime novella Kizzie for no other reason than the fact that it already has a book trailer. Available in paper and ebook at all retailers. Ebook only on the WMG Store: wmgbooks.com/products/kiz... #booksky

Interesting use of a novelist... "This startup hired a sci-fi novelist to give its AI companions a soul Startup Portola is treating its AI companions like characters in a novel, complete with lore, emotions, and personal lives. The experiment raises the question: Can fiction make better AI […]

If you're going to be in Portland, Oregon before February 8th, there is a great - and very interactive - exhibit on Ursula Le Guin, at the Oregon Center for Contemporary Art. Can't recommend this enough. #dao #tao #scifi #sciencefiction

#wordweavers Nov 27. When it comes to your writing, what are you thankful for? That I enjoy doing it and like my stories. I'm a simple girl. (At least in this.) #nmww #nmprompts

They want to be written. If not you, then who? #amwriting #writing #writingcommunity

RE: https://indieauthors.social/@indieauthornews/115611304717747003 You know... you're right! 🐝

RE: https://indieauthors.social/@swmichaels/115587701410063389 I'm with you on that...

Are you on the 51% side? "Half of novelists believe AI is likely to replace their work entirely, research finds Just over half (51% of published novelists in the UK believe that artificial intelligence is likely to end up entirely replacing their work as fiction writers, a new University of […]

@ellenmorrisprewitt [Often omitted] "Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider. [Quoted] "Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested." [Often omitted] […]

RE: https://indieauthors.social/@indieauthornews/115542640335031487 I'm curious what authors' thoughts are on this AI translation feature. Is this all upside? If not, what's the downside? My two cents--I worked on a project for a large book distributor to pilot AI translation. My survey from […]

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2/2 Second part is about selling and finding readers (especially what he calls True Fans). He’s very clear that this is not a blueprint/instructions, it’s ideas (a compass, not a map, as he puts it) 1. Lays out lots of options clearly and in one place. Excellent if you’re just starting out […]

RE: https://indieauthors.social/@indieauthornews/115510002108364235 #author #authors FYI

RE: https://discuss.systems/@ricci/115504720054699983 I wonder if the tape is still readable. It would be fun to look at the code. 🤓

Spotify, Add a Damn AI-Filter Already! This Spotify Community thread keeps growing and growing, yet still no "Filter AI Music" setting. As of this toot, 58 pages of Spotify customers pleading for a filter. Most aren't even asking for AI music to be removed--just let users avoid it (no […]

Reading is a helpful anti-depressant / anti-anxiety medication (IMHO). #books #amreading #bookstodon #book

For #fedibookfair, we're going to do an ask us anything. Reply to this post with your questions, and we'll answer them when we get a chance.

Great article by @stocktonsmith on how garbage publishing makes it difficult for readers to separate the signal from the noise (junk). https://stocktonsmithbooks.com/notes#uberization https://indieauthors.social/@stocktonsmith/115476524048274294

🎨 🚫 🤖 I commission artists to create covers and illustrations from my books, I use various artist marketplaces to source artists as my go-to illustrators often have long backlogs (as is expected for real, highly skilled artists). Even with "No-AI" clauses in the contracts, 85% of bidders clearly […]

Do you worry that you "make it weird" ... do you strive to "not make it weird" but you fail and fail and fail? No longer! Today we will reject self-doubt. Jump in there; make it weird. Make it weird on purpose.

When I read authors that are new to me, I sometimes notice odd grammatical ticks. The knee jerk reaction is to get judgey. But then it hits me--what if it's just the author's brand? So, where is the line between non-standard writing style and author brand? Or is there a line at all? What do you […]

We just released Mastodon 4.4.6, 4.3.14, and 4.2.27. These versions contain security fixes, as well as a few other bugfixes mostly related to handling of quote posts. Full release notes and update instructions are available on the GitHub releases page […]

Is there a Romantasy trope guardrail for how many times love interests can inquire, "You okay?" or equiv? I recently read a novel, and counted (I've got issues)--and came up with 37 instances in a ~300 page book. It was a great book (thus the reason for not name dropping) so only slightly […]

Sharing the love to all of the indie authors out there! Thank you for the tales you tell! :boostRequest: Please boost to let them feel the love :boostRequest: #indieauthor #indie #selfpublishing #author #bookstodon #books

A new first. I searched and bought an audiobook, not because of the author, but because I enjoyed the narrator so much. Suzy Jackson is an awesome narrator! https://www.audiobooks.com/browse/narrator/26681/suzy-jackson #audiobook #books #bookstodon #amreading #suzyjackson

If your book(s) were, or are pirated on LibGen and subsequently used by Anthropic to train its AI models, the courts have ordered them to pay a minimum of $1.5B. Authors might/could/perhaps get an estimated payment of $3,000 per work (based on current estimates of the # of pirated works trained […]

My favorite time of year is soon coming upon us. Where our characters come to life and their is no shame in pretending (as if there ever should be). 🎃 :vampbite: 👻 🦹 ⚔️ :trek_ds9_sisko: 🦴 @indieauthors #amwriting #books

Freedom is a heavy load, a great and strange burden for the spirit to undertake. It is not easy. It is not a gift given, but a choice made, and the choice may be a hard one. -- Ursula K. LeGuin, "The Tombs of Atuan", Book #2 of #earthsea

All the books I've read and don't remember in detail, have been firmly pressed into the foundation of who I am. You can't tell the individual books apart under the weight of the later experience, but they are there, shaping who I am, planting the seeds of today's thoughts and decisions. Every […]

Serious question: was this article meant to be a joke (see the X Screencaps)? If not...%^&%@&@!!!!! […]

that feel when you read a near-future sf novel written like 15 years ago and holy shit did things go better in that now-AU of our reality #sf #sff #reading

Do tears ever fall as you're writing moving scenes? (It happens to me --am I am ananomoly?) #ttmd #scribesandmakers @SJHoodlet

What do you think the top 5 ingredients are in a sexy romance that make readers love the story? @indieauthors #romance #romancelandia #amwriting #fantasy #author #scribesandmakers #writerscoffeeclub #wordweavers