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Pause for health 🌟
Important update: I'm going on a hiatus to take better care of my health and avoid burnout. This break is all about healing and finding balance. I appreciate your support and understanding during this period. Let's all remember to prioritise our health. I will be posting less frequently as a result.
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#TakingABreak #HealthFirst
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Glasgow 2024 Hugo Awards voting fraud uncovered
"Many of these votes favoured one finalist in particular, who we will call Finalist A."
#HugoAwards #WorldCon #SciFi
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Accessible online retailer Books2Door announces record-breaking half-year results
"2023 has been our strongest year to date, and we’re only halfway through," says Books2Door founder
#Books2Door #books
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Academic authors alarmed over Taylor & Francis and Microsoft #AI deal
"I get no payment for using my research labour, never mind the bigger problems of this energy-intensive extractivism..."
#tech #publishing howtobe247.com/academic-authors-taylor-francis-mic…
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Tilly Fitzgerald, who runs Tilly Loves Books, thanked more than 500 open letter signatories after being fired by Waterstones
"[It] really and truly has meant everything - not just to me, but to the #LGBTQIA+ community," she told How To Be Books
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Bookseller, who runs Tilly Loves Books on TikTok, sacked by Waterstones over gender critical author comments. Store now faces backlash
"I was speaking of my choice to throw my own books of theirs away as I didn’t want to personally support them."
#LGBTQ
howtobe247.com/waterstones-backlash-controversy-ti…
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Arnaud Lagardère re-appointed as CEO of #Hachette parent company while battling embezzlement claims
"I am obviously delighted to be resuming my position as chief executive officer of the group that bears my name"
howtobe247.com/arnaud-lagardere-appointed-lagarder…
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Neil Gaiman denies sexual assault claims made by two women, saying encounters were consensual
Gaiman has said New Zealand police did not accept his “offer of assistance”
#NeilGaiman howtobe247.com/neil-gaiman-sexual-assault-claims-t…
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#Labour government welcomed by UK #publishing sector
"We are optimistic that Labour’s recognition of the importance of the UK’s creative industries and research institutions provides a strong basis for collaboration over the coming years," Publishers Association CEO Dan Conway says.
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Ismail Kadare books: five top reads by Albanian author who died aged 88
“Bellos’s translations...first introduced English-speaking readers to the work of this great, lamented, world-class writer", says @TheBookerPrizes CEO Gaby Wood
#IsmailKadare #books #Albania howtobe247.com/ismail-kadare-books-five-top-reads-…
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