Visit the Salon to register: mslexia.co.uk/salon/

#amwriting #writingcommunity #indiepresses #indiepublishing

Small presses #indiepresses #booksky check out The 404 Ink Bursary #UK

Many congratulations, @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social! So well deserved! #indiepresses #publishing

At 'How to Get Published' you'll have the chance to hear from #author & #publisher Isabelle Kenyon (Fly on the Wall Press). She'll share her top tips on getting published & what #indiepresses offer authors!

Book: www.writersandartists.co.uk/events-and-courses/how-g...

Thank you to everyone who posted a pitch yesterday for the Indie Extravaganza! ❤️ We're looking forward to what the editors have to say today!

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#writingcommunity #indiepresses #indiepublishers #indiepublishing #amwriting #mslexia #mslexiasalon

I'm not entering the draw because I already have a copy of this.
It was the cover artwork that caught my eye, but what you can't see here is that the writing inside is also excellent.

#Booksky #IndiePresses

100 Notable Small Press Books of 2025 The idea of 100 Notable Small Press Books was born November 2024, after The New York Times’s annual 100 Notable Books list featured eighty-two books from the Big Five publishing houses (Pengu…

100 Notable Small Press Books of 2025: An Addition and a Correction. lithub.com/100-notable-... #smallpresses #indiepresses #bestbooks

STOREWIDE SALE. All the way through the end of December. Shop undertakerbooks.com for all your horror-fiction-gifting needs!

#sale #decembersale #shopsmall #smallbusinesssaturday #indiepresses #authors #smallpress #horror #horrorbooks #horrorreads #spookyreads #YA #middlegrade #horrorwesterns

Independent publishers and small presses (Sixteen Rivers is among that number)—this informative and ultimately sobering thread on the closure of the Baker & Taylor distribution center is worth a gander. #indiepresses #publishing

Salt acquires Jude Cook's 'existential' new literary thriller Salt has acquired a new “existential” literary thriller by Jude Cook.

Thrilled to announce the wonderful @saltpublishing.com are to publish my new novel, TIME BEING, in September 2026. I can't think of a better home for my book! #indiepresses www.thebookseller.com/rights/salt-...

30 Books To Read This Latinx Heritage Month—And Beyond Add these reads to your TBR stat.

"Drawn from inspiration from his own Chicano and Mexican culture, Olivas weaves love, humor, and suspense in this collection of stories that’ll leave you wanting more."
     —Marilyn La Jeunesse, ELLE
www.elle.com/culture/book... #ELLEmagazine #shortstories #Chicano #Indiepresses

Publishing Indie: A Guide for First Time Authors We’re celebrating by highlighting last month’s Indie Bookstore Day and using this week to offer a helping hand to those aspiring authors,

Ready to query?
Check out our list of indie publishers (including @textpublishing.bsky.social ) accepting fiction, poetry, and nonfiction manuscripts.
📖Submission guidelines
⚠️Red flags to watch for
📌Extra writer resources

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My journalist novel with Mount Adams as backdrop.

Sunshine Girl has been spotted in the wild near Mount Adams in the Cascade Range, Washington state. #journalistnovel #heliotropebooks #pacificnorthwest #indiepresses

My novel, Chicano Frankenstein (Forest Avenue Press), won a silver medal IBPA Book Award last night! Mil gracias to the judges and my wonderful publisher. Details: www.ibpabookaward.org/winners-lati...
#books #HorrorCommunity #indiepresses #horror #Latine

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👻 Check out my artwork in Volume Five of Fraidy Cat Quarterly, available from @fraidycatpress.bsky.social! 🐈‍⬛ #artistsonbluesky #spookyart #indiepresses

Labour discussion updates | Our company Get the latest updates on negotiation activities.

#BookSky #IndiePresses Disruption likely with shipments to CANADA
What's happening: Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) are working through negotiations to renew their collective agreement in effect until May 22, 2025.
www.canadapost-postescanada.ca/cpc/en/our-c...

On the Latest Threat to Literary Culture’s Fragile Ecosystem: Donald Trump There’s an ongoing crisis in book publishing. I mean, there are many, but corporate consolidation is a threat to anyone who cares about books. When there are fewer publishers, both large and small,…

On the Latest Threat to Literary Culture’s Fragile Ecosystem: Donald Trump. Maris Kreizman Wonders What Can Be Done in the Face of Trump’s Devastating NEA Cuts? lithub.com/on-the-lates... #NEA #publishing #literature #books #indiepresses

Look at your favorite indie presses and lit mags to see if they've lost their NEA grants. Then, buy their books, subscribe to their journal, make a donation. #NEA #indiepresses #WritingCommunity @hubcitypress.bsky.social @themassreview.bsky.social @milkweededitions.bsky.social

My conversation with @carolineleavitt.bsky.social of @amightyblaze.bsky.social. We talk of #indiepresses, intersecting visual and literary arts, nonfiction and fiction, alternative histories, and my novel Tomorrow Will Bring Sunday's News. www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8c3... @tursulowepress.bsky.social

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There are now 1189 independent publishers and presses on the Independent Publisher website with at least one directory post being added a week

I'll also be working on adding to this as much as possible this coming week

#Booksky 💙📚 #publisher #IndiePublisher #IndiePresses

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I’m just an individual with an indie imprint, @s8cpublications.bsky.social, but I was also published by some other #IndiePresses this year and if you feel like I produced something worthy of an award, here are my 2024 eligible works:

Reminder: While our theme is “Homer’s Oddities,” that could be anything. Do you have stories, poems or art on the subject of travel, family, or war?

Guidelines and past issues available at LudingtonWriters.org

#openforsubmissions #WritingCommunity #ArtCommunity #indiepresses

More lovely news today! My novel, Chicano Frankenstein (Forest Avenue Press), is a finalist in the #scifi category for the Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards! Check out the whole list:
www.forewordreviews.com/awards/final... #bookawards #indiepresses #indiebooks

If you're in the Nyack, NY area, don't miss @janishubschman.bsky.social's book signing event!
#womenwriters #shortstories #bettybooks #authorevent #indiepresses

Part 2 of Lit Mags and Small Presses!

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Lit mags and small presses:

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Enjoy!

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My Chicano Heart: New and Collected Stories of Love and Other Transgressions a book by Daniel A. Olivas My Chicano Heart is a collection of author Daniel A. Olivas's favorite previously published tales about love, along with five new stories, that explore the complex, mysterious, and occasionally absurd...

God bless Bookshop and #indiebookstores! And thank you for supporting writers like me who are published by #indiepresses. My latest story collection, My Chicano Heart (Uiversity of Nevada Press), is available on Bookshop. bookshop.org/p/books/my-c...

Big thanks to the folks over at Flying Island Journal for including my poem, Ring Around the Rosie, in their latest edition. Much appreciated #literary #indiepresses #poetry #literaryjournals

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To counteract #BlackFriday let's have an #IndieRainbow where we shout indie bookshops and publishers whether they have a sale or not. Please feel free to introduce your fave titles Indies!

#indies #independentbookshop #IndieRainbow
#bookshops #indiepresses #indiepublishers

Lit mags/ small presses starter pack if helpful!

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