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Uncurated, instead of unpublished.
My book is currently appearing on the first page of memoirs on Bookshop.org - out of over 100 pages!
That’s likely down to people pre-ordering, and it’s such a powerful reminder that where we buy books really does matter!
Huge thanks to everyone who’s ordered. If you’d like to, the link’s below.
https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/drystone-a-life-rebuilt-kristie-de-garis/7836359?ean=9781846976469
Or buy directly through your local indie bookstore!
Thank you, each and every one of you for your kind words, shares & orders.
Here is an example of what #neurology and #PhilosophyOfTheMind are faced with trying to elucidate #Consciousness - that slippery notion of ‘who we are’.
I am neither a scientist nor philosopher, but it seems to me that looking for consciousness in the electrical potential activity of brain cells is never going to explain a whole lot. Imagine trying to explain an electron by solely studying magnetism in excruciating detail as best we can with instruments designed to detect only what we theorise is measurable in a magnetic effect - I.e. to see what we wish to see. That is similar to what neurologists are doing by measuring brain cell activity as a way to identify, and hence classify, consciousness.
In the end, the research may prove fruitful and lead to other discoveries and theories about brain cell activity and the communication channels of the body, but that is the only thing which will be elucidated, brain cell activy - nothing like consciousness (a slippery concept as I said).
The link will take you to the abstract, summary, results and conclusion of the scientific paper, but the paper itself is behind a paywall I’m sad to say (#Grifters have to make money out of publishing someone’s hard work - so dictates capitalism where profit is made from someone else’s sweat and effort, Bah! It wouldn’t be so distastful if $ were extracted only to recoup #publishing costs and wages, but shareholders? Leeches!)
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Here’s why you should pre-order my book...
It’s very good
Alan Rickman in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves was my first crush
I'm anti-fascist af
My feet are pretty sexy
I believe that hits all the marketing highs? 
Info here
https://kristie-de-garis.ghost.io/about-my-book-drystone-a-life-rebuilt/
solarpunk prompts https://stonemaiergames.com/the-darkest-timeline/
StoneMaier Games has a good explanation on how the 54% US tariff on #TTRPG and #boardGame s printed in China will impact the game market, #gameDesign and #publishing of #games
Stonemaier Games · The Darkest TimelineLast night I tried to work on a new game I’m brainstorming, but it’s really hard to create something for the future when that future looks so grim. I mostly just found myself staring bl…
What is the Guiness World Record for the largest number of different journal-generated logins accumulated by one person on Editorial Manager?
Maybe the record winner could get a prize, eg a brick wall to repeatedly bang their head against.
Luigi Mangione 'The company has taken our books and used it to make money. It has money, but instead of paying us for our intellectual property instead of licensing a word, it's taking it all for free.'
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#books #reading #writing #publishing #AI #bookstodon
Meta AI book scraping: 'We nee...
BBC NewsMeta AI book scraping: 'We need to speak up', say authorsAuthors say their books have been taken without permission and used to train Meta's AI systems.
'In my view, to fixate on words misses much of what translation is.'
Michelle Chan Schmidt talks to Matt Reeck about his philosophy of #translation
Just don't call it a #philosophy
#books #reading #writing #fiction #poetry #publishing #bookstodon @bookstodon
www.asymptotejournal.comThe Movement of Language: Matt Reeck on the Best Unexpressed - Asymptote BlogBut holding two languages ‘open’ at once is imperfect . . . you can get lost in between these two natures.
Inside arXiv—the Most Transformative Platform in All of Science https://www.wired.com/story/inside-arxiv-most-transformative-code-science/ #publishing #preprints #science
'The company has taken our books and used it to make money. It has money, but instead of paying us for our intellectual property instead of licensing a word, it's taking it all for free.'
Andrew Rogers talks to the authors standing up against #Meta
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c70w24j7jk1o
#books #reading #writing #publishing #AI #bookstodon @bookstodon
BBC NewsMeta AI book scraping: 'We need to speak up', say authorsAuthors say their books have been taken without permission and used to train Meta's AI systems.
Richard Charkin: Choose Your Own Memory Lane
Some of the big debates Richard Charkin reviews may have been resolved for the best, he says.
The post Richard Charkin: Choose Your Own Memory Lane appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.
https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/04/richard-charkin-choose-your-own-memory-lane/
#OpinionAndCommentary #London #Publishers #Publishing #PublishingContracts
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Publishing Perspectives · Richard Charkin: Choose Your Own Memory LaneSome of the big debates Richard Charkin reviews may have been resolved for the best, he says.
My weekly roundup of #publishing news #writing craft tips and #bookmarketing links is up.
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[Listening] Webinaire #ToutlAO #OAW25 "L'option de la non-cession exclusive des droits : un outil pour l'accès ouvert immédiat des publications scientifiques", avec Benoit Pier (croisé à Centrale Lyon jadis !).
=> insoutenables #APC fr. 
! (43 millions pour la #france, données Couperin)
#openaccess #openscience #costofknowledge #cost #publishing #cOAlitionS #ANR
Ruminating over the fact that the new tariffs might very well hit my costs on publishing hard media (DVDs, etc). A lot of those materials are probably made in China. Almost certainly overseas, anyway.
#Publishing #Video
Reveling in the Wonder of the Publishing Process
Senior Editor Robert Lee Brewer shares the wonder of the publishing process—both his own and that of several published authors.
The post Reveling in the Wonder of the Publishing Process appeared first on Writer's Digest.
https://www.writersdigest.com/reveling-in-the-wonder-of-the-publishing-process
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Writer's Digest · Reveling in the Wonder of the Publishing ProcessSenior Editor Robert Lee Brewer shares the wonder of the publishing process—both his own and that of several published authors.
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Disappointing that academic journals still convert vector graphics to low-quality figures.
- Our accepted manuscript contains only vector graphics
- We shared our original vector files during final submission + proofing
Yet the final typeset version contains this fuzzy mess. 
