It’s unavoidable. I’ve edited a few versions of Instagram for Dummies as well and sometimes you’re at the finish line then they roll out Highlights or Notes 🥹
I hope we get to do a second edition of #BlueskyForDummies so we can get into a few more functions and updates from the last few months.
Thank you for sharing! I’m so happy our book is in libraries. Vancouver, Burnaby, and Coquitlam have it around here.
@butow.bsky.social #BlueskyForDummies
38 million on Bluesky! 🎉
If you’d like a guide for basic to intermediate use, our #BlueskyForDummies might come in handy! 📚
Looking top down into a box of books with a purple border on the top, a photo of a butterfly, on a black background with a yellow border on the bottom half. The cover reads: Bluesky® dummies® A Wiley Brand Build your profile on Bluesky Find new friends and followers Take full control of your feed Eric Butow Rebecca Bollwitt Foreword by Jay Graber, Bluesky CEO
I will voluntarily drop off a bunch of my #BlueskyForDummies books at City Hall, TransLink, BC Ferries, who else?
Want to learn more about Bluesky? Pick up Bluesky for Dummies I wrote with @miss604.com wherever fine books are sold! #bluesky #BlueskyForDummies #dummies
ICYMI @butow.bsky.social and I wrote a book about Bluesky! From the very first steps like setting up your account, to custom feeds and apps, it’s a really handy guide. I hope folks enjoy it 😄
#BlueskyForDummies
Someone bought out the Langley @bookwarehouse.bsky.social location 🎉 there are still copies of #BlueskyForDummies at Broadway, Central City, and Semiahmoo stores #books #booksky
Every time I see a Bluesky profile that signed up but never posted, or hasn’t posted in months, I wish I could send them a copy of #BlueskyForDummies. It answers many questions and sparks so many lightbulb moments about how to really get the most out of the platform. 💡🦋 #booksky #books
Congratulations! Can’t wait to pick one up. #BlueskyForDummies
Will you be in #Vancouver this week? Don’t miss #WebSummit and meet my #BlueskyforDummies co-author @miss604.com and listen to Bluesky CEO @jay.bsky.team !
Outside on a city sidewalk on a sunny day. A hand is holding a book with a butterfly on the cover which reads: LEARNING MADE EASY Bluesky® dummies® A Wiley Brand Build your profile on Bluesky Find new friends and followers Take full control of your feed Eric Butow Rebecca Bollwitt Foreword by Jay Graber, Bluesky CEO
My book #BlueskyForDummies (with @butow.bsky.social) is in more stores in #Canada now 🥳
I’m looking forward to the kick-off of #WebSummit Vancouver tomorrow with @jay.bsky.team & @katie-drummond.bsky.social’s Fireside Chat “The Next Era in Social Media”
Looking top down into a box of books with a purple border on the top, a photo of a butterfly, on a black background with a yellow border on the bottom half. The cover reads: Bluesky® dummies® A Wiley Brand Build your profile on Bluesky Find new friends and followers Take full control of your feed Eric Butow Rebecca Bollwitt Foreword by Jay Graber, Bluesky CEO
My books are here 🥳
#BlueskyForDummies
Order yours: a.co/d/33KkUXj
Great to see you tonight at the meetup! #BlueskyForDummies #vancouver #TwoRebeccas
A collage of photos. Across the top is a smiling woman in a black hat holding up a magazine feature about her that says “from blind photographer to award-winning journalist” then in the bottom left of the collage is three people smiling in a selfie. Bottom right is a woman smiling and holding the Bluesky for Dummies book with a man smiling
And thanks to @adamvancouver.bsky.social @jasonsanders.bsky.social
and @cathybrowne.bsky.social (who is so wonderful she is worth mentioning twice)
#BlueskyForDummies
Collage of photos: top left is two copies of the book Bluesky For Dummies. Top right is two women smiling in a selfie. Bottom left is two women smiling in a selfie, one has curly hair and is wearing a black l hat. Bottom right A man in a red shirt, a woman in a black shirt holding the Bluesky for Dummies book and a man in a button up shirt everyone is smiling
Thanks to everyone who came out to the #BlueskyForDummies meetup! Including @cathybrowne.bsky.social @rebeccacoleman.bsky.social @mussels.bsky.social @johnbollwitt.com
A collage of photos of smiling women at a pub and one is holding the book Bluesky for Dummies
#BlueskyForDummies meetup on now in Gastown ☺️ so great to see familiar and new faces!
@snarkysteff.bsky.social @teresatrovatopr.bsky.social @thepaulacarlson.bsky.social @wahibachair.com @leeannwine.bsky.social @ijlaba.bsky.social @habits2happiness.bsky.social @westcoastgerman.bsky.social
At the #BlueskyForDummies launch with @miss604.com cc @butow.bsky.social #YVR 🦋
Exciting! I'll *try* to pop in a bit before class tonight. Are you using a hashtag for the event? #BlueskyForDummies ?
@miss604.com @butow.bsky.social
and @amandawtwong.bsky.social @camera-traders.com @jjadams.bsky.social @theaaronchapman.bsky.social @evelazarus.bsky.social @bluevilla.org and @thetyee.ca is one of our Starter Pack examples
#BlueskyForDummies #Booksky
Thanks to @butow.bsky.social @emilyliu.me @jay.bsky.team for making the #BlueskyForDummies book a reality.
Also to @snarkysteff.bsky.social @brenttoderian.bsky.social @vanalogueyvr.bsky.social @cyaneyed.wtf @curryandchips.bsky.social @wflbc.bsky.social
and more for being our screenshot examples
Screenshot of the blackbondbooks.com website showing a listing for the book Bluesky for Dummies by Eric Butow and Rebecca Bollwitt, 1st Edition paperback published May 6, 2025 in store $27.99 add to cart
It’s May 6 and our Bluesky book is NOW IN STORES and online 🎉🎉
I don’t have my author copies yet so I might just have to pop by a shop in the morning to pick one up.
#BlueskyForDummies #Booksky #books 📚
Local libraries that will have our #BlueskyForDummies book:
Vancouver Public Library (4 copies on hold, 6 on order)
Coquitlam Public Library (1 copy)
Richmond Public Library (2 copies)
Fraser Valley Regional Library (4 copies)
+ you can get it digitally on the libraries' Hoopla App 📘 #booksky
Less than a week until #BlueskyForDummies is on store shelves but it looks like I could order it for delivery by Friday on Amazon 🇨🇦 👀
#booksky
Barnes & Noble is offering 25% off preorders for my upcoming book #BlueskyForDummies until tomorrow (April 25) for their members.
Member program: www.barnesandnoble.com/membership/
Add to your cart: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/bluesky-fo...
Enter code PREORDER25 at checkout
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Hope to see you in 2 weeks at the #Vancouver Bluesky Meetup + #BlueskyForDummies #Book launch. A casual get-together at the Lamplighter from 4:30pm onward.
Screenshot of a book cover: Bluesky for Dummies (a Wiley Brand). There a photo of a butterfly on the left. In a purple circle there’s more text: “Build your profile on Bluesky Find new friends and followers Take full control of your feed.” In the bottom right on a yellow background it lists authors as Eric Butow, Rebecca Bollwitt and a Foreword by Jay Graber, Bluesky CEO
Two more weeks until #BlueskyForDummies is on store shelves, and the Kindle version is available now 🎉
Thanks to @jay.bsky.team for the foreword, and @emilyliu.me for being our Technical Editor. It was great to work on another book with @butow.bsky.social 15 years after our first title together 📚
Bluesky for Dummies A Wiley Brand Foreword by Jay Graber, Bluesky CEO Learning made easy Build your profile on Bluesky Find new friends and followers Take full control of your feed
Currently reading: #BlueskyForDummies by Eric Butow and Rebecca Bollwitt
#Booksky
Some of my Vancouver, BC, Canada lists you can Pin to Home:
Travel & Tourism
bsky.app/profile/miss...
News
bsky.app/profile/miss...
Local History
bsky.app/profile/miss...
and if you do want to follow, check out my Best of BC starter pack
bsky.app/starter-pack...
#BlueskyForDummies
New to #Bluesky? Want to follow ALL THE PEOPLE but wary of the firehose timeline? You can:
✍️ Create a List of accounts, use a theme/topic
💾 Save a Feed, which contains Lists & posts using specific parameters
📍 Pin a List or Feed, it will appear at the top of your Home screen
#BlueskyForDummies