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Imogen Howson @imogenhowson.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Oh, that's fabulous! Congratulations!

Imogen Howson @imogenhowson.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Happy Mother's Day to nobody except @arielanderssen.bsky.social, who has cleverly arranged for it to be her birthday instead.

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Imogen Howson @imogenhowson.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Ooh, what if the Rapture actually does involve raptors?

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Imogen Howson @imogenhowson.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

WTAF? I'm so sorry: this is appalling!

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Imogen Howson @imogenhowson.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

Good lord, that's quite the surprise! Congratulations on baby Ray. He's beautiful.

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Imogen Howson @imogenhowson.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Something I once forced on a crying toddler: The knowledge that she would not be allowed to marry her father (my husband).

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Imogen Howson @imogenhowson.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Facebook has just offered me this "inspiring quote": "“It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be.” The (alleged) source of the quote could literally not be more ironic.

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Thing is, it feels on Bluesky like EVERYONE knows about this Unbound scandal now. But they don't. In the grand scheme of things - the grand scheme of UK book lovers, even - what this publisher has done to its authors is still relatively little-known. Coverage like this is an important step.

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Alex de Campi @alexdecampi.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

UNBOUND AUTHORS: We’ve prepared a letter you can send to administrators to demand things like expedited rights reversion, no AI use, return of electronic files (cover art, typesetting, etc) and the option to get any remaining copies of your books. DM me and I will send the template over

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Imogen Howson @imogenhowson.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

No prob! I have no personal stake in this (I have many thoughts!) but I think alt text is important, specially on Bluesky.

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Imogen Howson @imogenhowson.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

End alt text thread. Typos almost certainly mine, not from OG statement by John Mitchinson. (12/12)

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Imogen Howson @imogenhowson.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

I have now severed all my connections with the business I co-founded, which is wretchedly sad, but I resigned on a point of principle and hope that some of you at least will understand why that decision was the only one I could make. I'm more sorry than words can say. (11/12)

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Imogen Howson @imogenhowson.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Ever since I joined Waterstones as a bookseller in 1987, this industry has been my life. I have always put books and their authors first and I will continue to do that. (10/?)

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Imogen Howson @imogenhowson.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

There will be speculation in coming weeks about how and why Unbound has failed. That is right and proper. There is, in particular, a great deal to be said about businesses that over-rely on external investors--a vulnerability that has proved near-fatal in Unbound's case. (9/?)

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Imogen Howson @imogenhowson.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

The company's current position is morally and financially unacceptable. We started Unbound to offer an alternative to the traditional publishing model, to offer a better, fairer deal for authors. That starts with paying them on time. If there is any money in the business, it should go to them. (8/?)

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Imogen Howson @imogenhowson.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

I made that choice because I could not countenance taking another penny from a business that no longer prioritised paying its authors. The other departing staff felt the same. We all feel let down and devastated on the authors' behalf. (7/?)

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Imogen Howson @imogenhowson.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

None of us have other jobs to go to. In my own case, I left with no equity, no notice period, no tangible reward to show for 14 years of work, except of course for the only reason I'm in this business--the wonderful books we have published. (6/?)

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Imogen Howson @imogenhowson.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

...not least because it happened too late for us to seek an alternative. The May 30th payments scheduled for both the payment plans and the end of May profit share would not be paid. That is why I resigned last Friday, joined by seven senior members of the Boundless team. (5/?)

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Imogen Howson @imogenhowson.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

The whole team signed up to the payment plan we issued. And, with justifiable reluctance, most authors did, too. The revelation last week that the investment money we had been promised in May was going to fall substantially short was a devastating blow... (4/?)

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Imogen Howson @imogenhowson.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Unbound was founded on the principle that authors ARE the business. I still believe that. Unbound's decision to enter administration in March was traumatic and painful, but it at least offered a route for our authors to be paid, albeit over an extended period of time. (3/?)

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Imogen Howson @imogenhowson.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Anyone who knows me will realise, I hope, that this apology is heartfelt and sincere. Unbound's well-publicised financial troubles notwithstanding, there can be no viable publishing business without a credible plan for paying its authors. Authors must come ahead of all other business creditors.(2/?)

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Imogen Howson @imogenhowson.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Alt text for this post: I want to address the completely understandable anger being expressed about Unbound/Boundless. Let me begin with an apology to all the writers, colleagues, friends and supporters who have been drawn into this mess or who feel let down. (1/?)

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Imogen Howson @imogenhowson.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Unbelievable. (Except sadly not, because people.)

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Will Burrows 🖖🥖🥀 @reforest-kelley.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

It's Autism Acceptance Month. If you are not already accepted by an autistic person you have 27 days left.

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David Green @davidgreenwriter.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

I wrote this for the BFS while it's World Autism Day. Take a look if you like :)

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Imogen Howson @imogenhowson.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

Also, yes, it probably was actually burnout rather than *just* writer's block. But I only realised that this month.

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Imogen Howson @imogenhowson.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

In the last four months I have written 46k on an EXCITING NEW STORY. After nine goddamn years of writer's block I cannot express how huge this number of words is and how happy I am to be properly writing again! (Yes, I know 9 years is an unbelievably long writer's block. Yes, I did try everything.)

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Imogen Howson @imogenhowson.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

Happy Mother's Day to Mrs Baggins, Josephine Maynard, Marmee March, the Duchess of Avon, Sally Eliot, Mrs Quimby, Lessa of Pern, Ce'Nedra, Alice Wakefield, and Bertie Wooster's mother.

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Imogen Howson @imogenhowson.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

The only thing that sounds normal about that is the Lumie lamp and that her coffee mustn't be mouldy. Which, you know, fair.

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Imogen Howson @imogenhowson.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

"But I never thought leopards would eat m--"

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Imogen Howson @imogenhowson.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

So Unbound not only haven't paid their authors, but have withheld pension contributions from their actual employees. This just gets worse and worse.

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Imogen Howson @imogenhowson.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Also mine, including free reads I only ever had available on my website. Which is extraordinary, because I'm basically nobody, so they were scraping, like, the whole internet?

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Imogen Howson @imogenhowson.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Accidentally mistyped my own name into an online form. Now I'm getting emails beginning "Dear Imagen" and every time I'm just as offended as if it wasn't my own damn fault.

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Elle @elleisanisland.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

"Have you even said thank you?"

Still from The Passion of Christ, with Cavievel as Jesus, talking to mel gibson

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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 25/02/2025

Every UK national newspaper has printed identical front pages. A thousand UK musicians have released a silent protest album: apnews.com/article/uk-m... Amazing list of publishers and creative associations: www.creativerightsinai.co.uk/members Join the fun, write to your MP today!

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Every UK national newspaper prints identical front page

Journalists and music industry urge Labour to abandon plan to water down copyright laws for AI firms, amid threat to £126bn creative industries

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Juliet E McKenna @julietemckenna.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Your reminder that software developers are selling generative AI on the economic model of a primary school cake sale. Other people provide the essential ingredients at their own expense, and do the crucial work unpaid, while the sellers of the end product keep all the income.

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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 19/02/2025

I recorded I quick video explaining a broader strategy for #TeslaTakedown, why Elon Musk and his empire are so vulnerable, and how attacking Tesla can get dramatic results. If this video helps you see the opportunity to hit back, please share it with as many people as you can! youtu.be/L-Imw_s1aaI

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#TeslaTakedown: The Strategy

YouTube video by Edward Niedermeyer

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