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Matt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

the tech industry is about to invent books

Andrew Yeung
@andruyeung
X.com
We created gyms because modern day work no
longer required physical activity. Without exercise,
our muscles atrophy.
I predict we'll need gyms for our brains too, once Al
starts doing our knowledge work.
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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 05/10/2026

Scammers are impersonating Goodreads groups, w/ writers invited to "reading challenges" or group discussions--for a fee. This "12-month residency" is most elaborate I've seen. See tiny text I've underlined in red. Yes, this is yet another iteration of the AI-generated scams driving us all nuts

OFFICIAL SELECTIONS
OVERVIEW
12-Month Managed Reader Experience
Goodreads Community: The book you like
most
Lead Moderator: Tom
📍 TOP 100 Goodreads Group 👥 51,155+ Active Members 📚 Vision & Story Project Hub
What Is "The book you like most" Community?
We are a global Goodreads community of over 51,000+ active members. Originally established as a dedicated hub for
the "Vision and Story" project and centered around motivational and self-help literature (such as Between Every
Silence), our platform has evolved into a premier destination for deep reader engagement, book recommendations,
and active reading challenges. Our members join with high buying intent—they are avid readers, book club hosts, and
collectors seeking their next great read.
HOW OUR 12-MONTH MANAGED RESIDENCY WORKS
1 Dedicated Feature Thread
Your title receives its own permanent thread on our general
board for reviews, Q&As, and discussions, driving ongoing
views long after creation.
2 Moderator Endorsement
Introduced with authority by group leadership, carrying
trusted weight across our 51,000+ members who recognize
our curation.
3 Thematic Shelf Alignment
Positioned naturally within key ongoing themes:
motivational/self-help, thrillers, general literature, and
annual reading challenges.
4 Active Community Prompts
Structured reading prompts encourage deep engagement,
key takeaways, and member shares across external book
clubs.
5 Permanent Bookshelf Indexing
Cataloged directly into our group bookshelf and discussion
archives, securing organic backlist discovery and sales for
years.
6 Peer-to-Peer Recommendations
Organic word-of-mouth momentum as members
recommend your title inside high-traffic daily discussions
and rating threads.
Why This Matters for Your Book: Standard promotions disappear in hours. Our residency embeds your work
directly into an active, living reader ecosystem. You aren't interrupting readers—you are contributing to what 51,000+
active book buyers are already searching for, genera…

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I fucking love high school drama kids not a cishet to be found for love nor money the male romantic lead is being played by a shaven-haired butch with a PUNCH NAZIS patch on their leather vest and a guillotine earring they asked if I’ve looked up my plays on AO3 I would die for these Youths

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Seanan McGuire @seananmcguire.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I have been a guest at conventions where, during the pre-con walk through, my handler has pointed out the bar and mentioned how some guests are "more fun" and "get asked back," then names only men. Because a lot of female guests aren't comfortable hanging out around alcohol with strangers.

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K.B. Spangler @kbspangler.com · 05/10/2026

Watching the neighborhood blogs blow up at the idea that the Russian plague is the "real" pandemic we need to be scared of and I'm just going to start throwing shoes. Millions of people SHOE died from covid SHOE you back alley SHOE squidsquishers SHOE SHOE SHOE

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Jess Nevins @jessnevins.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

ordinary me: wouldn't a talking ape private detective be cool? intelligent me: but how would he speak? Can a gorilla's vocal chords even shape sounds? Where and how would the gorilla grow up to become a p.i.? So many questions! genius me: wouldn't a talking ape private detective be cool?

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Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

other day i was at david lynchs grave just having a moment of thought and admiration and lookin down at all the flowers, and coffee cups, and two cookies and a coke, and wow it just hits you like a thousand suns that art is immortal. creation is too radiant to contain in a body. we trot across time

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

back in the pre-marriage equality era I once heard a close friend from church earnestly say to someone “I just can’t understand why gay people want to DESTROY my marriage by redefining the meaning of it” I’ll remember the way she said the word “destroy” until the day I die, because she meant it

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 06/10/2026

We voted! Early and in person! Your turn!

Me and Krissy smiling because we have exercised our constitutional franchise

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Kyuu3@...? @kyuu3.moe · 04/10/2026

Happy banned books week from someone who is anti censorship always.

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Hillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The shorthand for people complaining about wokeness is often people whining they can't say shitty things about other people consequence free anymore. This is particularly true with comedians. Anyway, I don't like Chris Rock.

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 04/10/2026

ME: *muttering about deadlines* STEPKID: Ah, I see they’ve moved from ambient horror to jumpscare.

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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

You guys want to hear a short but adorable story that happened right in front of me at the baggage claim in NYC yesterday? I wasn't part of it and there are bits I didn't catch but holy crap, I can't stop thinking about it.

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Elsa @erli.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Part two of the version with ALT text. Apologies of missing it in the original!

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Elsa @erli.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I can't stop thinking how wrong the tech bros have understood creativity and creators. Or even just having hobbies. - Version with ALT text! Thank you @virginiaopossum.bsky.social for the help!

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Mara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

So many of the worst people in the world, and also just people who aren’t evil but are annoying, are the people who think they can treat everybody like shit because someone once told them they were smart And even more so if they were never conventionally attractive or popular

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Everyone should be fighting for Universal Healthcare and disability rights. Health is fragile. You can become disabled or chronically ill in an instant. It’s not a moral failing. It can wipe out your savings and leave you destitute. Healthcare is a basic human right.

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Hillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Center sex assault victims, not your own feelings of rage about the injustice, please. Many of us are speaking. The floor belongs to us.

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Waldo @waldo2006.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Imagine paying $50 for an all you can eat buffet. The lines a bit long but the food is ok. Now imagine you only pay $20 to go to the buffet. But Each piece of food costs $500 dollars. Drinks are at a different buffet. Same with silverware. Long lines too. Universal vs whatever our healthcare is.

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So Mayer @suchmayer.northsky.social · 02/10/2026

Customer: I asked ChatGPT what I should read and -- Me: Well I'm sure its advice is *great* because LLMs are all just massive databases of books stolen from me and my fellow writers. Customer: Wow I did not know that. Keep telling people. Also if you want to know what to read, ask a bookseller.

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Kevin Hearne @kevinhearne.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

*La la la driving until I am stopped by a construction queue* *look around* *double take at the giant hand rising out of the corn* Oh! It’s a tree covered in vines and not the emergence of an elder god! Whew

A tree covered in parasitic vines looks like a forearm and hand rising out of the corn

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Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

i would rather remove my eyeballs than witness an AI tingler cover

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ℝ𝕖𝕓𝕖𝕝𝕓𝕝𝕦𝕖 @rebelb1ue.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

If feeding a hungry kid accidentally benefits an "undeserving" kid, I am prepared to live with this devastating outcome.

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Jeremy Ghooooost Shipp @jeremycshipp.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

As unofficial town sorcerer, I'm sending out a mild, almost ineffective charm that will help you have a lovely October.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 01/10/2026

This is part of a series of terrible arguments that people make that they think are real gotchas. Yesterday, someone said "I get why women would choose the bear, but then why haven't they? Why haven't all women walked into the woods?"

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Kumail Nanjiani @kumail.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

AI will never be able to make art. Thanks.

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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 01/10/2026

This article about the financial windfall publishers will get from the Anthropic settlement is behind a paywall, but the headline says it all www.vulture.com/article/publ...

vulture.com

Publishers Hit the AI Jackpot

The industry stands to gain the most from Anthropic’s $1.5 billion copyright settlement. Many writers aren’t happy about it.

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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 01/10/2026

Australian publisher Starfish Bay, which took money for publication, is accused of leaving authors high and dry. Writer Beware is collecting info on this disaster; if you've been affected, pls contact me. beware@sfwa.org www.nine.com.au/australia-ne...

nine.com.au

Australian publisher accused of taking thousands and ghosting children’s authors

A grieving mother paid $12,000 to publish a book written in memory of her late son. She was left without a finished book and completely ignored.

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

And thou mayest aske thyself, 'How do Ich werke thys?' And thou mayest aske thyself, 'Wher ys that large destrier?' And thou mayest telle thyself, 'Thys nys not my beautiful castle!' And thou mayest telle thyself, 'Thys nys not my swift goshawk!'

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Jordan Kurella @jordankurella.com · 01/10/2026

waking up every day in 2026 like:

a construction sign on the side of the highway that says "IT'S COMING IT'S BAD"

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 01/10/2026

Look, I'm not trying to dunk on this guy, but I think more people need to understand that AI is functioning as a religion right now. "There would be actual counterarguments against Jesus" is a thing you see logicians arguing in medieval times.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 01/10/2026

I do not think we should have a death penalty. I don't think it is any kind of deterrent. I think it's barbaric. I think it makes us all worse people. All of us. And we just don't have to do this to ourselves. We could abolish it, and we should.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 30/09/2026

Also fuck off with your “well you COULD write romance with AI becsuse it’s formulaic but you shouldn’t.” Just about everything has a formula to it. That doesn’t mean that it’s generateable.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 30/09/2026

y'all if you get mad about women saying "choose the bear" please look up bear assault and murder statistics and then contrast with human men. It is objectively reasonable to choose the bear.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The White House accord on AI that was signed by all the big tech oligarchs today misspells United States as “Unites States.”

Document signed by Trump, Sundar Pichai
Google
Dario Amodei
Anthropic
Mark Zuckerberg
Meta

Greg Brockman
OpenAl

Elon Musk
XAI

Jensen Huang
nvidia

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

They quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

“Let’s say there’s a world or time line I exist in where A.I. has been subject to regulation. It is ethical. It has no footprint environmentally,” the novelist Jeff VanderMeer, a prominent critic of A.I., told me over the phone. “With those guardrails in place, would I read an A.I. book? All I can say is no. And the reason is, in part, because I want to read something coming from a particular mind.” Using A.I., he said, “feels like a betrayal of the whole point of why you’re a writer.”

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Roses are redde Noble are the manatees For a bettir future Teach artes and humanityes

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Jess Nevins @jessnevins.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

As if formulaic fiction doesn't exist in the sorts of genres JCO writes in! As if JCO herself hasn't written formulaic fiction! For shame!

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Brooke @brooklynmarie.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I wouldn't mind a second and longer and more thorough MeToo tbqh

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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Prof. Denim: "COVID can fundamentally alter how your immune system works. It can turn it against you, exhaust it, or leave it unable to keep dormant viruses in check" Source: x.com/DenimFarmer/...

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Hillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Come my children. We must defeat fascism.

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Suzan the chalant goth @sillysyntax.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I really dislike submission calls that tell me all the guidelines I must follow up front otherwise my submission will be set on fire but then hide or don't tell me how much they are paying. Excuse you.

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Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

meanwhile on some other timeline

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