@sarahrusso.bsky.social
Founder of @pageonem.bsky.social, literary publicity and marketing for authors and experts. www.page1m.com Previously, global head of audience engagement at Oxford University Press. Brooklyn, NY
Did you see the AI pricing model news that @alexanderchee.bsky.social posted about the other day? If people notice that, they’ll have another giant wave. I cancelled last summer when they killed the oped section and Shipley quit. Sigh 😔
Laurie Hertzel on the formation of her reading life, now on Book Post!
This post is adapted from her new book, "Ghosts of Fourth Street: My Family, a Death, and the Hills of Duluth," coming later this month from the University of Minnesota Press.
books.substack.com/p/diary-laur...
That is deeply fucked up.
Watched NAVALNY tonight at my 18yo’s recommendation and it was outstanding and horrifying. A must watch. Now I need to go buy his memoir.
Stop the insanity.
Which is basically what republicans do. How did they get to be known as the party of economic strength? I don’t get it.
This is batshit crazy 😳 and that’s the technical term.
Almost 10,000 authors have come together to publish an empty book protesting the theft of books by tech companies to train AI models.
Titled Don’t Steal This Book, it is empty of text except the names of the authors involved.. 🧵
She really is the epitome. I bought my daughter a Sonic Youth album for Christmas and Chris at the record shop looked at me as a totally different person. 😆
NEW: Since New York tacked an extra fee onto auto insurance bills to help the state combat auto theft and insurance fraud, the fee has multiplied tenfold — from $1 to $10.
But a smaller and smaller proportion of those fees has gone specifically toward addressing fraud and theft.
Confusion caused by changes to polling locations before last week’s Texas primary meant that many citizens couldn’t cast a ballot on Election Day — and studies show that these types of changes typically hit communities of color hardest. bit.ly/4cAul4f
Happy book birthday @kornbergmaya.bsky.social!! So excited to see all that's to come for your book! 🎉📚🎉
Friends and colleagues, we've launched our second pro bono book publicity grant from @pageonem.bsky.social.
Submissions open today and will run through May 15. I'll be straight. We had 11 applicants last year. Chances of being selected are great! We encourage you and your author friends to apply!
5 books by women that redefine the "War Story" for #IWD2026.
From the front lines of revolution to the quiet battles of illness and loss, these titles show the generational cost of survival:
#BookSky #InternationalWomensDay #WomenWriters #TransnationalLit #IWD2026
A federal trade-court judge ordered the Trump administration to start refunding the more than $130 billion it collected in the global tariffs invalidated by the Supreme Court last month. on.wsj.com/4d3ggwh
This is a smart move. Well done, @authorsguild.org!
Basic historical and constitutional facts worth knowing and sharing.
#elections #Constitution #law #democracy
Experts react to Trump's claims about "TrumpRx" and the notion that Americans are now getting the lowest prices of any country:
"There's zero evidence to support that. Every time I hear it, I'm baffled."
"It's a lot of bluster, a lot of celebration, for extremely small gains."
Cover of The Lancet:
@thelancet.com
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Congratulations, David! I still share your Crises of Capitalism RSA Animates!
PSA: Apparently someone is reaching out to authors promising them feature coverage in the Vox Book Club in exchange for cash.
Authors: This is not us! We do not do pay to play! Be careful, keep an eye on your cash, and check the domain name if anyone emails you out of the blue.
NEW: Here’s our searchable list of federal judges who have ruled on the legality of ICE’s mass detention policy — with links to key decisions by each.
At least 380 district judges have rejected it in ~3,800 cases. 31 have upheld ICE’s approach ~180 times
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
How beautiful, Eliot! I can’t wait to buy it for all the little people in my life. 🥰📚🥰
The House passed a bill this week — the SAVE America Act — that "combines a lot of the worst things that Republicans want to do with regards to voting, and it comes at a time when Trump appears dead set to try to interfere in the midterm elections," says @ariberman.bsky.social from @motherjones.com.
A little goodness for your Friday morning. ☀️💕
Books are at the centre of an ever-expanding entertainment and information universe, but I wonder how obvious that is to anyone outside the book business, says Philip Jones in this week's editor's letter 👇 #BookSky
Today.
who writes these headlines?!?
