Antithesis Press

And while that's been pretty frustrating, we also spent the day looking at a possible retail space for the bookshop/cafe/event space side of the business and that was super exciting.

So. Yes. It's been a day.

And so we've spent much of the day working on a different workflow and trying to refine that so I'm not just spending days fixing the output and generating something so messy that it's not reliable across different ereaders.

Let's just say Affinity V3s reflowable ePUB is... not yet a thing of beauty for books that are not simple.

It's also not (at least from our sample of one) a thing of functionality.

Unless you like your books in a random font with the text centre aligned with random markup in the contents page.

Today's been a *day*.

Our first book is really close to being ready for press so we decided to work on the ePUB version of it.

It turns out the theoretical 'knowing ePUB production is a hot mess' thing is entirely different from a practical 'discovering how much of a hot mess it is' experience.

Layout, round 2 has begun! (First time was a practice run).

If we can get our payment processor sorted we should be ready for preorders for our first few books in the next few weeks!

This book (recommended by the lovely @april.social) is absolutely destroying me.

Writing with Research with Kristen Neuschel & Ann Marie Rasmussen (Sponsored by RCWMS) - RCWMS Writing with Research is built around a simple insight: if you feel strongly that you’ve got something to say or know there’s a problem you feel compelled to investigate, then […]

If you're interested in how to balance writing and research, whether non fiction, fiction, or student writing, here's a free zoom meeting/talk/discussion with the authors of a new book on that very topic, Oct 30, 7 pm ET. #writing #writing&research #research

Sign up here:

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Trans women are building their own publishing world, and it’s under threat Online communities are stepping in where traditional publishing stops.

This article by @taliabhatt.itch.io reminded me of what I saw watching author friends challenges and is exactly why we exist.

And also why we're not open yet... Because our first two payment processor options were based in Texas... So now we're working on option 3 www.theverge.com/cs/features/...

The authors: Persephone is a pretty terrible person.
GO characters: Persephone is a pretty terrible person.
The readers: Can she step on me?

Blue Cactus Press Liberation Through Books Blue Cactus Press is an independent publishing house creating books about liberation by folks from historically marginalized groups. Purchase our books to support small press publishing and our ecosys...

Had an amazing day with Chris from Blue Cactus Press ( bluecactuspress.com ) at Tacoma Studio Tour.

Met lovely people, had some great conversations, and got to practice our elevator pitch. Also super excited because we have found out about some potential upcoming events thanks to today, too!

Our table at Blue Cactus Press

We're at Tacoma Studio Tour at Blue Cactus Press! ( tacomaartsmonth.org/2025-studio-... ) Why not come visit us and say hi!

(And check out Blue Cactus Press' awesome range of books).

the words "international lesbian day book bundle" on a minimalist background in the lesbian flag colors

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Galactic Unicorn: Another Phoebe and Her Unicorn Adventure Volume 22 Another Phoebe and Her Unicorn Adventure Volume 22

Reminder that book 22 (!) will be out October 7, is called “Galactic Unicorn,” contains some of my favorite comics I’ve made, and is already available for preorder.

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As a reader, I love when I have access to both a physical book and an ebook edition. The physical book is my favored reading experience, but when I'm traveling the ease of just grabbing my ereader is nice.

So, I'm just wondering what y'all's preference is... Do you buy one, both?

Banned Books Night: Read for Your Rights! OCT. 5TH AT 5:00 BOOKSHOP SANTA CRUZ SC PL SANTA CRUZ PUBLIC LIBRARIES With bestselling author Charlie Jane Anders, Director of Santa Cruz Public Libraries Christopher Platt, and author and bookseller Yves • At Bookshop Santa Cruz GENSORSHIP is so 1984 FOR YOUR RIGHTS ALAAmericanLibraryAssociation ©2025 American Library Association ala.org/bbooks

Santa Cruz! I am coming to you!

This Sunday, Oct. 5, I'll be at Bookshop Santa Cruz for the kickoff of Banned Books Week. Fight for your right to read the stories you love <3

BONUS RELEASE: STRANGLER IN A STRANGE LAND 4 — THE FINAL CHAPTER (33.8k) | Alyson Greaves Get more from Alyson Greaves on Patreon

STRANGLER IN A STRANGE LAND — CHAPTER 4

This is the final chapter of my wife’s Dorley story, now available to all patrons!

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Hal Schrieve Visit the post for more.

At the moment I run around attempting to catch up with all the things I should already have done!

But, fingers crossed, our catalog will be up next month & print runs hopefully starting in December...

Anyhow, good luck with Fawn's Blood. It's so good!

Folks! You should go buy it: halschrieve.com

@halschrieve.bsky.social Thanks for the awesome talk at Browsers this evening! It was great to meet you...Sorry we don't have business cards yet! ;)

I did not plan to spend today attempting to coax a financial institution into letting me give them money, but here we are.

Front cover of 'We Deserve This; a Transfeminine Automotive Lookbook', and photo of the author, Victoria Scott who has brown shoulder length hair and an off the shoulder black top, she's wearing glasses and has deep red lipstick on.

The awesome and delightful @victoriascott.bsky.social is at Elliott Bay books in Seattle tonight. If you can you should go see her (and buy her excellent book).

This is why we need to make this work.

(The radio silence has been business planning time).

I feel like I ought to be able to point to the bad posts I was making in 2001 to verify my age for internet purposes

We're super grateful to the generous folks who've opened up and shared really useful information so we can hopefully learn from their experience.

Censorship is a sinkhole. You are not safe just because it opens up under someone else's house. Porn. LitFic. Black art. Queer art. Band together, because nobody is safe unless everybody is safe.

...I wouldn't be putting off going to the doctor for this infection. The whole mental calculus of Disability Vs. What I Can Afford is a blight.

Spent a big chunk of the day talking to another small press & another bookstore.

The rest of it working on the business plan. We have about a third of a completed, workable, business plan. And a friend with finance experience is going to help us with the finance modeling to make sure it's good.

Patriarchy is core to a fascist regime, as is control over cultural production, the means of distribution, the tools to shape ideology and manufacture consent. 'Obscenity' then has always been a tool of control, of regulating sexuality to be ... well, not non-exploitative, but under strict control.

Tempting Poison by Jemma Topaz Stories of toxic and broken lesbians

So Tempting Poison is currently delisted / banished to the shadow realm, so if you want to read these stories about (mostly trans) lesbians doing things to one another, you'll have to use the link!
moniker-ersatz.itch.io/poison

It's lesbian sickos territory, so please read the content warnings.

Remembering in 2016 when my beloved cousin archly told me "the LGBT community will be just fine" under Trump. Tell me again, how government mandated erosion and outright attacks are us being "just fine."

BREAKING: Mahmoud Khalil speaks out after being released from ICE detention.

"The Trump administration are doing their best to dehumanize everyone here," Khalil said.