Stef Kiper Schmidt
@stefwaterstbook.bsky.social
Indie bookstore manager and buyer/reader/nosy as hell
If you want to barf look up the plot of Lionel Shriver's new book lol
November 19, 2025 at 8:59 PM
If you want to barf look up the plot of Lionel Shriver's new book lol
Oh my god 😭😭😭😭😭
September 10, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Oh my god 😭😭😭😭😭
lithub.com/zibby-owens-... just a reminder that this happened 🙃
Zibby Owens withdraws sponsorship for the National Book Awards over its “pro-Palestinian agenda.”
As reported by Publishers Lunch earlier today, Zibby Owens—the CEO of Zibby Media and creator/host of the Moms Don’t Have Time to Read Books podcast—has withdrawn her sponsorship of tomorrow’…
lithub.com
September 10, 2025 at 6:03 PM
lithub.com/zibby-owens-... just a reminder that this happened 🙃
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The first measles death in the US in a decade -- the tragic, preventable death of a child whose parents chose not to protect them with vaccination -- should spark an immediate nation-wide campaign to ensure all children are protected against preventable diseases. Anything less is unconscionable.
February 26, 2025 at 7:36 PM
The first measles death in the US in a decade -- the tragic, preventable death of a child whose parents chose not to protect them with vaccination -- should spark an immediate nation-wide campaign to ensure all children are protected against preventable diseases. Anything less is unconscionable.
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please, if you have the means, help the displaced black families of altadena, ca hit their gofundme goals. we need each other.
Displaced Black Families GoFund Me Directory
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January 15, 2025 at 4:47 AM
please, if you have the means, help the displaced black families of altadena, ca hit their gofundme goals. we need each other.
I got another one ...very few people seem to know about Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's many anti-trans comments so the media attention surrounding her new book will undoubtedly be positive and voluminous
January 15, 2025 at 12:41 PM
I got another one ...very few people seem to know about Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's many anti-trans comments so the media attention surrounding her new book will undoubtedly be positive and voluminous
Nina McLaughlin announced today that the Boston globe was cutting a page from their book section and that she had written her last column if you want something else to be depressed about
January 15, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Nina McLaughlin announced today that the Boston globe was cutting a page from their book section and that she had written her last column if you want something else to be depressed about
Today in You Can't Make This Up (review of The Barn by Wright Thompson)
December 27, 2024 at 2:03 AM
Today in You Can't Make This Up (review of The Barn by Wright Thompson)
Pick a movie, keep one actor, the rest are muppets
This is an earnest one I want this movie to exist
Clue, keep Tim Curry
This is an earnest one I want this movie to exist
Clue, keep Tim Curry
Pick a movie (can’t resist changing it) keep one actor, rest are Muppets:
Melancholia, Kirsten Dunst as Justine stays
Melancholia, Kirsten Dunst as Justine stays
December 5, 2024 at 4:23 AM
Pick a movie, keep one actor, the rest are muppets
This is an earnest one I want this movie to exist
Clue, keep Tim Curry
This is an earnest one I want this movie to exist
Clue, keep Tim Curry
The theme of this year's New York Times top 10 books is "look you can order 8 of the 10 titles in one handy publisher order"
December 3, 2024 at 3:30 PM
The theme of this year's New York Times top 10 books is "look you can order 8 of the 10 titles in one handy publisher order"
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Here is my deranged merch proposal for a little tote bag (10 x 7 x 3) that holds Miss MacIntosh, My Darling (9.25 x 6.5 x 2) and NOTHING ELSE
December 2, 2024 at 10:15 PM
Here is my deranged merch proposal for a little tote bag (10 x 7 x 3) that holds Miss MacIntosh, My Darling (9.25 x 6.5 x 2) and NOTHING ELSE
It's almost like.....publishers do stuff to make books good 🤨
December 3, 2024 at 3:13 AM
It's almost like.....publishers do stuff to make books good 🤨
"I trust everything is going smoothly, right?" 😭
December 3, 2024 at 2:31 AM
"I trust everything is going smoothly, right?" 😭
Based on my calculations it seems like they will announce the new York times top 10 today?
a woman 's face is surrounded by mathematical equations such as x + 2
ALT: a woman 's face is surrounded by mathematical equations such as x + 2
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December 2, 2024 at 12:29 PM
Based on my calculations it seems like they will announce the new York times top 10 today?
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Lindsay Buckingham has got to be monitoring the progress of a legal precedent for “this song is unlawfully mean to me” with bated breath
November 26, 2024 at 12:20 AM
Lindsay Buckingham has got to be monitoring the progress of a legal precedent for “this song is unlawfully mean to me” with bated breath
Oh my god there is a scene in this where in 1990 Trump goes to a bookselling conference to promote his book! Does anyone know anything about this? I am dead 😭
November 26, 2024 at 1:08 AM
Oh my god there is a scene in this where in 1990 Trump goes to a bookselling conference to promote his book! Does anyone know anything about this? I am dead 😭
Idk maybe don't include your book in a holiday gift guide if you're going to let it go out of stock ☺️
November 19, 2024 at 9:17 PM
Idk maybe don't include your book in a holiday gift guide if you're going to let it go out of stock ☺️
One thing they don't tell you about being a serial book hoarder is that it makes attempts to declutter the stuff of the other people in your house ...sort of comical. "Oh you think these baseball hats are a bit much?" *Points practically anywhere*
November 18, 2024 at 3:34 AM
One thing they don't tell you about being a serial book hoarder is that it makes attempts to declutter the stuff of the other people in your house ...sort of comical. "Oh you think these baseball hats are a bit much?" *Points practically anywhere*
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for anyone trying to extricate yourself from the clutches of Amazon: bookstores make more than a third of their money between now & New Year’s, & most bookstores ship nationwide 💌
November 11, 2024 at 10:10 PM
for anyone trying to extricate yourself from the clutches of Amazon: bookstores make more than a third of their money between now & New Year’s, & most bookstores ship nationwide 💌
Booksellers, are you on here? Can we finally recreate the halcyon days of twitter where we had a nice community that was actually helpful??
a little girl looks through a magnifying glass
ALT: a little girl looks through a magnifying glass
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November 13, 2024 at 1:18 PM
Booksellers, are you on here? Can we finally recreate the halcyon days of twitter where we had a nice community that was actually helpful??
The special edition hardcovers of books that are already out in paperback... I just 😵💫
June 14, 2024 at 5:26 PM
The special edition hardcovers of books that are already out in paperback... I just 😵💫
I am honestly shocked that people want to read (let alone **write**) novels with covid storylines. Like there is nothing I want to read about less. We all went through it. Like not that long ago. It isn't revelatory? It isn't interesting? Anyone else?
June 6, 2024 at 5:12 PM
I am honestly shocked that people want to read (let alone **write**) novels with covid storylines. Like there is nothing I want to read about less. We all went through it. Like not that long ago. It isn't revelatory? It isn't interesting? Anyone else?
When do we think Intermezzo will be available to download on Edelweiss....any theories
May 6, 2024 at 2:13 AM
When do we think Intermezzo will be available to download on Edelweiss....any theories
Imagine being the editor of the new york times book review then being like....nah I'd rather write poorly researched hit pieces about children
February 5, 2024 at 2:55 PM
Imagine being the editor of the new york times book review then being like....nah I'd rather write poorly researched hit pieces about children