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As recommended by Curious Marc we're using the CZUR ET24 to scan bound documents. If we have anything that isn't already readily available, we hope to share these scans.
Special thanks to Joel Pothering for the Microsoft matched donation.
Would you like to help too? Visit https://icm.museum for information
Smashwords - Free Scifi Summer - My short stories are FREE from Smashwords July 1-31, 2025! Grab a free story from any of the eighteen below:
Hey #Bookstodon. I'm training hard to earn the title of World's Laziest Marketer. Thus four of my first-in-series books are free for the summer months.
Benefit from my laziness! Read some fun mystery novels. Maybe buy some of the subsequent books, if my work tickles your fancy. Boosts appreciated. Thanks! 
SUMMER FREEBIES 
https://cheribaker.com/collections/summer-freebies
New 3”x 3” stickers available in the shop!The poem is “Become”, one of my favorites from Library on Fire. https://www.nihtgengapress.com/product/become-sticker. Free shipping in the US!
My latest #ScienceFiction #novel is available in #eBook format!! 
It's about two women agents who are highly skilled fighting with blades. While they are undercover in enemy space, they find themselves in need of a new pilot. But they quickly attract attention from the oppressor enemy soldiers, which further threatens their mission.
It is a novel inspired by Western settler #colonialism and the taking of #indigenous land.
What if Psyche was a Gen-X Malaysian transplanted from her home because of an otherworldly visitation? What if there were a race of Cupids? Read on to find out more in this mythic fantasy with cozy vibes, found family and dark academia overtones. 
Let me put it this way: Have you ever read a Malaysian retelling of Cupid and Psyche that features Soundgarden's "Black Hole Sun"?
https://mythopoetica.com/2024/09/01/places-to-purchase-watermyth-ebook/
Após mais uma leitura de Fahrenheit 451, achei interessante uma reflexão que o livro me trouxe. Naquela sociedade, as pessoas estão sempre "se divertindo" com suas telas e conteúdos vazios. Em um diálogo, surge a seguinte reflexão quanto aos livros e à aquisição de conhecimento: É importante termos acesso à conteúdo de qualidade, livros de qualidade. O segundo ponto, é pensar. Refletir e digerir o que lemos. O terceiro passo é que tenhamos a liberdade para aplicar o que aprendemos. Esse é o poder dos livros, é sobre o que Fahrenheit fala. Os bons livros nos ensinam a pensar o mundo. E, como em Fahrenheit, as pessoas hoje em dia estão, em grande maioria, sendo impedidas de pensar por conta própria devido à constante distração em forma de entretenimento. Eu trago uma problemática com isso: até que ponto as futuras gerações estarão aptas à refletir e questionar? Se seguirmos daqui em diante como estamos agora, o futuro será composto de pessoas que pensam ou autômatos?
i found this buried in the dvd section at a thrift shop today and i am so excited to read it. published almost 140 years ago, the book is an extremely detailed account of the interiors and exteriors of japanese homes of the 19th century.
every aspect of craftsmanship is covered - from ceiling and roof wood braces, to the proper folding of sheets, lunch bentos, and sitting za-zen. the woodcut-style line art is to die for.
i'm glad to see IA has a scanned copy of the book too https://archive.org/details/japanesehomesthe00morsuoft/
Mermaids, memory, found family and mythical revisionings in a thick novel that marries epic fantasy with domestic fantasy. Watermyth enfolds a mise-en-abyme narrative strategy (the tale within a tale) to create multiple perspectives for those who like their fantasy novels a little mind-bendy.
EBOOK DISCOUNT: USD4.99 for the rest of 2025
https://mythopoetica.com/2024/09/01/places-to-purchase-watermyth-ebook/
Also available through various library subscription/catalogue services. Here are the ISBNs:
Print: 979-8224480395
eBook: 9798223523611
One year ago I published my third and best photo book to date. Vancouver Sun gave it a great review and I have sold copies worlwide. If you love nature and wildlife and are curious about Vancouver Island, this book has photos of bears, whales, otters, birds, etc. and landscapes.
You can only order it from me (not avail. on Amazon or other big corporations) so you're not enriching a billionaire but supporting a small business owned by a woman.
Order here https://www.catherinebabault.com/book/wild-vancouver-island-photo-book
#books #bookstodon
I am downright delighted to announce that my latest book, YOU DESERVE A TECH UNION, has a brand new look. I really love it, and I hope you do too.
Here’s a look at what’s changed and—maybe more importantly—what’s stayed the same:
https://ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/refresh-a-new-look-for-you-deserve-a-tech-union/
ethanmarcotte.comRefresh. — ethanmarcotte.com
More from 
Ethan Marcotte
It's here! Available now from Apress/SpringerNature, "We Just Build Hammers: Stories from the Past, Present, and Future of Responsible Tech" brings to life tales of the unsung heroes of responsible tech, and the science fiction that inspired them.
Find your copy at your favorite online bookstore, or learn more at https://thehammerbook.com
Boosts appreciated!
thehammerbook.comWe Just Build Hammers: A New Book by Coraline Ada EhmkeStories of visionaries from the past, present, & future of responsible tech, and the science fiction that inspired them. Available now from Apress.
"While Lycette’s novel about the threat of...AI could not be more timely, the story’s realistic portrait of the humans seeking to control it is what makes it memorable" - BestThrillers.com, "The Best Medical Thriller Books of the 21st Century"
Two yrs ago I became a published novelist! I still pinch myself! I double pinch myself that some other people said good things about it!!
#ebook on sale $0.99 (I'm sorry that only avail on #kindle; working w/publisher to try to change)
(paperback avail wherever online books sold; support an #indiebookstore! (pb & audiobook not on sale tho))
New server, new #introduction!
My name is Seth, I am a #migrant from the #US to #Germany and am a #cybersecurity manager, having been in #IT for 10 years and #security for 5.
My interests are #politics and #CurrentEvents (with a CW), #history, #art, #books, #scifi, #nature, #science, and #technology.
I am a diehard #leftie #communist / #Marxist / #socialist and will always fight for #humanrights and #workersrights. I'm very boring and boost more than I post.
The Drift of Things: David Goodman Croly’s Glimpses of the Future (1888)
A work of futurology intended to be read in 1888 and judged in 2000.
By Hunter Dukes
https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/glimpses-of-the-future/?utm_source=newsletter
Full text via @internetarchive
https://archive.org/details/glimpsesoffutur00crol/
If it looks easy, maybe you’re just not paying attention.
Drystone walling taught me that. Writing and photography did too. And all three remind me: just because something looks effortless doesn’t mean it is.
https://kristie-de-garis.ghost.io/the-effort-behind-effortless/
By Hand · The Effort Behind Effortless.Great Work Often Goes Unnoticed.
A beautifully built drystone wall blends into the landscape. A carefully crafted sentence reads effortlessly. A well-composed photograph is something people appreciate, often without knowing why. Effort and skill aren’t always noticeable—in fact, if you do your job well, they shouldn’t be.
Little Bits: Issue #21 for January 2025
Race on over to read the latest instalment of Little Bits issue #21 for January 2025 to explore the largest collection of discovered bits to date.
