We will be having shorter hours September 15th to October 18th: Mon/Tues/Wed/Sat will be 10:30 to 4:30, and Thurs/Fri will be 2pm to 5pm. If you come in say hi to Steph, who will be watching over the store and of course Miranda!

It's been out just over a year, but Vincent Tirado's We Came to Welcome You.

I love providing books for harmless pranks amongst family members <3

I can already tell this Terry Pratchett bio is going to be amazing, from the anecdote of a six year old Terry finding a crucifix in a drawer and exclaiming "Mum! I've found a stick with an acrobat on it." bookshop.org/a/214/978152...

Throwing spaghetti at the wall and seeing what sticks in terms of making ANY sales online, I've added a few books to Pango. Enjoy $5.00 off your first purchase when you use our code "MAINSTBOOKSMONROE" at checkout. 📚💙 #booksky pangobooks.com/MAINSTBOOKSM...

If you are a "go to the bookstore and fill a basket" kind of person (as you should be!) what is an ideal basket shape? These are ours, and I've never been thrilled: if you insert the books spine up the handle gets awkward.

Happy September, everyone! It's time once again to start soliciting sponsorships for 2026. If you are a publisher, you can see sponsorship information at the link. If you are an author, bookstore, or other interested entity, you can DM or email info AT bookstoreromanceday DOT org for information.

This is not the AI boom creating a new type of work, this is a classic example of managers using automation to deskill old ones. Creative workers who once made a higher wage creating original art and writing are now paid in piecework to edit automated output. Bosses are using AI to cut labor costs.

Will you be at Bloody Scotland next week? If so, do come along to our Fatal Folklore event! Details below including link to tickets — just a few left, I’m told! bloodyscotland.com/booking/6015...

Will I have eyes at the bottom of the sea, supposing I descend those endless stairs?

As we showed in Banned Book Club, indie booksellers saved Korea. So for our follow-ups, we encourage you to order from your local bookshop by giving art with your order! @possumpunks.com @escapepodcomics.bsky.social @mainstbooksmonroe.bsky.social @outsidercomics.com @samizdatbookstore.bsky.social

I GOT THREE @LIBRO.FM ARCS AT MIDNIGHT AND THIS MORNING I HAVE AN IMPOSSIBLE DECISION TO MAKE.

My brain did not compute whose face the lipstick was on for a second and thought, "relatable, I too would kiss Dr. Tenma on the face."

“Outstanding works of prose by highly talented women authors writing in Arabic, Kannada, Korean, Latvian, Portuguese, Spanish (with Mapuche and Quechua terms preserved in the translation), and Swedish.”

AVAILABLE NOW: Issue 25 of #SciFanSat has fired up its hyperdrive and is available at scifansat.com! Come visit our worlds of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and More! Many thanks to all who contributed. Every #SFF author and reader participating enriches the magazine! #AmWritingScifi #AmWritingFantasy

even the king of terrors, when personified by the evangelist, rides on his pallid horse

I will never get over how a handful of tech bros set billions of dollars on fire to build a plagiarism machine that doesn't work and will destroy human society when they could have used a fraction of that money to fund a new golden age of creativity and knowledge.

Thanks to AI, there's a new way to take away women's control over their bodies and identities

I think one of the things people misunderstand about being anti-ChatGPT and related products is that they are being forced into institutions and other products and services in ways that affect all of our lives whether they work or *not* and we will all have to deal with the consequences

Question, if you preordered a book unsigned but then the bookseller happened to go to a signing by the author and got your copy signed as well... I mean it's risky but I figure most people wouldn't mind a signed copy instead?

Oh man, as a bookstore owner the "passion tax" takes everything...

Preorder links for THE KING MUST DIE, my science fantasy novel about found family, revolution, and second chances are live! Submit receipts via this form to receive a digital poster, drawn by the incredible Eepz. www.simonandschuster.com/p/the-king-m...

We knew this was coming. We've been preparing for months. Call your reps. Don't give them rest. And you don't need to wait and hold your breath on a bill like this - take sensible precautions NOW. This article offers dozens of places to start.

Many of us have been yelling from the rooftops that this was coming. Some people didn't believe us. Those people will still not believe it, even after we've been erased from the internet. They'll say, "Huh. There used to be a bunch of queer & trans people on Bsky. I wonder where they went?" 😒

New "How to Report ICE" zines up today for free printable download! California (by county/area) Chicago Colorado DC Metro Area (DMV) Massachusetts North Carolina Triangle Area NYC Philly Pittsburgh Portland, OR St. Louis Metro Area Washington State Please share! drive.google.com/drive/folder...

Call for Proposals! "Crossroads: Folk Horror in the United States" is a new zine exploring folk horror from an American perspective. Read on for details about our first issue...

OpenAI is an evil company and ChatGPT is an evil product. Excise it from your lives and yell at any institution that tries to make you use it.

mommy bloggers posting pictures captioned with what they think is an inspirational Elizabeth Gilbert quote: maybe this isn't the time?

y’all know what one of the first nazi book burnings was right? y’all know why they did it y’all know trans people were one of their first targets and even the ALLIES left us in the camps when liberating everyone else y’all see what’s right in front of you, right?

I just finished listening to @annaleen.bsky.social’s Automatic Noodle today and 1) it’s a delight, go buy it and read it, and 2) I’ve never wanted a story to be adapted into a coloring book before, but that feels like an ideal adaptation

Saw a review of a certain newly-released book that said "more pretentious than the author's earlier works" and I don't know how that's possible, the previous books were already at maximum occupancy...

Now more than ever, we need to be supporting our indie fiction mags, especially ones that feature bold, startling writing. Please give what you can! 💝

Eight days left! Less than $4500 until our next stretch goal! WE CAN DO IT! www.kickstarter.com/projects/iro...

Hell of a PR email to send one day after the news that *checks notes* Open AI is being sued for wrongful death because a child died by suicide after using their evil product

Oh my god Nate Stevenson just published one of the most beautiful love letters on gender for his husband that I've ever seen. The sweetness and love in it absolutely cannot be overstated. Seriously, you owe yourself this one. As a treat. www.imfineimfine.com/p/rings

The turn between "oh, I hadn't realized that author is also queer, I'll have to display their books better in the store!" and "...that author is a terrible person, their books can stay down where they are" is an almost instantaneous 360 degrees.

Holy fucking shit

I've been going by Lee and using he/him pronouns with friends and now you are invited to do so as well! hi!

NEW VIDEO ALERT! Today on Bar Cart Bookshelf we're talking about THE LIBRARY AT HELLEBORE by Cassandra Khaw. The goopiest, goriest magic school imaginable where each student is calamity & the classwork is killer. A phantasmagoria of devastation. Our drink, a Fig Wasp, is rich, heady, & oh so supple.

Followed a hot guy on Instagram, but he linked to Jeff and not bookshop.org, so it’s all over.

We are charmed to share chapters 7 and 8 of @maddiesmartinez.bsky.social's The Maiden and Her Monster! In which the maiden debates her monster on the philosophy of magic... reactormag.com/excerpts-the...

Humblebundle to support World Central Kitchen, and get a bunch of my books from @tordotcom.bsky.social including Murderbot and Witch King! #booksky www.humblebundle.com/books/martha...

Repping the spicy books shelf... 🌶️ 🌶️ 🌶️ Any particular open-door titles you'd recommend?

Smaugust is almost over, so let me post my dragons while I still can. Four book covers I drew!

Hey, you survived another week. Buy yourself a few books.

this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like

Something very very weird happened during the Hugos award ceremony... It's been on my mind for days, and so I wrote this blog: "When People Giggle at Your Name, or the 2025 Hugo Awards Incident" grigorylukin.com/2025/08/21/w... #Worldcon

An entire cookbook of avocado recipes?! Oh, we're *rich* rich!

Parents when their kid doesn't want to leave the bookstore: okay, guess you're living here now. Me, the bookseller: why are you threatening *me*, what did I do?!

I was using a speech-to-text app to jot down some writing thoughts when my foster cat ventured out of her room (which she hasn't left in two months) and the transcription dissolved into "oh hey baby there you are you are so brave" etc.