A colleague of my husband's said to him yesterday, "[Your wife's first book] actually got me back to being a reader again."

That makes me all warm inside. Yes, I write for myself first—we all do—but when my stories have such an impact that they make people into readers again... man, that's the good stuff. 💗

Check out "that book" here: https://a.co/d/0b3jJOB6

#books #bookstodon #fantasy #Romantasy #SelfPublishing #Writer #Author

A colleague of my husband's said to him yesterday, "[Your wife's first book] actually got me back to being a reader again."

That makes me all warm inside. Yes, I write for myself first—we all do—but when my stories have such an impact that they make people into readers again... man, that's the good stuff. 💗

Check out "that book" here: https://a.co/d/0b3jJOB6

#books #bookstodon #fantasy #Romantasy #SelfPublishing #Writer #Author

We had a great time at the @xpub@post.lurk.org EXTRATERRESTRIAL ZINE FAIR. Gave our first talk about FREE BOOKS in a cute auditorium, followed by a lively discussion with participants. Throughout the day, we had many great interactions about minibiebs, data centres and undersea cables with other publishers and guests at our stall at the fair. By complete surprise, we met one of the contributors to the book who had found our original call for submissions online. The venue also came with its own minibieb attached to it!



#selfpublishing #publishingfair #zines #infrastructure #booktalk #minibieb

We had a great time at the @xpub@post.lurk.org EXTRATERRESTRIAL ZINE FAIR. Gave our first talk about FREE BOOKS in a cute auditorium, followed by a lively discussion with participants. Throughout the day, we had many great interactions about minibiebs, data centres and undersea cables with other publishers and guests at our stall at the fair. By complete surprise, we met one of the contributors to the book who had found our original call for submissions online. The venue also came with its own minibieb attached to it!



#selfpublishing #publishingfair #zines #infrastructure #booktalk #minibieb

I just removed DRM from my books on Amazon (they just allowed this). You can now download them in PDF or EPub format.

#Amazon #Books #Selfpublishing

Just delivered copies of these beauties to a local bookstore. 🥰

After selling all three copies of book one, they asked for five more, plus three copies each of books two and three. All signed! Hopefully they get them out in time for those last-minute Christmas shoppers. 🎄 📚

#Books #Fantasy #RomanticFantasy #FantasySeries #Series #Writer #SelfPublishing #IndieAuthor

Just delivered copies of these beauties to a local bookstore. 🥰

After selling all three copies of book one, they asked for five more, plus three copies each of books two and three. All signed! Hopefully they get them out in time for those last-minute Christmas shoppers. 🎄 📚

#Books #Fantasy #RomanticFantasy #FantasySeries #Series #Writer #SelfPublishing #IndieAuthor

I just removed DRM from my books on Amazon (they just allowed this). You can now download them in PDF or EPub format.

#Amazon #Books #Selfpublishing

Okay, it won't make me popular, but I'll say it. I'm not pulling my books off Amazon. Why? I need the money. My books have kept me from poverty in my old age, and I do not believe I would sell enough books elsewhere to do that. I just can't afford to be pure.

I've sold over 1100 books this month so far on Amazon, over 18,000 this year. That gives me enough money to live on, even if I didn't have Social Security or retirement funds. Without it, I'd just be scraping by. Like I said, I can't afford to be pure.

#Amazon #IndieAuthor #SelfPublishing

Okay, it won't make me popular, but I'll say it. I'm not pulling my books off Amazon. Why? I need the money. My books have kept me from poverty in my old age, and I do not believe I would sell enough books elsewhere to do that. I just can't afford to be pure.

I've sold over 1100 books this month so far on Amazon, over 18,000 this year. That gives me enough money to live on, even if I didn't have Social Security or retirement funds. Without it, I'd just be scraping by. Like I said, I can't afford to be pure.

#Amazon #IndieAuthor #SelfPublishing

The hardcopy book of my Game Development in Rust with Macroquad guide is now available with a 25% discount until the end of the year.

The book describes how to write a simple 2D shoot ‘em up game using Rust and the game library Macroquad.

https://www.lulu.com/shop/olle-wreede-and-esther-arzola-and-peter-str%C3%B6mberg-and-niklas-elmgren/game-development-in-rust-with-macroquad/hardcover/product-e785q7d.html

#Rust #RustLang #GameDev #game #programming #book #SelfPublishing #shootemup

It's live! Christmas in Norway, 2025.

Buy an unrestricted ePub, or get it on Kindle.

Then wait a month or so before you begin to read a text a day for Advent.

https://norwegianfolktales.net/books/Christmas-in-Norway-2025

Table of contents, links to buy the book, and financial details (to ward off any idea that I am enriching myself at your expense).

#Bookstodon #NorwegianFolktales #NorwegianLegends #Folktales #Folklore #SelfPublishing #Christmas #Norway #AdventCalendar

It's live! Christmas in Norway, 2025.

Buy an unrestricted ePub, or get it on Kindle.

Then wait a month or so before you begin to read a text a day for Advent.

https://norwegianfolktales.net/books/Christmas-in-Norway-2025

Table of contents, links to buy the book, and financial details (to ward off any idea that I am enriching myself at your expense).

#Bookstodon #NorwegianFolktales #NorwegianLegends #Folktales #Folklore #SelfPublishing #Christmas #Norway #AdventCalendar

Producing a visual essay in the McLuhan-esque style that’s about thinking about computers is hard, even in small editions.

The book is done and I’m contemplating pre-orders to direct production plans.

#books #selfpublishing #indiepress
https://scottboms.com/documenting/no-imagination

If your book(s) were, or are pirated on LibGen and subsequently used by Anthropic to train its AI models, the courts have ordered them to pay a minimum of $1.5B. Authors might/could/perhaps get an estimated payment of $3,000 per work (based on current estimates of the # of pirated works trained on).

But you definitely won't get your $$$ unless you register your claim: https://secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/register

#Author #IndieAuthor #IndieAuthors #SelfPublishing #Writing #WritersCoffeeClub

If your book(s) were, or are pirated on LibGen and subsequently used by Anthropic to train its AI models, the courts have ordered them to pay a minimum of $1.5B. Authors might/could/perhaps get an estimated payment of $3,000 per work (based on current estimates of the # of pirated works trained on).

But you definitely won't get your $$$ unless you register your claim: https://secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/register

#Author #IndieAuthor #IndieAuthors #SelfPublishing #Writing #WritersCoffeeClub

💸 GlobalAuthor Max Grand Prize Giveaway! Enter Before September 17, 2025 For Your Chance To Win (A $4,999 Value)

Leanpub is excited to announce our very first prize giveaway for authors, and it's a big one!

On September 17, 2025, we’re giving away a GlobalAuthor Max service package (a $4,999 value) to a Leanpub author.

Enter here: https://forms.gle/wrQ77UQqmabPnfcN9?ref=leanpub.com

#books #ebooks #writing #selfpublishing #author #leanpublishing