#book marketing events

[cygnetbrown]

Week One Evaluation of My First 12-week Year

What a Big Week this has been! (Get pictures) In the past few weeks, I have worked hard to get as much publicity for my latest book Oregon County, Wild and Scenic within my county. The book is about the county so because the eclipse is happening this afternoon, the local towns have prepared for the influx of visitors to Oregon County. I had strategically placed books in various venues around…

[beep-beepster]

I feel like there is a strong correlation to Frank Hubert’s initial subtext with Dune (its islamic religious themes, a premise setting an empire against local populaces, the attention towards ecological developments in desert environments with a bias towards temperate zones from outsiders wanting to “enrich” the land), and all of the recent developments in Gaza and its history, both with the original influences to Hubert’s novel and the timing of a blockbuster adaptation happening while international focus grows towards Palestine, that is going unmentioned outside of the usual jokes and memes

[hanzajesthanza]

"the michael kandel translation of "the witcher" short story can't hurt you!!"

the michael kandel translation of "the witcher" short story:

[fearsmagazine]

Bloody Valentine’s Day Market!

If you are looking for that special Valentine’s Day gift for that special Goth or horror fan in your life make sure to hit up the Bloody Valentine’s Day Market this Sat., Feb 8th from 1 pm to 7 pm at The Flying Fox Tavern (www.flyingfoxtavern.com) 678 Woodward Avenue, Ridgewood NY 11385. Get there early for the best selection and to beat the snow!

[renstrapp]

I love zines, I love my local community, I love friendship. I love waving to people who I know! Wah! Yay!

[holopossums]

Oh btw, my first con (and first furry con) was an absolutely amazing experience! 10/10 would go again 😁💕

[iampikachuhearmeroar]

i love when hiring managers play cute little games with applicants in their job descriptions on seek.

[downthetubes]

Chuffin Billy: T' Yorkshire War Robot, collected

if you’re a steampunk fan, then check out Chuffin Billy: T' Yorkshire War Robot, written by Noel K. Hannan with stunning art from John P. Welding

[larperwithastaff]

FIRST EVENT OF THE SEASON IN 6 WEEKS.

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[gwen-tolios]

I'm doing my first author event this weekend!

For those of you in Chicago, I'll be at Sundays on State on July 16th. I'll have copies of Fae Deals to sign, but since I won't have copies of Returning to You I made bookmarks to give out!

I'm nervous but excited. Here's hoping I sell *some* books.

[artemisbarnowl]

Knowing the onsen has closed has left a hole in me. Even though I live far away I always looked forward to it when I visited and now?? WHAT

[astrifurious]

woke up this morning and realized if I’m already gonna be apartment hunting in april, maybe I would just sign a lease then too and pay a little more if that means leaving earlier… being here while a friendship slowly deteriorates by the day makes me sad and the peace of mind I will be able to secure for myself if I find a place sooner in my timeline is worth the cost imo

[999-roses]

do english speakers think that chinese people would think T"S" as in Square, the english word, because its like so obviously not called that in chinese lmao. the place is called tiananmen guangchang.. but even then there's a much more common moniker for the specific event (rather than the place) in chinese which I don't think self-important monolingual-anglophone sinophobes who just assume 'oh no its big bad censorship. teehee' should be permitted to know anyway.

[luulapants]

25 ways to be a little more punk in 2025

Cut fast fashion - buy used, learn to mend and/or make your own clothes, buy fewer clothes less often so you can save up for ethically made quality

Cancel subscriptions - relearn how to pirate media, spend $10/month buying a digital album from a small artist instead of on Spotify, stream on free services since the paid ones make you watch ads anyway

Green your community - there's lots of ways to do this, like seedbombing or joining a community garden or organizing neighborhood trash pickups

Be kind - stop to give directions, check on stopped cars, smile at kids, let people cut you in line, offer to get stuff off the high shelf, hold the door, ask people if they're okay

Intervene - learn bystander intervention techniques and be prepared to use them, even if it feels awkward

Get closer to your food - grow it yourself, can and preserve it, buy from a farmstand, learn where it's from, go fishing, make it from scratch, learn a new ingredient

Use opensource software - try LibreOffice, try Reaper, learn Linux, use a free Photoshop clone. The next time an app tries to force you to pay, look to see if there's an opensource alternative

Make less trash - start a compost, be mindful of packaging, find another use for that plastic, make it a challenge for yourself!

Get involved in local politics - show up at meetings for city council, the zoning commission, the park district, school boards; fight the NIMBYs that always show up and force them to focus on the things impacting the most vulnerable folks in your community

DIY > fashion - shake off the obsession with pristine presentation that you've been taught! Cut your own hair, use homemade cosmetics, exchange mani/pedis with friends, make your own jewelry, duct tape those broken headphones!

Ditch Google - Chromium browsers (which is almost all of them) are now bloated spyware, and Google search sucks now, so why not finally make the jump to Firefox and another search like DuckDuckGo? Or put the Wikipedia app on your phone and look things up there?

Forage - learn about local edible plants and how to safely and sustainably harvest them or go find fruit trees and such accessible to the public.

Volunteer - every week tutoring at the library or once a month at the humane society or twice a year serving food at the soup kitchen, you can find something that matches your availability

Help your neighbors - which means you have to meet them first and find out how you can help (including your unhoused neighbors), like elderly or disabled folks that might need help with yardwork or who that escape artist dog belongs to or whether the police have been hassling people sleeping rough

Fix stuff - the next time something breaks (a small appliance, an electronic, a piece of furniture, etc.), see if you can figure out what's wrong with it, if there are tutorials on fixing it, or if you can order a replacement part from the manufacturer instead of trashing the whole thing

Mix up your transit - find out what's walkable, try biking instead of driving, try public transit and complain to the city if it sucks, take a train instead of a plane, start a carpool at work

Engage in the arts - go see a local play, check out an art gallery or a small museum, buy art from the farmer's market

Go to the library - to check out a book or a movie or a CD, to use the computers or the printer, to find out if they have other weird rentals like a seed library or luggage, to use meeting space, to file your taxes, to take a class, to ask question

Listen local - see what's happening at local music venues or other events where local musicians will be performing, stop for buskers, find a favorite artist, and support them

Buy local - it's less convenient than online shopping or going to a big box store that sells everything, but try buying what you can from small local shops in your area

Become unmarketable - there are a lot of ways you can disrupt your online marketing surveillance, including buying less, using decoy emails, deleting or removing permissions from apps that spy on you, checking your privacy settings, not clicking advertising links, and...

Use cash - go to the bank and take out cash instead of using your credit card or e-payment for everything! It's better on small businesses and it's untraceable

Give what you can - as capitalism churns on, normal shmucks have less and less, so think about what you can give (time, money, skills, space, stuff) and how it will make the most impact

Talk about wages - with your coworkers, with your friends, while unionizing! Stop thinking about wages as a measure of your worth and talk about whether or not the bosses are paying fairly for the labor they receive

Think about wealthflow - there are a thousand little mechanisms that corporations and billionaires use to capture wealth from the lower class: fees for transactions, interest, vendor platforms, subscriptions, and more. Start thinking about where your money goes, how and where it's getting captured and removed from our class, and where you have the ability to cut off the flow and pass cash directly to your fellow working class people

[ariella-monti]

Lessons Learned During my First Year as an Indie Romance Author

I’m a learn-by-doing person, which is a polite way of saying that I like learning things the hard way. Other complementary personality traits include faking-it-till-I-make-it and too-impatient-to-research-things-first.

I’m a learn-by-doing person, which is a polite way of saying that I like learning things the hard way. Other complementary personality traits include faking-it-till-I-make-it and too-impatient-to-research-things-first. That’s not to say that I went into this endeavor without any knowledge. I just picked it up in bits and pieces and sometimes I had to experience these things first to really get…

[tangerinequeen19]

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