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Sam @ichosebooks.bsky.social · Sep 16

Oh shit yes

The 2026 World Book Day book selection, including Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian

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Sam @ichosebooks.bsky.social · Aug 25

DUCKS, NEWBURYPORT, Lucy Ellmann, 2019

Screenshot from a page of Mr Chatterbox by Roger Hargreaves of the eponymous
character talking in a stream of consciousness punctuated entirely by commas

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Sam @ichosebooks.bsky.social · Jul 8

Raynor Winn to her husband when the royalties from the last book start slowing down:

Kim Kardashian saying 'Get your fucking ass up and work', with 'work' photoshopped out and replaced by 'walk'

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Sam @ichosebooks.bsky.social · Jul 5

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Sam @ichosebooks.bsky.social · Jul 5

Working on a cozy Romantasy novel set in a bakery. The MMC's name? Why it's

Recipe for 'Bignob Biscuit', a kind of giant hobnob cake.

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Sam @ichosebooks.bsky.social · Jul 4

The famous 'haha what does this represent' Reinhardt comic about abstract expressionist art, but with the painting replaced with the serene visage of The Tiger Who Came to Tea

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Sam @ichosebooks.bsky.social · Jun 21

The 9 circles of hell from Dante's Inferno, except the deepest circle has been changed to 'Souls are forced to sit on a London Summer Saturday Railway Replacement Bus'

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Sam @ichosebooks.bsky.social · Jun 20

The cover art of hit Fromsoft action RPG Elden Ring, but with the sword replaced by a piano, the protagonist's helmet replaced by the grinning visage of Elton John, and the text changed to ELTON RING

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Sam @ichosebooks.bsky.social · Jun 17

Oh, you simply look for the highest quality stories? With the DNA to be global bestsellers? And then you publish those good books, instead of all the bad books everyone else publishes? How clever! How innovative! Why hasn't anyone else tried this secret, ingenious strategy??

Promotional text from new SF publisher Factorial Books, reading: 'Traditional publishers use a Venture Capital model, investing resources in around 100 books annually and hoping for 2-3 hits. Factorial looks for the highest quality stories that have the DNA to be global bestsellers, and then we focus all our financial energy behind promoting those titles.'

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Sam @ichosebooks.bsky.social · Jun 7

Fixed!

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Sam @ichosebooks.bsky.social · Jun 7

Picture of 'The Passengers on the Hankyu Line's by Hiro Arikawa

Zoomed detail of part of the book cover, showing a sausage dog.

Image of Steve Carrell's character in The Big Short talking angrily on the phone, with text superimposed reading, 'I need you to sell everything we have in Japanese Novels About Cats and put it into Japanese Novels About Dogs!'

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Sam @ichosebooks.bsky.social · Jun 5

The grey goo hypothesis posits a scenario in which all matter in the universe is converted into new Adrian Tchaikovsky novels

Sam @ichosebooks.bsky.social · Jun 4

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Sam @ichosebooks.bsky.social · Jun 3

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Sam @ichosebooks.bsky.social · Jun 3

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Alice Slater @aliceslater.bsky.social · Jun 2

Really urge you all to watch Sacha’s videos, check out his work and show some solidarity with the plethora of talented authors who’ve been fucked over by absolute cowboys Unbound. I hope these books find new homes, reach new readers and pave the way for robust careers for those affected.