maybe some sort of... marketing??? by publishers????
January 20, 2025 at 5:42 AM
maybe some sort of... marketing??? by publishers????
Shitty newspapers, shitty editors, shitty publishers, shitty values.
Here's how WaPo and the Times
handled this.
The Times didn't mention the anti-Somali racism. WaPo simply said Trump "revealed his thoughts about Somalia."
WaPo cited Trump praising Hell's Angels without noting he did it while attacking "vicious people" from "the Congo."
An alternate universe
handled this.
The Times didn't mention the anti-Somali racism. WaPo simply said Trump "revealed his thoughts about Somalia."
WaPo cited Trump praising Hell's Angels without noting he did it while attacking "vicious people" from "the Congo."
An alternate universe
January 21, 2026 at 6:21 AM
Shitty newspapers, shitty editors, shitty publishers, shitty values.
Publishers Break Down Door As George R.R. Martin Escapes Through Bathroom Window https://theonion.com/publishers-break-down-door-as-george-r-r-martin-escapes-through-bathroom-window/
January 5, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Publishers Break Down Door As George R.R. Martin Escapes Through Bathroom Window https://theonion.com/publishers-break-down-door-as-george-r-r-martin-escapes-through-bathroom-window/
Apparently, journals, universities and publishers cannot do it but the Oscars can
The Academy has banned AI from ever winning an Oscar.
• Only roles “demonstrably performed by humans with their consent” can be nominated for acting Oscars
• Screenplays “must be human-authored” to qualify for a nomination
• Only roles “demonstrably performed by humans with their consent” can be nominated for acting Oscars
• Screenplays “must be human-authored” to qualify for a nomination
May 1, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Apparently, journals, universities and publishers cannot do it but the Oscars can
September 23, 2026 at 11:38 AM
Great news. Breaking up Google's ad monopoly will be good for journalism, publishers, and the web
A US judge says Google acted illegally to maintain a monopoly in some online advertising tech, the second time in a year a court found Google acted illegally (David McCabe/New York Times)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
April 17, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Great news. Breaking up Google's ad monopoly will be good for journalism, publishers, and the web
I feel like I’m living In a dystopian novel written in 1993 that was rejected by dozens of publishers because it was incredibly stupid.
August 29, 2026 at 7:36 PM
I feel like I’m living In a dystopian novel written in 1993 that was rejected by dozens of publishers because it was incredibly stupid.
There is a special circle in hell for publishers who do not make the gutter margins big enough
November 18, 2024 at 2:49 AM
There is a special circle in hell for publishers who do not make the gutter margins big enough
Publishers: “Short stories don’t sell and are impossible to market so we are not going to take the risk of publishing them.”
Also publishers: “What can we publish to fit this era of reduced attention spans when people are reading fewer novels?”
Also publishers: “What can we publish to fit this era of reduced attention spans when people are reading fewer novels?”
June 1, 2026 at 8:55 AM
Publishers: “Short stories don’t sell and are impossible to market so we are not going to take the risk of publishing them.”
Also publishers: “What can we publish to fit this era of reduced attention spans when people are reading fewer novels?”
Also publishers: “What can we publish to fit this era of reduced attention spans when people are reading fewer novels?”
Some of my covers for publishers
October 20, 2024 at 2:10 AM
Some of my covers for publishers
Incidentally, since almost all the physical books from major publishers in the US are printed in China, that probably just increased the price by 50%, which massively lowers sales and means publishers will do much smaller print runs.
April 3, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Incidentally, since almost all the physical books from major publishers in the US are printed in China, that probably just increased the price by 50%, which massively lowers sales and means publishers will do much smaller print runs.
Journals and publishers should ignore this nonsense.
February 1, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Journals and publishers should ignore this nonsense.
Hell yeah! Solidarity to authors! I hope the major publishers (if not all publishers) soon agree, exploitative GenAi has no place in the arts!
Over 50 Bestselling Authors Sign Open Letter, Demanding Publishers Rally Against AI: "Stand With Us"
The tensions surrounding AI are boiling over.
screenrant.com
June 29, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Hell yeah! Solidarity to authors! I hope the major publishers (if not all publishers) soon agree, exploitative GenAi has no place in the arts!
“BlueSky is getting 3-4 times the engagement of other platforms”
Great article!
Great article!
Bluesky Emerges As Traffic Source: Publishers Report 3x Engagement
Bluesky gains momentum as publishers report triple engagement rates, attracting media outlets and developers from rival social platforms.
www.searchenginejournal.com
December 5, 2024 at 6:34 PM
“BlueSky is getting 3-4 times the engagement of other platforms”
Great article!
Great article!
Metacritic has sent a reminder email to all games site editors/publishers which is pretty strong, and great:
February 26, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Metacritic has sent a reminder email to all games site editors/publishers which is pretty strong, and great:
The fact Farage isn't sueing ITV, BBC , National Newspapers etc as the publishers - tells you everything .
December 20, 2025 at 4:56 PM
The fact Farage isn't sueing ITV, BBC , National Newspapers etc as the publishers - tells you everything .
Four of the Big Five Publishers Sign Letter Urging Congress to Restore IMLS 📚
www.wordsandmoney.com/four-of-the-...
www.wordsandmoney.com/four-of-the-...
Four of the Big Five Publishers Sign Letter Urging Congress to Restore IMLS
Shuttering IMLS would be "an act of monumental neglect, violating the very foundation of America and what it stands for as a country," the publishers assert.
www.wordsandmoney.com
April 5, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Four of the Big Five Publishers Sign Letter Urging Congress to Restore IMLS 📚
www.wordsandmoney.com/four-of-the-...
www.wordsandmoney.com/four-of-the-...
Author, bookseller, and publisher friends:
Please keep posting your positive stories about selling books through Bluesky, and I'll package them up and show them to publishers so that we can get more book publishers and even more authors and book conversation here!
Please keep posting your positive stories about selling books through Bluesky, and I'll package them up and show them to publishers so that we can get more book publishers and even more authors and book conversation here!
The publishing industry views Bluesky as some tiny unimportant island out somewhere in a far-off ocean. It's not worthy of their attention like Amazon Algoland or The Republic Of Instagram Influencer Collaborativepost is. What they don't realise is just how much the island's inhabitants love books.
May 8, 2026 at 11:45 PM
Author, bookseller, and publisher friends:
Please keep posting your positive stories about selling books through Bluesky, and I'll package them up and show them to publishers so that we can get more book publishers and even more authors and book conversation here!
Please keep posting your positive stories about selling books through Bluesky, and I'll package them up and show them to publishers so that we can get more book publishers and even more authors and book conversation here!
Tell publishers to keep the news in the Wayback Machine: www.savethearchive.com/newsleaders/
Meanwhile, publishers are blocking the Internet Archive, a digital library, from archiving their journalism due to fears of "AI scraping." That's right -- the same papers selling their work to AI companies are blocking a nonprofit archive due to "fears of AI." (2/3) www.niemanlab.org/2026/05/more...
More than 340 local news outlets are limiting the Internet Archive’s access to their journalism
McClatchy, Advance Local, Tribune Publishing and other major newspaper chains are restricting the nonprofit's archiving bots.
www.niemanlab.org
May 21, 2026 at 2:24 AM
Tell publishers to keep the news in the Wayback Machine: www.savethearchive.com/newsleaders/
Publishers: “Short stories don’t sell and are impossible to market so we are not going to take the risk of publishing them.”
Also publishers: “What can we publish to fit this era of reduced attention spans when people are reading fewer novels?”
Also publishers: “What can we publish to fit this era of reduced attention spans when people are reading fewer novels?”
September 15, 2026 at 8:17 AM
Publishers: “Short stories don’t sell and are impossible to market so we are not going to take the risk of publishing them.”
Also publishers: “What can we publish to fit this era of reduced attention spans when people are reading fewer novels?”
Also publishers: “What can we publish to fit this era of reduced attention spans when people are reading fewer novels?”
Treat. Platforms. As. Publishers.
Genuinely think it'll need a high profile politician to do a McAlpine and mass-sue hundreds of people for posting or sharing outright libellous allegations.
Would be unwise for Burnham but might make sense for Sadiq Khan, who's politically secure and whose haters tend to be outside London.
Would be unwise for Burnham but might make sense for Sadiq Khan, who's politically secure and whose haters tend to be outside London.
The story of social media’s problem with news, in two posts (these are from X)
June 25, 2026 at 9:42 AM
Treat. Platforms. As. Publishers.
if publishers have mecha comics waiting to be drawn please reach out
September 24, 2026 at 7:29 AM
if publishers have mecha comics waiting to be drawn please reach out
the batshit American government is forcing children’s book publishers to put out the absolute wildest statements
December 2, 2025 at 4:45 AM
the batshit American government is forcing children’s book publishers to put out the absolute wildest statements
Publishers should be invested in promoting the books they publish.
Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat
October 13, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Publishers should be invested in promoting the books they publish.