Not to ignore that it's finally spring, but it's not very often we can participate in events so we're super excited to have been accepted as a vendor for XOXO Fibre at the Pipe Shop in North Vancouver, BC, on October 4 📅. Hope to see you there, Lower Mainland people! ponnster.wixsite.com/mysite

A selection of our books will be in the Indie Book Pavilion at H+H Americas this week! I'm HOPING there will be info there that you can take with you about ordering for your shop. If there isn't, please reach out to me anytime!

Yeah, I went there. It's May the Fourth, and I couldn't resist. Anyway. I'd like to properly introduce someone. Meet @spindleprincess.bsky.social, author of A USER'S GUIDE TO YARN. If you've been with us since before we bid farewell to our online magazine Digits & Threads...

Pretty stoked to have given The Most Boring answers when I was asked to share my top-3 business tools by the @craftindustryalliance.org!

We have always had the em-dash in our @ninetenpub.bsky.social style guide for use in certain technical contexts, and we've always used it in general text. It's a useful little fucker and we will not ditch it. Our books are written and edited by humans and I am here for the pitchforks. BRING IT.

Look, I had to say it. IT KEEPS COMING UP. Don't @ me because it came out with profanity; I couldn't help it.

Canadian publishers strongly condemn the proposed book restrictions in @albertagov.bsky.social's Bill 28, which undermine the core principles of public libraries: open access to information, intellectual freedom, & trust in professional expertise. publishers.ca/statement-al... @lpgcanada.bsky.social

We've been following reactions to arts funding cuts in Nova Scotia, and when one of our authors agrees to *run* if they meet their fundraising goal for an art society, we go all in. Join us in supporting Andrea Tsang Jackson's efforts here: raceroster.com/events/2026/...

"Globe and Mail bestseller" will NEVER get old. ❤️

Ahem: MY AMAZING WIFE'S VERY GOOD BOOK IS IN ITS THIRD PRINTING

Bit more book-nerdy content here, all about the third printing of MATH FOR KNITTERS, by @kateatherley.bsky.social. (How can you tell if your copy is from the third printing? Funny you should ask! Here's a wee video all about it!)

Since the trade war started, ChitChats has provided timely and thorough updates about shipping from Canada. Now that there's a fuel crisis on top of it, here's their update about anticipated fuel surcharges leading to shipping rate increases (Canada Post, USPS, int'l): chitchats.com/blog/annual-...

Just a few hours left to participate! www.kickstarter.com/projects/nin...

With a couple days left in the campaign, I finally had a chance to tell you properly about BE A FOOL. This book is full of joy and inspiration—and if you love bikes, even better! Watch 👇 for why this book IS like Nine Ten's other books, even as it's also different. youtube.com/shorts/MvwV3...

SAVE THE DATE: Sat., April 25 is #IndieBookstoreDay! Indies across Canada will host activities and giveaways. Indie bookstores do so much for Canadian books and authors 🍁📚❤️ #CIBD2026 is our chance to say THANK YOU! Visit indiebookstores.ca/CIBD#IndieBookstoreDay#CIBD2026or more details about this year’s celebration.

Just a little reminder that this Sunday at Knit City Toronto I'll be at the Feisty Fibres booth 1:30-2:30pm for a book signing. Come and say hello! Copies of Math for Knitters and a few other books will be available! #knitsky 🧶

Snow is blowing sideways as I eat breakfast in Iceland on the penultimate day of our spring break holiday, and I'm wondering, "Can we can get way closer to our goal to finance production of BE A FOOL by the time I get home?" Only you hold the answer 🙏 www.kickstarter.com/projects/nin...

We're halfway to our goal to fund production of BE A FOOL! We couldn't make beautiful, inspiring books like this one without a community coming together to make it happen. Huge thanks to those who have pledged already 🙏

We've just added a new reward to the Kickstarter for BE A FOOL! It's a sticker (and a book, obviously) to celebrate the Infinity Cycle—a bicycle built for two that allows riders to switch places and ride forever. What a marvel! Learn more and back the campaign at www.kickstarter.com/projects/nin...!

New issue of Knitty is up, and my technical advice column is all about Blocking. I aim to answer a few FAQs, bust a few myths, and provide some easy solutions. knitty.com/ISSUEss26/FE... 🧶

Thanks for sharing the campaign for BE A FOOL, @bikepackingcom.bsky.social!

Today's the LAST DAY for earlybird pricing on x1 and x2 book rewards in our campaign to finance BE A FOOL, by the Zenga Bros. Get 14% off the cover price in thanks for making your pledge in the first week of the month-long campaign! www.kickstarter.com/projects/nin... #KickstarterReads

Spring break comes early in Vancouver, and our shipping operation will be closed from March 13–March 29, 2026. Any orders placed in our online shop during that time will ship beginning March 30 (pre-orders + digital products are not affected). Our books are available at bookstores and craft shops!

For the first time ever, I have reported and remitted royalties to our authors 1) before the absolute last minute, and 2) without stress, and I'm just going to take a moment and sit with this contentment.

In any industry, relationships are central. Something amazing and special about the crafts movement is that relationships often become deep friendships, and those friendships can lead, even after many years, to truly amazing collaborations ❤️

The story of how we came to launch the campaign for BE A FOOL began more than 15 years ago. It's a story of creative community and friendship, and it makes this book even more special to us. Read all about it in our first campaign update over on Kickstarter! www.kickstarter.com/projects/nin...

The Zenga Bros have been making videos of their creative adventures since they were kids, so of course they made one about their book, BE A FOOL! Back the Kickstarter today, check out some earlybird rewards, and help us bring the book to life! www.kickstarter.com/projects/nin...

Love waking up to being more than 10% to our goal already! Yay! We have earlybird pricing for book-level reward tiers just for the first week of the campaign, so why wait to help bring BE A FOOL into the world? www.kickstarter.com/projects/nin...

🚀 BE A FOOL has launched on @kickstarter.com! This book brings together over 20 years’ of the the Zenga Bros' wild rides, community art projects, tall bikes, creative philosophy, and invitations to play in 160 pages of photos, stories, and inspiration. 🙏 And we need your help! 👇

And now pre-orders are actually working! shop.ninetenpublications.ca/products/a-u... (Insert gripe about how Shopify requires a bunch of settings for every individual product to be able to be purchased, and it is unnecessarily dumb.)

A USER'S GUIDE TO YARN, by Michelle Boyd @spindleprincess.bsky.social, is coming in June, and it's now available for pre-order in our online shop 👉 shop.ninetenpublications.ca/products/a-u... You can also pre-order through your local bookstore or craft shop, and we encourage you to do that 📚

I was still sick when I recorded these last couple vids. My hair is A Situation lol.

Still nerding out about all the "other" pages in books, and this time I have a question for YOU: Do you read the info the publisher puts at the end of the book? Is it different for print books and ebooks? Please share all of your opinions about this thing nobody ever talks about!

Had to have Kate Atherley’s latest book!

Even here in Canada, schools and libraries are regularly asked to remove books from their shelves. Banning books affects the right of Canadians to decide for themselves what they choose to read. Better that Canadians be free to read, and to read critically! #FTRWeek www.freedomtoread.ca

Love this photo 🤩

Our pals at Pownal Street Press just launched their first campaign @kickstarter.com, and I love that there's a reward option to have a copy of the book donated to a library. Check out Corn & Tortillas: Love Shared! www.kickstarter.com/projects/cor...

Look, I get that most people do not read every single page of a book like I always have. I read the acknowledgements, I read the stuff the publisher puts at the end about other books I might like. And yes, I read copyright page. Sometimes there's very interesting stuff on there! More 👇

In other words, if you've been waiting on me for six weeks or more, please email me again!

This is an excellent statement by @cdnpublishers.bsky.social, strongly opposing the book ban in Alberta. Nine Ten is a proud member of the ACP and stands with all who fight to uphold the freedom to read. publishers.ca/alberta-book...

Lil bit about the book business and, like for any business, the importance of establishing stable, predictable revenue. More in the 🧵👇

Books BC is looking for its next Executive Director. Full details of the job post can be found through the following link: www.books.bc.ca/careers/exec.... The deadline to apply is February 9th.

There is one major exception to my plea to buy our books from your local shop, and that exception is pre-sales and Kickstarters. Pre-sales and crowdfunding help finance production of our books, and support of those efforts enables me to get this tiny press off the ground 👇

See, this is why I love how @kpwerker.bsky.social does business: it's not just about making the most money, it's about supporting people in doing the work they love, and supporting other small businesses so they can stay afloat.

We benefit from the widest margins when you buy our books directly from us, but we still encourage you to buy from your local shop! In Part 1, I explained the time factor (time I spend shipping books is time I can't spend *making* books); here in Part 2 is the money factor. Got questions? Ask away!

Heyyy book lovers. We'll soon launch the Kickstarter for our next book & if you follow the page now you'll be alerted the moment the campaign starts! The book is BE A FOOL – a surefire path creative freedom, that's for sure – and it's by the Zenga Bros so you know it's gonna be a fun and wild ride.

One of the major shifts at Nine Ten in 2026 is a move away from selling books directly to readers (EXCEPT for special bundles, signed copies, and pre-orders! I'll do a video about those exceptions soon!). Here's why 👇 Got questions about this? Ask away! #publishing #CanadianBooks #SmallBusiness

Rounding out intros to our books, the one that started it all: SHEEP, SHEPHERD & LAND, by @longwayhomestead.bsky.social with photos by @fermefiolafarm.bsky.social . An important CORRECTION to the video: This book is available EVERYWHERE books are sold, not only in Canada! 1/2

This one's for you, quilters! It's QUILTING, by Andrea Tsang Jackson @3rdstoryworkshop.bsky.social, and it is a very nontraditional quilt book. Read on 👇

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