RIP: the paperback

"‘We’re losing #accessibility’: America says goodbye to the mass-market #paperback

The so-called ‘pocket #book’ sold in supermarkets is being phased out across the US

They had that democratic aspect to them where you can just find them anywhere and it always felt like... there is something here for everyone, whether it’s the Harlequin romance novel or something very pulpy like a sci-fi or horror novel that you could quickly get”

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/feb/24/america-says-goodbye-paperback

#books #bookstodon

One of these is better than the others... you know the one I mean 😁

@bookstodon @books
@worldbuilding @humor@fedigroups.social @humor@lemmy.world @aiop

#SpeculativeFiction #FantasyBooks
#FantasyMemes #Worldbuilding #Fantasy #SciFi #Meme #Memes #Humor #Humour #Funny
#Low #High #Epic #Science #Opera #Hard #CottageCore #SolarPunk #Comedic #Whatever #GiveMeAllYouveGot
#Book #Books #Novel #Novels #Bookstodon #Bookworm #Bookwyrm #BookLove

One of these is better than the others... you know the one I mean 😁

@bookstodon @books
@worldbuilding @humor@fedigroups.social @humor@lemmy.world @aiop

#SpeculativeFiction #FantasyBooks
#FantasyMemes #Worldbuilding #Fantasy #SciFi #Meme #Memes #Humor #Humour #Funny
#Low #High #Epic #Science #Opera #Hard #CottageCore #SolarPunk #Comedic #Whatever #GiveMeAllYouveGot
#Book #Books #Novel #Novels #Bookstodon #Bookworm #Bookwyrm #BookLove

Agentic Software Engineering Book

https://agenticse-book.github.io/

#HackerNews #AgenticSoftwareEngineering #Book #SoftwareEngineering #TechBooks #Innovation

📚 RE-TOOT - After 12 months of writing, my first novella is finally here! (bit nervous sharing this tbh)
"Connection Timeout: The PingStarved Chronicles"

2030 Barcelona: The internet is a corporate prison.
Real mesh protocols, authentic hacker culture
DRM free
ebook and paper copy
86 pages PDF & EPUB
- Non-Amazon: https://rek2.gumroad.com/l/connection-timeout-cyberpunk
- US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FWZ9G8X5
- Spain: https://www.amazon.es/dp/B0FWZ9G8X5

#HackerFiction #SciFi #Books #MeshNetworking #Privacy #HackerCulture #Hacking #Hackers #book

📚 RE-TOOT - After 12 months of writing, my first novella is finally here! (bit nervous sharing this tbh)
"Connection Timeout: The PingStarved Chronicles"

2030 Barcelona: The internet is a corporate prison.
Real mesh protocols, authentic hacker culture
DRM free
ebook and paper copy
86 pages PDF & EPUB
- Non-Amazon: https://rek2.gumroad.com/l/connection-timeout-cyberpunk
- US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FWZ9G8X5
- Spain: https://www.amazon.es/dp/B0FWZ9G8X5

#HackerFiction #SciFi #Books #MeshNetworking #Privacy #HackerCulture #Hacking #Hackers #book

With his erudite comments on religious extremists and people who want to ban books, one would think this interview took place yesterday and not 45 years ago. I could listen to Gore Vidal all day. #Politics #Culture #Entertainment #Books #Book #US #USpol https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hU7UD_KHOP0

#haiku #poem #poetry #book #BlurbBooks
Minor Transient Documents of Everyday Life are three line recipes, short stories, jokes, riddles, science projects, love notes, horrors, confessions, and memories. A collection of haiku written between the years 2022-2024. buy it - https://www.blurb.com/b/12425046-minor-transient-documents-of-everyday-life

#haiku #poem #poetry #book #BlurbBooks
Minor Transient Documents of Everyday Life are three line recipes, short stories, jokes, riddles, science projects, love notes, horrors, confessions, and memories. A collection of haiku written between the years 2022-2024. buy it - https://www.blurb.com/b/12425046-minor-transient-documents-of-everyday-life

Everywhere, advice on how to write faster. A novel in four months, a blog post a day, Substack longform in an hour.

Write quicker. Publish more. Optimise. Optimise. Optimise.

This essay argues for something else.

Speed doesn’t just change how we write, it changes what can be written at all.

https://kristiedegaris.substack.com/p/the-writing-factory

#Writing #WritingCommunity #Reading #Book #Books #Scotland #UK #Publishing #Craft

Qualcuno ha mai "hackerato" un Kindle?
Ne ho uno vecchio di seconda mano che sto usando perché ho scoperto che si può scegliere come font " Open Dyslexic" ed è la svolta.
Ma oltre che non voglio finanziare Amazon, comunque costa.

Apprezzo boost ❣️

#kindle #book #libri #jailbreak #KORO

Qualcuno ha mai "hackerato" un Kindle?
Ne ho uno vecchio di seconda mano che sto usando perché ho scoperto che si può scegliere come font " Open Dyslexic" ed è la svolta.
Ma oltre che non voglio finanziare Amazon, comunque costa.

Apprezzo boost ❣️

#kindle #book #libri #jailbreak #KORO

Everywhere, advice on how to write faster. A novel in four months, a blog post a day, Substack longform in an hour.

Write quicker. Publish more. Optimise. Optimise. Optimise.

This essay argues for something else.

Speed doesn’t just change how we write, it changes what can be written at all.

https://kristiedegaris.substack.com/p/the-writing-factory

#Writing #WritingCommunity #Reading #Book #Books #Scotland #UK #Publishing #Craft

"Born in 1936 to a #Syrian- #Jewish family in #Cairo, #ClaudiaRoden studied in #London to become a painter before becoming engrossed by the stories and #recipes of #Britain’s expatriate #Egyptian community. She began teaching #MiddleEastern #cooking from her home, hosting the #BBC series “Claudia Roden’s #Mediterranean #Cookery” and becoming a prolific #food #journalist and #cookbook #author. She is best known for two #publications: A #Book of Middle Eastern Food, a cookbook first published in 1968 that remains an important influence on top #chefs around the world, and The Book of Jewish Food: An Odyssey from #Samarkand to #NewYork, an opus on Jewish #cooking that provides a detailed history of Jewish holidays and recipes from the #diaspora."

https://mirrorspectator.com/2026/02/12/claudia-rodens-armenian-kofta-with-mashed-potato-pine-nuts-and-raisins/

"Born in 1936 to a #Syrian- #Jewish family in #Cairo, #ClaudiaRoden studied in #London to become a painter before becoming engrossed by the stories and #recipes of #Britain’s expatriate #Egyptian community. She began teaching #MiddleEastern #cooking from her home, hosting the #BBC series “Claudia Roden’s #Mediterranean #Cookery” and becoming a prolific #food #journalist and #cookbook #author. She is best known for two #publications: A #Book of Middle Eastern Food, a cookbook first published in 1968 that remains an important influence on top #chefs around the world, and The Book of Jewish Food: An Odyssey from #Samarkand to #NewYork, an opus on Jewish #cooking that provides a detailed history of Jewish holidays and recipes from the #diaspora."

https://mirrorspectator.com/2026/02/12/claudia-rodens-armenian-kofta-with-mashed-potato-pine-nuts-and-raisins/

Completly misunderstanding how society works is what tech bros do best! 😂

@bookstodon @books @joinin
@worldbuilding @humor@fedigroups.social @humor@fedigroups.social @humor@lemmy.world @aiop

#Tech #Bro #Dystopian
#SpeculativeFiction #FantasyBooks
#FantasyMemes #SciFiMemes #Fantasy #SciFi #Meme #Memes #Humor #Humour #Funny
#Low #High #Epic #Science #Opera #Hard #CottageCore #SolarPunk #Comedic #Whatever #GiveMeAllYouveGot
#Book #Books #Novel #Novels #Bookstodon #Bookworm #Bookwyrm #BookLove

Completly misunderstanding how society works is what tech bros do best! 😂

@bookstodon @books @joinin
@worldbuilding @humor@fedigroups.social @humor@fedigroups.social @humor@lemmy.world @aiop

#Tech #Bro #Dystopian
#SpeculativeFiction #FantasyBooks
#FantasyMemes #SciFiMemes #Fantasy #SciFi #Meme #Memes #Humor #Humour #Funny
#Low #High #Epic #Science #Opera #Hard #CottageCore #SolarPunk #Comedic #Whatever #GiveMeAllYouveGot
#Book #Books #Novel #Novels #Bookstodon #Bookworm #Bookwyrm #BookLove

New in our electronic collection:

➡️ Synthetic Frontiers: Ocean Plastic and the Persistence of Trash Islands

🔗 https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/15813.001.0001

"Bringing feminist science and technology studies approaches to materiality together with hydrohumanities critiques of terracentrism, Kim De Wolff shows how ocean plastic pollution is shaped by land/water divides and the fluidities that defy them."

#Ocean #OceanPlastic #OpenAccess #OpenScience #Book #Books #Bookstodon #Pollution #FeministScience #Environment

A recent interview. I really enjoyed answering these questions.

We talk about the realities of neurodivergence, the invisible labour inherent in publishing, my opinions on ‘nature cure’, and why so much writing advice falls flat for so many (it travels well because it sounds confident, not because it’s accurate, and it often asks writers to distrust their own ways of working).

https://neurodivergentnotesonwriting.substack.com/p/my-process-is-simply-adapting-to

#Scotland #Writing #WritingCommunity #Books #Book #Reading #UK #Author #Women #ADHD