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Pay What it Costs is a small but mighty publishing house specializing in books designed to further justice. paywhatitcosts.com "Truth is all that matters. I’ll pay what it costs to get the truth. I’ll pay what it costs to get it out." - Andrew Vachss

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Pay What It Costs Publishing @paywhatitcosts.bsky.social · Sep 16

Support your local library and favorite authors.

If your library doesn't already have a title, more times than not the librarians will be able to place an order for a brand new copy!

Charlie Jane "Lessons in Magic and Disaster" Anders 🏳️‍⚧ @charliejane.bsky.social · Sep 16

Hey, I know books are expensive and money is tight right now.

But if there's a brand new book you really wanna read — including my own Lessons in Magic and Disaster — you can help get the book into way more hands by requesting it from your local library!

It's easy! Check your library's website.

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Pay What It Costs Publishing @paywhatitcosts.bsky.social · 18h

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Pay What It Costs Publishing @paywhatitcosts.bsky.social · 18h

"Stealing to eat ain’t criminal—stealing to be rich is."

-Andrew Vachss

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One Bully at a Time @obaat.bsky.social · 23h

Our beautiful front and back cover were photographed by the late Andrew Vachss. Back cover staring Tova Nova.

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Pay What It Costs Publishing @paywhatitcosts.bsky.social · 6d

“The goal of a true family is not that their children follow in their footsteps, but that their children surpass them in all ways.”

- Andrew Vachss

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One Bully at a Time @obaat.bsky.social · 6d

“This is an excellent book. It contains some difficult subjects but are very well handled. Bullying is everywhere and needs to be talked about. We need more competent and compassionate resources for victims.”

One Bully at a Time by Alice Vachss.

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OBaaT - A Novel ebook by Alice Vachss - Rakuten Kobo

Read "OBaaT - A Novel One Bully at a Time" by Alice Vachss available from Rakuten Kobo. Anna has no family except her friends and the shelter dogs she walks. Rae-Rae communicates only through old rock...

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Pay What It Costs Publishing @paywhatitcosts.bsky.social · 8d

Great post. We couldn’t agree more.

Pay What It Costs Publishing @paywhatitcosts.bsky.social · 9d

“Children are not resilient. Children are malleable.” - Bruce Perry

Excerpt from Emotional Abuse: A Manual for Self-Defense by @zakmucha.bsky.social.

Released July 2025.

#booksky #newrelease #psychology

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Pay What It Costs Publishing @paywhatitcosts.bsky.social · 9d

We believe books can bend the arc of history toward justice.

In a publishing world dominated by corporate consolidation, our independence is both a promise and a practice: to publish courageously, to think critically, and to keep the space for radical imagination alive.

#booksky #indiepublishing

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Pay What It Costs Publishing @paywhatitcosts.bsky.social · 9d

Name 20 female authors you admire, one per day.

Day 20: Attorney and author Alice Vachss. One of the first female lawyers of her era.

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Pay What It Costs Publishing @paywhatitcosts.bsky.social · 10d

Emotional Abuse: A Manual for Self-Defense by LCSW and psychoanalyst Zak Mucha.

Published by Pay What it Costs Publishing in July. Order where you get your books!

#newrelease #booksky #psychology

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Pay What It Costs Publishing @paywhatitcosts.bsky.social · 10d

Name 20 female authors you admire, one per day.

Day 19: Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie.

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Pay What It Costs Publishing @paywhatitcosts.bsky.social · 10d

“An impassioned account of rape victims, the criminals who terrorize them, and the legal system that too often neglects them.” -Entertainment Weekly

Sex Crimes: Then and Now by Alice Vachss.

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Pay What It Costs Publishing @paywhatitcosts.bsky.social · 11d

Name 20 female authors you admire, one per day.

Day 18: Poet Mary Oliver.

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Pay What It Costs Publishing @paywhatitcosts.bsky.social · 11d

A force to be reckoned with. Great recommendation.

Pay What It Costs Publishing @paywhatitcosts.bsky.social · 11d

As Andrew Vachss said,

"Young people need causes. They are the natural warriors of our human family. Given a fair opportunity, most would stand with us, leaving only the psychotic misfits to lurk in the darkness."

Pay What It Costs Publishing @paywhatitcosts.bsky.social · 11d

Name 20 female authors you admire, one per day.

Day 17: Poet and novelist Barbara Kingsolver.

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Pay What It Costs Publishing @paywhatitcosts.bsky.social · 12d

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Pay What It Costs Publishing @paywhatitcosts.bsky.social · 12d

Emotional Abuse: A Manual for Self - Defense by LCSW Zak Mucha.

#booksky #newrelease #psychology #bookrec

Pay What It Costs Publishing @paywhatitcosts.bsky.social · 13d

Transparency should always be at the forefront.

Pay What It Costs Publishing @paywhatitcosts.bsky.social · 13d

Name 20 female authors you admire, one per day.

Day 16: Poet and playwright Edna St. Vincent Millay.

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Pay What It Costs Publishing @paywhatitcosts.bsky.social · 14d

Name 20 female authors you admire, one per day.

Day 15: Detective crime writer Martha Grimes.

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Pay What It Costs Publishing @paywhatitcosts.bsky.social · 14d

Name 20 female authors you admire, one per day.

Day 14: Reclusive American poet Emily Dickinson.

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Pay What It Costs Publishing @paywhatitcosts.bsky.social · 15d

Agreed. What a profound story and person.

Pay What It Costs Publishing @paywhatitcosts.bsky.social · 15d

Name 20 female authors you admire, one per day.

Day 13: Author and education activist Malala Yousafzai.

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Pay What It Costs Publishing @paywhatitcosts.bsky.social · 16d

Always one worth checking out:

The Official Website of Andrew Vachss : The Zero 5.0laf

Official website of crime-fiction novelist, child protection consultant, and children's attorney Andrew Vachss; an enormous resource on all matters of child abuse and neglect.

www.vachss.com

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