Oooh, looks like @indieauthoralli.bsky.social has a bookstore website now! bookstore.allianceindependentauthors.org
As in, it's a place where us indies can list our books with the links to the various retail websites, it's not a new selling platform!
I rarely see this kind of thing happen with other genres. It's always romance where people come in with 'original' ideas on how to 'fix' the genre and the ideas are never original.
nsfw content gets a rap of being easy money or "the dream" but every single one of us is wondering what's going to happen when the life we've built for ourselves is going to get taken away by law or platform TOS
If you like spooky sapphic books, good news, the @iheartsapphfic.bsky.social Spooky Spectacular is back!
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What a fantastic piece, in which @readingtheend.bsky.social absolutely nails what's wrong with publisher-monetised fanfic.
"Let’s not get into the habit of trawling the wriggling, unknowable sea floor that is fandom, only to feed its most palatable morsels into the hungry maw of capitalism."
It being P2P OFMD fic was my first assumption too, because that's often the case with other 'reskinned' romances like with Reylo, but the OFMD fans are both surprised and angry. That makes me doubt it's some established and wellknown ficwriter from the fandom.
Graphic with a pale blue background. It features a white duck looking with a smirk toward the viewer, his winges spread behind him; the wings have a rainbow gradient. Text on the gaphic reads "Support Duck Prints Press on Patreon, Receive a Backer Exclusive Freebie or any merch item up to $5."
A graphic over a pale blue background. It says "Spread the word!" with a heart and a share symbol below that, then the words "to enter the giveaway." Below that is the art from the front cover of the book "Add Magic to Taste," showing a dragon brewing a potion, beside which is the text "of a print copy of our first anthology Add Magic to Taste."
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How dare they do Catherine and Henry dirty like that 😤
In this particular case, I am not sure if it *is* a fic author pulling a fic and publishing it. It is the author's second book and her first book has zero connection to the fandom she is now promoting to. Maybe the author just saw a useful marketing hook
"It can't be *that* blatant", I thought.
I thought wrong.
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On itch io, payment processors, and the developers and creatives affected
I wrote about the itch deindexing, stripe, a religious group & a call to action + shared amazing words from 25 affected creators who took their time to write me.
🔁 RTs Appreciated 🔁
#itch #indiedev #visualnovel #comic #novel
Oh look, some shitty pressure group is telling payment processors that adults aren't allowed to have fun: itch.io/updates/upda...
Congrats on causing an UNSAFER online environment, asshats.
What a load of bullshit. If you know you have a weakness as an author, you either work to improve that weakness, for example fight scenes. You practise. You ask for beta readers. Feedback.
Or you decide to avoid it for now. Both options are fine.
Using genAI to write is NOT fine, jfc.
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The initial deadline has passed, nothing in the email thread from the organiser *or* other participants. Nice to know I don't need to feel bad about dropping out since no one cared, but also ugh.
You can still enter to win! Want an audiobook for this weekend? Drop a comment on the post on SBTB and let us know which book from our playlist you want most (and they're not all pictured below).
👀👀👀 I know a ton of yall are writers 👀👀👀 SUBMIT! 🥹🫶🏽
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Kinda figured that if I emailed an anthology organiser to say I had to drop out I'd at least get a reply back to acknowledge that, but I sent that dropping out email on Friday, so I guess not 🤷♀️
(It wasn't even a big anthology either, and mostly informal)
For the sapphic bookworms, @iheartsapphfic.bsky.social
is doing their Great Pride Giveaway: iheartsapphfic.com/2025/06/08/g...
The one for the 8th of June has 54 books up for grabs, including The Gargoyle Gets A Girlfriend! #sapphicromance #sapphfic
If you're looking for new books to read: indievisibleevents.com
There's currently a Summer Extravaganza AND you can look for loads of different queer rep! Ace, lesbian, gay, bi, nb, trans - all have their own tag to make it easier to find the rep you're looking for #indieauthors
For the sapphic bookworms, @iheartsapphfic.bsky.social is doing their Great Pride Giveaway: iheartsapphfic.com/2025/06/04/g...
Today there's 46!!! books up for grabs, including The Gargoyle Gets A Girlfriend! #sapphicromance
So, I think it's time I begin, in detailed specifics, talking about the mess that is Unbound / Boundless as a book publisher, in essence stealing most of a years royalties from me and many other authors, as a result of poor financial decisions, and legal BS.
Please read and share this thread.
I choose to focus on the people in the replies who go 'I was on Depp's side when it went down, but I have since changed my mind'. Changing your mind after thinking about it more or when you learn more about a thing, we love to see it!
I still have opinions about #DoctorWho but on a positive note, I bet there are people writing Mel/The Rani hatesex right now 👌
Okay, what the fuck was that, #doctorwho.
It's Mystery/Suspense/Thriller Week on IHS!
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If you're in Europe and you haven't yet: www.euronews.com/next/2025/05...
Screencap of KDP in which we authors upload books. On the left: AI-generated Content. Amazon is collecting information about the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools in creating content. Info button with 'What is AI-generated content?' Did you use AI tools in creating texts, images and/or translations in your book? Yes No no is selected
Why do I have to tell Amazon whether I used AI tools in the creation of my book if they aren't gonna make that a filter for readers?? 🙃 #indieauthor
Rectangular image with a rainbow background and stacks of books at the bottom. Bottom text: I Heart Sapphfic 2025 Sapphic Reading Challenge Middle Text Week #20 Grumpy/Sunshine
Book cover for A Hellhound for Halloween. Bottom half has orange glitter and lights with two Hallowee Jack o'Lanterns. top half has an autumnal forest background and two women. On the left, a white blonde woman in her late twenties with a short pixie cut, she's smiling and wearing a black tanktop. On the right, a broodier white brunette who is eyeing the blond while wearing a leather jacket.
It's Grumpy/Sunshine Week in @iheartsapphfic.bsky.social 's Reading Challenge, and Teresa and Charlotte are a part of it!
More info: iheartsapphfic.com/2025/05/19/2025-i-heart-sapphfic-reading-challenge-week-twenty-12-books-on-sale/
#sapphicbooks #sapphicromance
