anyway thank you for coming to another episode of "why do all of my publishing threads turn into A History of Dodgy Publishing Tactics" with your host, Self-Publishing Grandma
October 30, 2026 at 7:58 PM
anyway thank you for coming to another episode of "why do all of my publishing threads turn into A History of Dodgy Publishing Tactics" with your host, Self-Publishing Grandma
🔴 Russian strikes targeted another Ukrainian publishing warehouse holding 300,000 books on October 27.
October 29, 2026 at 2:52 AM
🔴 Russian strikes targeted another Ukrainian publishing warehouse holding 300,000 books on October 27.
both these dudes would have a 3 month long meltdown about unfairness if you offered them a publishing salary
Bet you can’t name a single straight man that’s getting published right now…
October 28, 2026 at 8:59 AM
both these dudes would have a 3 month long meltdown about unfairness if you offered them a publishing salary
Professionals who work in publishing hate the AI tools being foisted on them, authors hate AI (including me, I'm quoted here along with @scalzi.com ), but other than that, it's all going great in publishing!
Workers tell WIRED that NOA—or “No Ordinary Assistant”—was unhelpful. Bestselling authors also say AI is ruining their relationships with Big Five publishers.
Macmillan Staff Say the Publisher Threw a Party for a Workplace AI Assistant That Was Later Killed
Workers tell WIRED that NOA—or “No Ordinary Assistant”—was unhelpful. Bestselling authors also say AI is ruining their relationships with Big Five publishers.
buff.ly
October 28, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Professionals who work in publishing hate the AI tools being foisted on them, authors hate AI (including me, I'm quoted here along with @scalzi.com ), but other than that, it's all going great in publishing!
WTF was the NYT thinking publishing this? The report is highly questionable when the main source has an axe to grind.
October 28, 2026 at 7:34 PM
WTF was the NYT thinking publishing this? The report is highly questionable when the main source has an axe to grind.
get ready for my next publishing venture (i cram fistfuls of handwritten pages into bottles and toss them out to sea)
For @wired.com, I spoke with Macmillan and PRH staff about AI at the rest of the Big Five.
I also spoke with bestselling authors who've gone to "war" with publishers over AI use and are now demanding disclosures and threatening to leave their publishers altogether. www.wired.com/story/macmil...
I also spoke with bestselling authors who've gone to "war" with publishers over AI use and are now demanding disclosures and threatening to leave their publishers altogether. www.wired.com/story/macmil...
Macmillan Staff Say the Publisher Threw a Party for a Workplace AI Assistant That Was Later Killed
Workers tell WIRED that NOA—or “No Ordinary Assistant”—was unhelpful. Bestselling authors also say AI is ruining their relationships with Big Five publishers.
www.wired.com
October 29, 2026 at 12:41 PM
get ready for my next publishing venture (i cram fistfuls of handwritten pages into bottles and toss them out to sea)
Celebrating 20 years of Independent publishing.
Fighting the good fight.
@thebookseller.com
@irishtimes.com
Fighting the good fight.
@thebookseller.com
@irishtimes.com
October 29, 2026 at 9:53 AM
Celebrating 20 years of Independent publishing.
Fighting the good fight.
@thebookseller.com
@irishtimes.com
Fighting the good fight.
@thebookseller.com
@irishtimes.com
On October 27, the Russians struck Kharkiv, burning around 300,000 books. The strike hit a publishing house warehouse.
October 28, 2026 at 9:59 PM
On October 27, the Russians struck Kharkiv, burning around 300,000 books. The strike hit a publishing house warehouse.
We're honored to have received the Massachusetts Book Award for Notable Contribution to Publishing today!
October 28, 2026 at 9:50 PM
We're honored to have received the Massachusetts Book Award for Notable Contribution to Publishing today!
publishing this framed as a major scandal that they've uncovered is deeply irresponsible in context of the Trump's adminstration's ongoing effort to abuse the legal system to steal this and other election outcomes.
Operatives aligned with Alaska Democratic Senate nominee Mary Peltola spent months recruiting candidates to peel votes from her Republican rival. The group worked to coax would-be spoilers into the race to dilute the incumbent's support and help catapult Peltola to victory. trib.al/gWKhuWh
October 28, 2026 at 5:56 PM
publishing this framed as a major scandal that they've uncovered is deeply irresponsible in context of the Trump's adminstration's ongoing effort to abuse the legal system to steal this and other election outcomes.
oh thats gonna delay publishing marianalia publicly. weh
October 29, 2026 at 6:24 PM
oh thats gonna delay publishing marianalia publicly. weh
October 30, 2026 at 12:20 AM
manifesting good publishing news (or any publishing news,really)
October 30, 2026 at 3:07 PM
manifesting good publishing news (or any publishing news,really)
I doubt any editor or newsroom lawyer I’ve worked with would have let me just barrel past a central source trying to withdraw from the story by publishing their stuff regardless and noting their efforts to back out as a mere interesting aside.
Amazing!
The source who gave the NYT its story about Peltola's campaign stacking the ballot is the campaign manager Peltola fired and is now suing for wrongful termination.
And this ex-campaign manager tried to back out as a source just before publication!
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/28/u...
The source who gave the NYT its story about Peltola's campaign stacking the ballot is the campaign manager Peltola fired and is now suing for wrongful termination.
And this ex-campaign manager tried to back out as a source just before publication!
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/28/u...
October 29, 2026 at 11:18 AM
I doubt any editor or newsroom lawyer I’ve worked with would have let me just barrel past a central source trying to withdraw from the story by publishing their stuff regardless and noting their efforts to back out as a mere interesting aside.
Our backup domain is now live: ddosecrets.is
October 28, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Our backup domain is now live: ddosecrets.is
Who can afford lululemon on a publishing salary?
October 28, 2026 at 9:35 AM
Who can afford lululemon on a publishing salary?
Leaving out the 'elite universities' thing, I wonder if Adam Szetela thinks that these numbers 'prove' that women in publishing do not wish to publish men *specifically because* they are men
and if this is because if HE were in publishing, he wouldn't publish women
because they are women
and if this is because if HE were in publishing, he wouldn't publish women
because they are women
Bet you can’t name a single straight man that’s getting published right now…
October 28, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Leaving out the 'elite universities' thing, I wonder if Adam Szetela thinks that these numbers 'prove' that women in publishing do not wish to publish men *specifically because* they are men
and if this is because if HE were in publishing, he wouldn't publish women
because they are women
and if this is because if HE were in publishing, he wouldn't publish women
because they are women
quick everybody what are the salaries in publishing
Bet you can’t name a single straight man that’s getting published right now…
October 28, 2026 at 3:10 PM
quick everybody what are the salaries in publishing
This is everywhere right now as far as I can tell. Devs, publishing, analysis. There's nowhere to go.
A quick note for the people reading my EA story and thinking 'well, if it's so bad, why don't they leave?'
Simply, there is nowhere to go. There is dearth of jobs right now across the game industry—just relentless cuts across the board—and people cannot just uproot their lives on a whim.
Simply, there is nowhere to go. There is dearth of jobs right now across the game industry—just relentless cuts across the board—and people cannot just uproot their lives on a whim.
October 27, 2026 at 5:41 PM
This is everywhere right now as far as I can tell. Devs, publishing, analysis. There's nowhere to go.
Cover art for Pathfinder RPG-Legacy of the Forge.
Sized; 29.7cm x 36cm / "12 x "16. Acrylic on artboard.
Publishing copyright Paizo Inc.
Art editor; Sonja Morris.
Sized; 29.7cm x 36cm / "12 x "16. Acrylic on artboard.
Publishing copyright Paizo Inc.
Art editor; Sonja Morris.
October 28, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Cover art for Pathfinder RPG-Legacy of the Forge.
Sized; 29.7cm x 36cm / "12 x "16. Acrylic on artboard.
Publishing copyright Paizo Inc.
Art editor; Sonja Morris.
Sized; 29.7cm x 36cm / "12 x "16. Acrylic on artboard.
Publishing copyright Paizo Inc.
Art editor; Sonja Morris.
Me to anyone waking up tomorrow planning on publishing a “crypto holdings need federally backed insurance” piece
October 30, 2026 at 1:56 AM
Me to anyone waking up tomorrow planning on publishing a “crypto holdings need federally backed insurance” piece
lolsob wtf are we doing, publishing???
For @wired.com, I spoke with Macmillan and PRH staff about AI at the rest of the Big Five.
I also spoke with bestselling authors who've gone to "war" with publishers over AI use and are now demanding disclosures and threatening to leave their publishers altogether. www.wired.com/story/macmil...
I also spoke with bestselling authors who've gone to "war" with publishers over AI use and are now demanding disclosures and threatening to leave their publishers altogether. www.wired.com/story/macmil...
Macmillan Staff Say the Publisher Threw a Party for a Workplace AI Assistant That Was Later Killed
Workers tell WIRED that NOA—or “No Ordinary Assistant”—was unhelpful. Bestselling authors also say AI is ruining their relationships with Big Five publishers.
www.wired.com
October 28, 2026 at 6:15 PM
lolsob wtf are we doing, publishing???
Daring the publishing industry to do anything that makes its workers' lives better.
For @wired.com, I spoke with Macmillan and PRH staff about AI at the rest of the Big Five.
I also spoke with bestselling authors who've gone to "war" with publishers over AI use and are now demanding disclosures and threatening to leave their publishers altogether. www.wired.com/story/macmil...
I also spoke with bestselling authors who've gone to "war" with publishers over AI use and are now demanding disclosures and threatening to leave their publishers altogether. www.wired.com/story/macmil...
Macmillan Staff Say the Publisher Threw a Party for a Workplace AI Assistant That Was Later Killed
Workers tell WIRED that NOA—or “No Ordinary Assistant”—was unhelpful. Bestselling authors also say AI is ruining their relationships with Big Five publishers.
www.wired.com
October 28, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Daring the publishing industry to do anything that makes its workers' lives better.
People were publishing thousands of 5 - 10 page "books" that hit 10% the second someone downloaded & opened them.
One popular strategy was creating reading order lists for popular series. Some people were making tens of thousands a month by publishing 5 page reading order guides.
One popular strategy was creating reading order lists for popular series. Some people were making tens of thousands a month by publishing 5 page reading order guides.
October 30, 2026 at 7:51 PM
People were publishing thousands of 5 - 10 page "books" that hit 10% the second someone downloaded & opened them.
One popular strategy was creating reading order lists for popular series. Some people were making tens of thousands a month by publishing 5 page reading order guides.
One popular strategy was creating reading order lists for popular series. Some people were making tens of thousands a month by publishing 5 page reading order guides.
cut to the bone in the last five years, when publishing was making RECORD profits. When I criticise publishing I’m not talking about overworked people on a salary who love books, but a system in which pressure is exerted from above - & writers are on the bottom, with tasks & blame falling on them.
Add to that the undisputed reality that publishing houses have been being gutted for decades and have been cut to the bone in the past five years.
To rephrase: publishers reduced acquisitions for a significant period of time while also significantly reducing the number of people available to work.
To rephrase: publishers reduced acquisitions for a significant period of time while also significantly reducing the number of people available to work.
October 30, 2026 at 6:53 PM
cut to the bone in the last five years, when publishing was making RECORD profits. When I criticise publishing I’m not talking about overworked people on a salary who love books, but a system in which pressure is exerted from above - & writers are on the bottom, with tasks & blame falling on them.