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**Leanpub** @leanpub@mastodon.social · 8h

The Next Revolution in Book Publishing is Happening Right Now https://leanpub.com/blog/the-next-revolution-in-book-publishing-is-happening-right-now #books #ebooks #bookpublishing #writing #authors

**L A Stinnett ~ SFF Writer** @lastinnett@mstdn.party · 12h

12h

L A Stinnett ~ SFF Writer @lastinnett@mstdn.party

Cover reveal for my new book coming out May 31, 2025.

Cover title - Howls & Hope. Image of woman and wolf staring at the moon

#writersofmastodon #bookcoverreveal #sff

**Branwen OShea (she/her)** @BranwenOShea@writing.exchange · 19h

19h

Branwen OShea (she/her) @BranwenOShea@writing.exchange

Fuming over this. One of my copyrighted books was stolen and fed into this without my permission. Their company is now worth about one billion, built on the backs of stolen works. And they have the nerve to say our books have no value.
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/meta-ai-lawsuit
#books #authors #author #reading #AI #amwriting

An excerpt:
But their defense also hinges on the argument that the individual books themselves are, essentially, worthless-one expert witness for Meta describes that the influence of a single book in LLM pretraining "adjusted its performance by less than 0.06% on industry standard benchmarks, a meaningless change no different from noise." Furthermore, Meta says, that while the company "has invested hundreds of millions of dollars in LLM development," they see no market in paying authors to license their books because "for there to be a market, there must be something of value to exchange, but none of Plaintiffs works has economic value, individually, as training data." (An argument essential to fair use, but that also sounds like a scaled up version of a scenario in which the New York Philharmonic board argues against paying individual members of the orchestra because the organization spent a lot of money on the upkeep of David Geffen Hall, and also, a solo bassoon cannot play every part in "The Rite of Spring.")

**english** @english@unfufadoo.net · 20h

20h

english @english@unfufadoo.net

#english @books #quotes #books #photos #memes #images #words #authors #poets

The image features two children dressed in traditional German attire, standing outdoors on a grassy area. The girl is wearing a dirndl, which consists of a white blouse, a black bodice with floral decorations, a light green skirt, and a red apron. The boy is dressed in Lederhosen, which includes a white shirt, a black vest, a hat with a feather, and knee-high socks. Both children are smiling and appear to be posing for the photo. At the top of the image, there is a text that reads, "NO MATTER HOW KIND YOU ARE." At the bottom, another text states, "GERMAN CHILDREN ARE KINDER." The overall tone of the image seems to be humorous and light-hearted, playing on the double meaning of the word "kind."

**ElizabethAmberLove** @amberlove@mastodon.social · 1d

ElizabethAmberLove @amberlove@mastodon.social

Patreon backers get early access to the newest case file where Ollie & Gus make a bear discovery. Become a subscriber! patreon.com/amberunmasked #cats #writers #authors #wildlife #CatSky

"Science News"
"Oliver and Gus have proof of the first black bear caught on camera this Spring."
"Patreon.com/AmberUnmasked"
cutout photos of black cat Gus, orange and white tabby Oliver lying in a chair, and Canva illustration of a bear

**Leanpub** @leanpub@mastodon.social · 2d

Leanpub @leanpub@mastodon.social

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https://www.youtube.com/@leanpub

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#books #ebooks #authors

**Nick East (Indie Writer)** @NickEast_IndieWriter@mastodon.art · 3d

**Europe Says** @europesays@pubeurope.com · 4d

Europe Says @europesays@pubeurope.com

https://www.europesays.com/1997362/ How Today’s Top Startups Are Tapping Tech And Consumer Data To Build Massive Brands #ArtificialIntelligence #authors #business #ConsumerInsights #Entrepreneurship #journalists #marketing #media #romance #SocialMedia

**Leanpub** @leanpub@mastodon.social · 5d

Leanpub @leanpub@mastodon.social

The Next Revolution in Book Publishing is Happening Right Now https://leanpub.com/blog/the-next-revolution-in-book-publishing-is-happening-right-now #books #ebooks #bookpublishing #writing #authors

**Ruckerworks** @ruckerworks@dice.camp · 5d

Ruckerworks @ruckerworks@dice.camp

Which do you prefer, to read the text in an article or watch a video of the same content?

Dungeon Masters, Find Your Creative Muse!

ARTICLE: https://ruckerworks.com/2025/04/dungeon-masters-find-your-creative-muse/

VIDEO: https://youtu.be/QLxmKxSdPls

Cartoon lightbulb next to text that says "Dungeon Mastering | Dungeon Masters, Find Your Creative Muse!"

#dnd #dungeonmasters #campaign

**Author Steaphan Kay** @steaphan@indieauthors.social · 5d

Author Steaphan Kay @steaphan@indieauthors.social

Here is another installment of my regular author temperature gauge survey on the use of AI for the author business.

If there were 5 choices, the first would be "Use for nothing at all". If that is your answer, please reply to the survey with that.

@indieauthors #Author #Authors #Writing #Writers #WritersOfMastodon #AmWriting #WritingCommunity

I currently use or am willing to use AI for:

50%Book research (science, history, etc.)
50%Plot ideas, world arc ideas, character arc ideas
50%Writing content (assuming heavy author editing)
50%Book Cover Art

**Project Gutenberg** @gutenberg_org@mastodon.social · 5d

Project Gutenberg @gutenberg_org@mastodon.social

Poem of the week: Death sets a Thing significant … by Emily Dickinson

Here Dickinson remembers friends by objects they touched.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/apr/14/poem-of-the-week-death-sets-a-thing-significant-by-emily-dickinson

Emily Dickinson at PG

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/996

Terpsichore Lyran (Muse of Lyric Poetry), 1816. Antonio Canova (Italian, 1757–1822). Marble; overall: 177.5 x 78.1 x 61 cm (69 7/8 x 30 3/4 x 24 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund 1968.212

In Greek mythology, Terpsichore was one of the nine Muses, or goddesses of creative inspiration. The lyre, the Greek inscription on the short column, and the caduceus (entwined snakes) on the side identify the figure as Terpsichore Lyran, muse of lyric poetry. This sculpture began with a commission from Napoleon's brother, Lucien, for an idealized portrait of his wife, Alexandrine. Antonio Canova made this version for a British aristocrat and exhibited it in 1817 at the Royal Academy in London to great acclaim.

#poetry #authors #literature

**Niamh Garvey** @niamhgarvey@mastodon.ie · 5d

Niamh Garvey @niamhgarvey@mastodon.ie

How is it that my next book has been ranked as 3 stars and it is not even out until August and only my editors have read it? Oh Good Reads, you can be so cruel to #authors.

Screenshot of Goodreads page showinv "The Autistic Guide to Communicating and Connection: Understanding Our Communication Differences and Social Needs" and 3 stars out of five lit up yellow

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**RaymondPierreL3** @RaymondPierreL3@aus.social · 6d

RaymondPierreL3 @RaymondPierreL3@aus.social

@davidtheeviloverlord
This is not good… not good at all. Our underregulated economy is fostering the growth of #CorporateMonopolies which only leads to more inequity both in terms of liquidity (future book deals will remunerate less ‘marketable/favoured’ #authors even less than is the case now) and in terms of equity (concentration of publishers will reduce the diversity of available books due to the increasing focus on profit margins and market ‘shaping’).

In Sum, the vacuuming of smaller houses into larger corporate publishing conglomerates is bad for authors and bad for #readers and bad for society.

#writing #publishing #WritingCommunity

**ElizabethAmberLove** @amberlove@mastodon.social · 6d

ElizabethAmberLove @amberlove@mastodon.social

Gus made his first mouse capture of the year! Was this mouse innocent or part of the urban legend of one of America's Most Wanted felons? Ollie got some answers. Support us at Patreon.com/amberunmasked for early access.
#cats #writers #authors #mystery #CatSky

Collage: against an orange background is a collage of 3 images:
orange tabby Oliver sitting up with alert attention at something off-screen (text above: Oliver); black cat Gus standing outside in brown leaves (text above: Gus); photo by Amber Love of a small grey and white mouse in a jar (text above: Suspect)
text: Patreon early access case file patreon.com/amberunmasked

**Branwen OShea (she/her)** @BranwenOShea@writing.exchange · 6d

Branwen OShea (she/her) @BranwenOShea@writing.exchange

I’ve got so much new character art and I can no longer share it here, thanks to AI scraping.
Guess you all need to see it at my in-person events. Next one is May 10, New Haven, CT. So many authors are participating, that we’re sharing tables. I’ve got a table 1:30-5:00.
#author #authors #authorevents #Booksignings #EventsinCT #CT #books #art

CONNECTICUT BOOK FESTIVALS & WESTVILLE ARTWALK MAY 10, 2025 10A- 5P We are joining the 27th year of Westville Artwalk. One of New Haven County's Best attended Events. Vendors, Artist, Music, Food, and now Connecticut Book Festival Authors. Visit Westville Artwalk Event: https://westvilleartwalk.orgL WESTVILLE ARTWALK https://videopress.com/v/b mSf90od

**Hannah Howe** @HannahHowe@toot.wales · Apr 12 *

Apr 12 *

Hannah Howe @HannahHowe@toot.wales

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Don’t forget to use the code goylake20 to claim your discount

#Writing #Books #Novels

**Graham Downs** @GrahamDowns@mastodon.africa · Apr 11

Apr 11

Graham Downs @GrahamDowns@mastodon.africa

Today for #FollowFriday, I'd like to give fellow South African author @JoanDeLaHaye some love. I did share her profile the other day, but, you know, it wasn't Friday, so let's give her another shot. She's new here and could do with some more follows.

She writes horror and thriller fiction, and she's got a new book out for Easter called Killer Little Bunny. Oh, and you can get one of her books for free if you sign up for her email newsletter. :-)

#authors @bookstodon

**Jenny Mathiasson** @curatedjenny@glammr.us · Apr 11

Apr 11

Jenny Mathiasson @curatedjenny@glammr.us

Yesterday I visited Dylan Thomas' boathouse and writing shed in #Laugharne for the first time. It's a ditty little museum but very charming! Plus it was a VERY beautiful day for it.

I'll freely admit I knew very little about Dylan Thomas before visiting, and now I know a smidge more (including what he sounded like). Winning, right?

An excellent @thecwordpodcast excursion all in all!

A smiling white woman in her late 30s is looking at the camera. She's got short hair on one side of her head and long brown hair on the other. She's wearing blue glasses and a grey and black top that reads "lucky" backwards (since the photo is mirrored by the selfie camera). In the background is a cream coloured building, green grass, and a view of the sea.

A beautiful sunny day: there's a muddy beach and low tide sea, woodland in the far distance, a historic boathouse and a budding tree in the foreground. It's ludicrously beautiful and summery.

An interior view of a shed set up as a writing workspace from the past: unframed photos adorn the white walls, see through curtains in browny-orange hang in the windows, and there's a stunning view of the sea. A cluttered bookcase full of fallen over books can be seen to the left, while the middle is taken over by a table and a chair with a cardigan on it. The table is covered in notes, half written book pages, writing implements, books, and the debris of creativity or madness. (This is where Dylan Thomas wrote a bunch of well known stuff.)

A blue metal sign directing you to Dylan Thomas' boathouse in both Welsh and English.

#museums #Wales #heritage

**Leanpub** @leanpub@mastodon.social · Apr 11

Apr 11

Leanpub @leanpub@mastodon.social

Hey self-published book authors! Check out Leanpub TranslateWord https://leanpub.com/translate_word/buy We can affordably translate books written in Microsoft Word into up to 31 languages, including the 8 languages with Amazon marketplaces for Kindle! #books #authors #selfpublishing #indiepublishing

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