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Kristie

Yesterday it was the memoirs page. Today my book’s top of Bookshop. org’s *main* Biography & Memoir list.

(right next to Jenni Fagan (Scotland represent!) and a bit under Marcus Aurelius!)

No PR machine. Just people getting behind a working-class Scottish debut

If you’ve been thinking about it, now’s the time:

uk.bookshop.org/p/books/drysto

Now I’m off to build a wall.

Screenshot of Bookshop.org’s Biography & Memoir category front page. Shows Drystone: A Life Rebuilt by Kristie De Garis listed on the bottom row, next to titles by Jenni Fagan, Raynor Winn, and Marcus Aurelius, among others.
#Scotland#Books#Bookstodon
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Kristie

I’m allowing myself to go on about this because… for a working-class, mixed-race, debut author with a small press, four months out from publication and no big PR push, to be on the first page of memoirs on bookshop.org is huge.

It means a lot to see my name alongside these authors and to know the book is resonating.

Thank you!

Screenshot of the Bookshop.org UK memoirs page. A 5x4 grid of book covers is shown, including titles by Naomi Klein, Katherine May, Raynor Winn, and others. Near the bottom row, Drystone: A Life Rebuilt by Kristie De Garis appears prominently, listed alongside well-known memoirs from major publishers.
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Kristie

My book is currently appearing on the first page of memoirs on Bookshop.org - out of over 100 pages!

That’s likely down to people pre-ordering, and it’s such a powerful reminder that where we buy books really does matter!

Huge thanks to everyone who’s ordered. If you’d like to, the link’s below.

uk.bookshop.org/p/books/drysto

Or buy directly through your local indie bookstore!

Thank you, each and every one of you for your kind words, shares & orders.

A colour image of a book cover. There are five large stones coloured green, purple, ochre, grey and blue stacked in a pleasing way. On the green, ochre and blue stones are the words 'A Life rebuilt' The title is in black at the top of the image and says 'Drystone'. The authors name, at the bottom of the image, is Kristie De Garis.
#Books#Publishing#Bookshops
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RaymondPierreL3

Here is an example of what #neurology and #PhilosophyOfTheMind are faced with trying to elucidate #Consciousness - that slippery notion of ‘who we are’.

I am neither a scientist nor philosopher, but it seems to me that looking for consciousness in the electrical potential activity of brain cells is never going to explain a whole lot. Imagine trying to explain an electron by solely studying magnetism in excruciating detail as best we can with instruments designed to detect only what we theorise is measurable in a magnetic effect - I.e. to see what we wish to see. That is similar to what neurologists are doing by measuring brain cell activity as a way to identify, and hence classify, consciousness.

In the end, the research may prove fruitful and lead to other discoveries and theories about brain cell activity and the communication channels of the body, but that is the only thing which will be elucidated, brain cell activy - nothing like consciousness (a slippery concept as I said).

The link will take you to the abstract, summary, results and conclusion of the scientific paper, but the paper itself is behind a paywall I’m sad to say (#Grifters have to make money out of publishing someone’s hard work - so dictates capitalism where profit is made from someone else’s sweat and effort, Bah! It wouldn’t be so distastful if $ were extracted only to recoup #publishing costs and wages, but shareholders? Leeches!)

science.org/doi/10.1126/scienc

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Fictionable

'The company has taken our books and used it to make money. It has money, but instead of paying us for our intellectual property instead of licensing a word, it's taking it all for free.'

Andrew Rogers talks to the authors standing up against #Meta

bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c70w24

#books #reading #writing #publishing #AI #bookstodon @bookstodon

A man with short black hair and stubble smiles at the camera while wearing a beige hoodie. He's holding a book titled 'Look Up Handsome'
BBC NewsMeta AI book scraping: 'We need to speak up', say authorsAuthors say their books have been taken without permission and used to train Meta's AI systems.
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Flipboard

Congrats to @johnonolan and the team at Ghost, which today announced a public beta for users to connect their publications to the fediverse. If you're in their beta, you'll be able to find, follow and interact with people and publications on platforms including Ghost, WordPress, Threads, Mastodon, BlueSky, Flipboard and more. Get details in the blogpost here. If you want to know more about Ghost's approach to decentralization and the open social web, check out John's DotSocial conversation with @mike at the second link.

ghost.org/changelog/social-web

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Changelog · Social web (beta)Increase your reach by connecting your publication to the Fediverse
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