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Michael LaBorn @michaellaborn.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

The cover is FINISHED for Devil of the Deep by @falenciajfwrites.bsky.social ! This is a haitian-inspired fantasy about a mermaid fleeing from an underwater cult who must partner with a notorious pirate and an ambitious captain to survive. Come back tomorrow for another peak! #devilofthedeep

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magdalinahagdalina.bsky.social @magdalinahagdalina.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

I pretty much forgot this app existed. LMAO 😆 thanks adhd 😅 how y'all doing?

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kamilah cole @wordsiren.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

REMINDER that if you're subscribed to satisfiction box, you can get THIS ENDS IN EMBERS during the presale tomorrow, APRIL 11! subscribe here: www.satisfiction.co/subscribe

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Satisfiction is a bimonthly book box that includes Science Fiction & Fantasy novels written by authors of color paired with items to pamper yourself.

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magdalinahagdalina.bsky.social @magdalinahagdalina.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Cry, Voidbringer is an anarchist story about powerful women who are fighting to resist tyranny, both from the colonial empire they are at war with, and the ruler who oppresses them in the name of her own liberation. preorder here: bookshop.org/p/books/cry-... use code: LOVEBOOKSELLERS for 15% off

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Fromthemixedupdesk @fromthemixedupdesk.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

I’m going to a Beverly Hills for the first time and I’m trying to live like a celebrity, drinking $20 smoothies and eat a $20 strawberry. Help me fulfil my dreams by shopping my used (new condition) books! pangobooks.com/bookstore/ja...

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Nia Davenport @niadavenport.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Ahhhh!!!! Tomorrow cannot come soon enough 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

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magdalinahagdalina.bsky.social @magdalinahagdalina.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Go support Naomi's bindery and imprint Boozhoo Books to support Indigenous authors! It's a great community of book lovers! She's also having a giveaway for The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones!

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Fromthemixedupdesk @fromthemixedupdesk.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

I’m so excited for this chat!

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Fromthemixedupdesk @fromthemixedupdesk.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

this #internationalwomensday, support an Indigenous woman led publishing imprint publishing exclusively Indigenous books. Subscribing to my reader community for free could directly impact the number of books we are able to publish per year. It only takes a few seconds to do: boozhoo.binderybooks.com

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Fromthemixedupdesk @fromthemixedupdesk.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Happy International Women’s Day! Celebrate the day by supporting Indigenous women by buying their books! You can get quick access to all of these books on my bookshelf on Bindery, and support my publishing imprint AND an Indigenous owned bookshop through bookshop dot org. boozhoo.binderybooks.com

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Fromthemixedupdesk @fromthemixedupdesk.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Giveaway alert! I have partnered with @sagapressbooks.bsky.social to give away 5 copies of @sgj.bsky.social new book The Buffalo Hunter Hunter! Our April read! To enter, be a free member of my reader community and publishing imprint dedicated to uplifting Native voices! boozhoo.binderybooks.com

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Fromthemixedupdesk @fromthemixedupdesk.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Next Saturday join me @starrysteph.bsky.social @weirdobookclub.bsky.social and Aubrei, chatting about women in horror! Subscribe for free to our Bindery communities to get the zoom link! Let me know the best horror book youve read by a woman this year down below! boozhoo.binderybooks.com

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magdalinahagdalina.bsky.social @magdalinahagdalina.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

My toxic trait is thinking I can actually get all of these read before they're due back at the library😆🫣

A stack of library books splayed out on a bed with the spines showing.
The books are:
-The Art Thieves by Andrea L. Rogers
-Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao
-The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois by Honoree Fanonne Jeffers
-The World We Make by N.K. Jemisin
-A Mercy by Toni Morrison
-Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse
-Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
-The Mighty Red by Louise Erdrich
-Weaving Sundown in a Scarlet Light 50 poems for 50 years by Joy Harjo
-The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates

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Michael LaBorn @michaellaborn.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Cancelling Kindle Unlimited? How about Netflix? Stopped going to Target? Great. So while I know you have some spare cash, let me invite you to invest just $5 or $12 of that into helping me build a sustainable publishing company that centers Black & brown authors. Leftunreadbooks.binderybooks.com

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Libro.fm @libro.fm · 24/02/2025

As a certain ~date~ given by a certain ~corporation~ approaches, after which users will no longer be able to download their ebooks... We're DRM-free, meaning you actually own your audiobooks. You can download the files whenever, & listen to them wherever. I know, I know...not ebooks. But still 😉

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Michael LaBorn @michaellaborn.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

If you are excited for Katabasis by RF Kuang, here is a must read. No One’s Gonna Take Her Soul Away is about a Black woman who is condemned to the seventh level of hell unjustly and must band together with a werewolf a vampire and a demon to escape. You need this book bookshop.org/a/87137/9781...

Image shows the cover of No Ones Gonna Take Her Soul Away by Amanda Weaver

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Michael LaBorn @michaellaborn.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Here’s the thing: If you’re not in our discord, you are missing out. This community is filled with some of the most unhinged people on the internet (in the best possible way). 🤣🤣🤣 discord.gg/ZsMtpqdFaA Thank you for the meme @joas-mon.bsky.social

Image is a meme about the bad behavior of our discord server

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JOAS/T @joas-mon.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

If you haven’t joined Left Unread do it now, and then go read the excerpt for Cry Voidbringer! You will IMMEDIATELY want to preorder this book. It’s so good you might even want to buy copies for friends!

Meme of sponge bob smiling like he knows an amazing secret. The text reads “you joined left unread so you got to read the excerpt for cry Voidbringer before anyone else!”

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Michael LaBorn @michaellaborn.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

💯 🤣💪🏽 Leftunreadbooks.binderybooks.com

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Michael LaBorn @michaellaborn.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

We have given away 38 books in the last six weeks in an effort to meet our subscription goals. And I'm back with some more! This time, I'm partnering with @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social to give away a full set of The Gilded Ones Trilogy! Check out the details at the link below! #leftunread #bindery

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Bindery Books | GIVEAWAY: The Gilded Ones by Namina For...

The Gilded Ones Trilogy is one of the best YA Fantasies...

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Daniel José Older @djolder.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

And there it is. Same holds for activists, writers, "free speech" orgs, arts institutions and everyone else who has been silent for 15 months.

Ta-Nehisi Coates in Seattle about the Democratic Party in this moment:
“If you can’t stand up against genocide, why should I believe you can stand up for democracy?”

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Michael LaBorn @michaellaborn.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

If you are one of my paid subscribers, MAKE SURE you have synced your discord to your Bindery account so that you get access to our group chat! I generally drop new news there days before I have a chance to go write or film an official announcement for the newsletter! (And I have news currently 👀).

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Libro.fm @libro.fm · 13/02/2025

Make the switch to Libro.fm from Audible ❤️ We might not have a space ship or fancy ads with celebrities critiquing listening speeds, but we do support independent bookshops (and in our opinion, that's way better). libro.fm/switch

"Every purchase supports independent bookshops: Libro.fm yes, Audible no. Social Purpose Corporation: Libro.fm yes, Audible no. Membership credits never expire: Libro.fm yes, Audible no. Real people on support, no bots ever: Libro.fm yes, Audible no."

"Keep your credits when you hold or cancel: Libro.fm yes, Audible no. DRM-free downloads (you own your audiobooks): Libro.fm yes, Audible no. Recommendations and playlists from expert booksellers: Libro.fm yes, Audible no. Helps create local jobs and keep more money in your community: Libro.fm yes, Audible no."

"Employee-owned small business: Libro.fm yes, Audible no. Ability to redeem credits in-app on iOS and Android: Libro.fm yes, Audible yes. Over 500,000 audiobooks to choose from: Libro.fm yes, Audible yes. Offer multiple membership plans: Libro.fm yes, Audible yes."

30% off additional audiobooks and gifted audiobooks: Libro.fm yes, Audible yes. Free iOS (including Apple Watch) and Android apps: Libro.fm yes, Audible yes.

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Fromthemixedupdesk @fromthemixedupdesk.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

#booksky #diversebooks If you are looking for a community of readers, who think reading is political, read diversely and didn’t vote for Trump, one that is algorithm free, I’d love for you to join my reader community on Discord! discord.gg/S6vwHnjfZh

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Check out the Boozhoo Books community on Discord - hang out with 760 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.

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Michael LaBorn @michaellaborn.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Day 12 of trying to get 1,000 monthly contributors to my publishing imprint. If you want to help us publish more Black and brown books, consider signing up for $5 or $12. Every single dollar helps us to do this work more successfully. So if you CAN, please help. Leftunreadbooks.binderybooks.com

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Libro.fm @libro.fm · 12/02/2025

Just a friendly reminder that we are committed to investing in booksellers/authors of color, disabled booksellers/authors, and LGBTQIA+ booksellers/authors, as well as elevating their stories ❤️ In fact, it's one of the values that guide our work.

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Michael LaBorn @michaellaborn.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Day Six of asking you to invest in my publishing imprint for $5 or $12 to help us publish more Black and brown books. Developing a strong community is an incredibly important element of this business growing and becoming self-sustaining. Please come be a part! ✊🏾❤️ Leftunreadbooks.binderybooks.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/02/2025

Crockett: "If feels as if y'all have just decided that y'all are gonna castrate your constitutional duty & hand it over to someone who was unelected. It doesn't matter how many cheerleaders he had on the field campaigning for him. That doesn't mean he gets to go in and sit atop any of our agencies"

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Michael LaBorn @michaellaborn.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Pre-Order Cry, Voidbringer TODAY for 25% off with discount code: PREORDER25 Cry, Voidbringer is an anarchist female-rage fantasy about resisting tyranny and the cost of adopting the tools of your oppressors. It’s a next level fantasy and I NEED you to read it! Go pre-order while it’s on sale!!!

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Cry, Voidbringer|Paperback

In a broken system, do you save yourself or fight for the people you love? With the godspower waning, the queen of Ashvi has had to find another way to bolster her fight against her imperialist oppres...

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Omar Wasow @owasow.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Judge rules that Black church in DC, which won a $2.8 million default judgment against the Proud Boys, now gains control over the trademark “Proud Boys.” The far-right group is barred from selling any related merchandise or symbols without the consent of the church. Gift link:

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Proud Boys Lose Control of Their Name to a Black Church They Vandalized (Gift Article)

A judge awarded the trademarked name and symbols to a Washington church to help satisfy a $2.8 million judgment against the far-right group.

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Michael LaBorn @michaellaborn.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Think we can get 1,000 people in my Bindery TODAY? Let’s give it a try. You can sign up for FREE and get access to a ton of exclusive content and giveaways, or you can subscribe for $5 or $12 a month and help support my fight for Black & brown authors. Leftunreadbooks.binderybooks.com REPOST!!!

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Krystal Lang @krystallotuslang.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Happy BLACK History Month. I read Black books every month but I got two stacks for y'all. First stack is books by Black authors I loved and the second are the ones I’m getting to. #booksky

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Fromthemixedupdesk @fromthemixedupdesk.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

#booksky Don’t forget that I’m hosting two giveaways on Bindery! Winners will be selected tomorrow (US only). Subscribe (you can join 4 free) to enter and leave a comment on the posts for an extra entry. boozhoo.binderybooks.com

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🏳️‍🌈 Kimberly L Piper Writes Queer Shit 🏳️‍🌈 @klpwrites.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Friends with addictions who are in recovery, Stay sober through this! DO NOT LET THAT ORANGE BASTARD MAKE YOU RELAPSE! Go to a meeting! Talk to your therapist! Relapse isn’t worth it! STAY SOBER! Love ya’ll 💖

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Michael LaBorn @michaellaborn.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

If you are a Black educator, organizer or small business owner (that includes artists), drop your payment apps in the comments! Everyone else, feel free to help fund those businesses as we move into a VERY rough year. Cashapp: $michaellaborn PayPal: michael_laborn@icloud.com #blackhistorymonth

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 31/01/2025

In my years of reporting on LGBTQ news this was by far the hardest. But we are still here. You made it to Friday. You lived. Good job. That wasn’t easy. Through a diversity of tactics, we will continue to live. Rest up, drink water, find community, so that we can all be here tomorrow too.

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Michael LaBorn @michaellaborn.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

February 27th is the one-year anniversary since I partnered with @binderybooks.bsky.social to start a publishing imprint for Black & brown authors. My dream would be for that imprint to be self-sufficient by then! Help us get there by subscribing for $5 or $12. leftunreadbooks.binderybooks.com

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Jaysen @ezeekat.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

That feeling of reading a book as fast as you can to see how it ends, but also not wanting it to be over. 😭 #booksky

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Mama K Speaks @mamakspeaks.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

This cover alone is at the forefront of my Black History reads this year.

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Fromthemixedupdesk @fromthemixedupdesk.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

go.bsky.app/ALbjGXE I’m adding new Indigenous authors and book reviewers and industry folks to this pack daily, so check to make sure you’re following everyone and then share!

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Natalia Hernandez Author (she/her) @nataliahernandez.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

A reminder that The Name-Bearer audiobook is currently 65% off, making it only $7! Link: www.audiobooks.com/promotions/p...

An image of the audiobook cover forThe Name-Bearer by Natalia Hernandez, showing a 65% off sale.

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Michael LaBorn @michaellaborn.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

If you’re looking for a reader community where 99% of the books mentioned were written by Black and brown (and usually queer) authors, join our discord: discord.gg/5Ze4eJMGxF

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Sheena📚 @sheebyreading.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Me watching unhinged videos: WHAT THE EFF DID I JUST WATCH???? Also Me: Imma send this to the group chat.

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Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Every so often I see this posted: “hear me out: - The scholastic book fair - For adults - At a bar” & almost every time someone will respond, “Mychal’s been trying to create an Adult Scholastic Book Fair! He wants the funds dedicated to local schools to ensure no kid goes home empty-handed.” 😭📚💜

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Disco Barrington 🏳️‍⚧️ Author @discobooks.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

I read half a book this week. I’m amazed. Reading right now feels like trying to concentrate on embroidery, while sitting on a shifting tectonic plate, as a horde of screaming banshees chucks needles at you. #booksky

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💙🌸JK🌸💙 @pinklipgloss.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

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Pearlmania500 @pearlmania500.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

He isn’t hiding it, so why are you providing cover for him @washingtonpost.com, @postopinions.bsky.social?

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Michael LaBorn @michaellaborn.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Day two is almost over. Take a deep breath. Have a glass of water. And if you haven’t had one yet, maybe even eat a little snack. I want you to give yourself permission to take care of yourself even while you’re afraid.

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