#Books picks of the day:
➡️ @gutenberg_org (main) & @gutenberg_new (releases bot) - World's oldest digital library, distributes public domain ebooks
➡️ @canongatebooks - Award-winning independent publisher, founded 1973
➡️ @BookRiot - Book news site based in Canada, progressive outlook
➡️ @Locusmag - Sci-fi & fantasy publishing news in USA
➡️ @bookgaga - Bibliophile, posting on books, literary news, poetry etc
➡️ @WeightlessBooks - Bookshop selling DRM-free ebooks from indie presses
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#Books picks of the day (continued):
➡️ @scarletferret - Bookshop selling human-curated DRM-free indie ebooks
➡️ @DCBookstoPrisons - Non-profit providing books to prisoners in USA
➡️ @publicdomainrev - Non-profit highlighting public domain books, art etc
➡️ @DProofreaders - Volunteer project turning public domain books into eBooks
➡️ @libreture - Storing & organising DRM-free ebooks online
➡️ @nantucketebooks - Developing FOSS ebook creation tools
2/9
#Books picks of the day (continued):
➡️ @StelliformPress - Indie literary press, fiction with environmental & climate crisis themes
➡️ @bwjewishhistory - Indie Jewish publisher, focus on Jewish life 1850s-1920s
➡️ @firestorm - Queer feminist bookstore co-op in NC, USA
➡️ @BlindHistoryLady - Blind historian & author
➡️ @WeirdWriter (main) & @weirdwriter@spectra.video (audio-video) - Blind author, accessibility advocate
➡️ @lilithsaintcrow - Prolific novelist & long-time Fediverse user
3/9
#Books picks of the day (continued):
➡️ @cstross - Award-winning British SF&F novelist
➡️ @glynmoody - Tech writer & journalist, author of "Rebel Code"
➡️ @gleick - Award-winning science writer, author of "Chaos"
➡️ @pluralistic - Novelist, journalist, campaigner (NOTE: posts very long threads)
➡️ @janellecshane - Research scientist & author, AI Weirdness
➡️ @GreatDismal - Author of "Neuromancer", father of cyberpunk
➡️ @natania - Fantasy author & fashion historian
4/9
#Books picks of the day (continued):
➡️ @susankayequinn - Speculative fiction author, hopepunk & solarpunk
➡️ @daviddlevine - Hugo & Nebula-winning SFF author, "The Kuiper Belt Job"
➡️ @LindaNagata - Award-winning SFF author based in Hawaii
➡️ @paul_e_cooley - Prolific award-winning novelist, mainly sci-fi, horror, thriller
➡️ @dianeduane - Best-selling sci-fi & fantasy novelist, "Young Wizards", "Middle Kingdoms", Star Trek novels
➡️ @gregeganSF - SF novelist & short story writer
5/9
#Books picks (continued):
➡️ @CreatureAuthor - Author of SFF novels featuring kaiju & mythical monsters
➡️ @JennThorson - Author of humorous SFF books, also diorama art
➡️ @SuzyShearer - Australian romance author
➡️ @inventaire - Online platform for organising physical lending libraries & private book collections
➡️ @kiwix - FOSS apps for using Wikipedia etc offline
➡️ @SarahHLib - Academic librarian at Bodleian in Oxford, UK
➡️ @stabihh - Hamburg State & University Library (in German)
6/9
#Books picks (continued):
➡️ @alaeditionsns - Publishing arm of American Library Association
➡️ @comicslibrarian - Collection Development Manager at a public library
➡️ @oldirelandincolour - Irish history books featuring colourised photography
➡️ @AbandonedAmerica - Podcast & books about derelict sites in USA
➡️ @lunastation - Speculative fiction by female authors
➡️ @Perkamentus - Antiquarian, collector of rare books (in Dutch)
➡️ @blackwellrare - UK bookshop buying & selling rare titles
7/9
#Books picks (continued):
➡️ @NewDoorBooks - Author-owned small literary press in PA, USA
➡️ @Unbound - UK publisher of crowdfunded books
➡️ @craicer - Tips & advice on book marketing for indie authors
➡️ @bookshopIE - Second-hand bookshop in Thurles, Ireland
➡️ @samuelpepys - Diaries of Samuel Pepys posted in real time
➡️ @dorothyparker - Excerpts from Dorothy Parker’s poetry
➡️ @SherlockHolmesQuotes - Quotations from Sherlock Holmes
➡️ @obliquestions - Questions out of context from books
8/9
#Books picks (cont.):
Accounts below are discussion groups, more info at https://fedi.tips/how-to-use-groups-on-the-fediverse
➡️ @bookstodon - Books
➡️ @audiobooks - Audiobooks
➡️ @authorindiespeak - Peer support for independent authors
➡️ @bookhistodons - Old books & history of books
➡️ @horrorbooks - Horror books
➡️ @indigenousauthors - Indigenous authors
➡️ @lgbtqbookstodon - LGBTQIA+ books
➡️ @librarians - Librarians
➡️ @libraries - Libraries
➡️ @romancelandia - Romantic fiction
➡️ @sffbipoc - SFF by BIPOC authors
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