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Thinking Ink Press @thinkinginkpress.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Felicia Martinez's THESE BRIGHT AND PERILOUS DESIGNS is coming soon--sign up to read the ARC today! forms.gle/J9heY4cMPShG...

The book cover for These Bright and Perilous Designs by Felicia Martinez shows a mosaic of an ancient Minoan woman and tiled designs, with orange circuit-board lines running behind them on a blue background.

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Thinking Ink Press @thinkinginkpress.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Free WRITING MEMOIR IN FLASHES ebook giveaway at Goodreads! 🎉 Enter now through Sep 30 Please share to help spread the word. Thanks for supporting independent publishing! www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...

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Thinking Ink Press @thinkinginkpress.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

It’s Anti-Prime Day at @bookshop.org through June 26! 🎉 Standard shipping is free and lots of books are 20% off. Sales there benefit indie bookstores! 💖 Get The Neurodiversiverse and other Thinking Ink Press books at bookshop.org/shop/TIP Or shop to support your local indie store! #booksky

A person in a space suit is standing on a rocky surface looking at the horizon. The text says: Neurodiversity is Everywhere and 20% off
Get free Shiping and 20% off on The Neurodiversiverse: Alien Encounters and other great Thinking Ink Press books for bookshop.org’s Anti-Prime Day Sale!

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Thinking Ink Press @thinkinginkpress.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

We’re so happy to see this 5-star review for Writing Memoir in Flashes by Lita Kurth!

Text: Book Review Writing Memoir in Flashes by Lita Kurth is next to a line art image of hot coffee and a book. The Writing Memoir in Flashes book cover is shown with 5 stars below and the quote “an excellent tool to help you start writing your stories” - Readers’ Favorite.

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Thinking Ink Press @thinkinginkpress.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

We're happy to announce that Writing Memoir in Flashes by Lita Kurth is now available at bookstores! 🎉 If you want to write about your life, Writing Memoir in Flashes will help you get started, find the heart of your story, and connect your piece with your audience. www.amazon.com/dp/B0GRK59HBN

The book Writing Memoir in Flashes by Lita Kurth is shown next to a cup of tea and white tulips

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Thinking Ink Press @thinkinginkpress.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

The Midwest Book Review has wonderful things to say about our award-winning sci fi anthology The Neurodiversiverse: Alien Encounters! 💖🛸📖

Book Review a line art drawing of a book with a bookmark and a steaming cup of coffee next to the book cover of The Neurodiversiverse. The Neurodiversiverse: Alien Encounters Edited by Anthony Francis and Liza Olmsted. "“A fun and thought-provoking read from cover to cover and unreservedly recommended for community and college/university library Contemporary Science Fiction collections.” — Midwest Book Review

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Thinking Ink Press @thinkinginkpress.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Bookmarks arrived for Your Writing Matters by Keiko O’Leary and our forthcoming book Writing Memoir in Flashes by Lita Kurth. 🎉 We’ll send these with the Kickstarter rewards when Writing Memoir in Flashes is printed. 💖📚 ARCs are coming soon for reviewers! 📝

A picture of two bookmarks: Your Writing Matters by Keiko O’Leary and Writing Memoir in Flashes by Lita Kurth. Each bookmark shows a photo of the author and the cover of their book.

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Thinking Ink Press @thinkinginkpress.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Hip, Hop, Hooray for Brooklynn! received a lovely review from Midwest Book Review. 🐰🎉

The book cover for Hip, Hop, Hooray for Brooklynn! By Jill Harold and Betsy Miller
“Charming, fun, thoroughly kid friendly, and unreservedly recommended addition to family, daycare center, preschool, elementary school, and community library picture book collections for children ages 2-6. Midwest Book Review

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Thinking Ink Press @thinkinginkpress.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Our first poetry postcard is in the works! 🎨 Here’s a peek at part of the art by Philip Lee. ✍️ The poem is by Merridawn Duckler (not yet revealed). We all love the poem and we think you will too! We’ll post again after the holidays when the finished postcards are available.

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Thinking Ink Press @thinkinginkpress.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Check out author Lita Kurth’s guest blog post at the Insecure Writers Support Group! www.insecurewriterssupportgroup.com/2025/11/writ...

A line art drawing of a notebook and pen is on the upper left corner next to the words Guest Blog Post / Author Lita Kurth on Writing Memoir / Hosted by / Insecure Writers Support Group.
The book cover for Writing Memoir in Flashes is next to a photo of Lita Kurth, with the URL below https://www.insecurewriterssupportgroup.com/2025/11/writing-memoir-in-flashes.html.
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Thinking Ink Press @thinkinginkpress.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Our Kickstarter for Writing Memoir in Flashes by Lita Kurth funded! We’re so happy! Thanks everyone! There’s still time to back it if you want the book: www.kickstarter.com/projects/thi...

The ebook and paperback of the book Writing Memoir in Flashes by Lita Kurth with a background of confetti. The text says Just funded / Kickstarter / WE DID IT! WE ARE FUNDED / Thank you for your support!

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Thinking Ink Press @thinkinginkpress.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Hi writer friends! Do you write short memoir? Want to give it a try? 📖💖 Check out our Kickstarter for Writing Memoir in Flashes by Lita Kurth! We’re $130 away from meeting our funding goal by Mon Nov 10. Back it or tell a friend! Thanks! 🥰 #BookSky #writers www.kickstarter.com/projects/thi...

A paperback and ebook of Writing Memoir in Flashes. The book cover shows a black line art pen with a burst of yellow lines coming from the tip. The words say Nearly funded / Kickstarter /Help us reach our funding goal!!

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Thinking Ink Press @thinkinginkpress.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Your Writing Matters by Keiko O’Leary got a great review by Midwest Book Review! 📚⁠ ⁠You can get Your Writing Matters and more in the Kickstarter for Writing Memoir in Flashes by Lita Kurth. 🦋 www.kickstarter.com/projects/thi... #BookSky

A line art drawing of a hot coffee cup on a book is next to the book cover of Your Writing Matters by Keiko O’Leary. The words say: Book Review / Your Writing Matters by Keiko O’Leary / “Essential reading for anyone aspiring to writing for a living … inspirationally motivating for even professionally seasoned writers” -Midwest Book Review

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Thinking Ink Press @thinkinginkpress.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Our newest Instant Book is our first book of poetry!⁠ 📖❤️⁠ The Let It Happen Instant Book is a mini-collection of six short poems by Keiko O’Leary. She designed it with thoughtful page layouts and beautiful images of Julia Macek’s quilling artwork. Keiko hand-folds each book. They’re lovely! ⁠🦋

The Let It Happen mini book is on a blue-gray cloth. The book cover says Let It Happen: Poems for Humans by Keiko O’Leary / A Thinking Ink Press Instant Book. A colorful butterfly in a quilling design is on the cover.

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Thinking Ink Press @thinkinginkpress.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

🎉We’re delighted to announce we’ll be publishing a new sci-fi novella Bright Phaedra by Felicia Martinez!🎉 Bright Phaedra reimagines the Greek myth of Phaedra and Hippolytus with neurodiverse and asexual characters, set in a near-future multiverse with sentient artificial intelligences.

Author Felicia Martínez smiling in an outdoor setting with trees

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Thinking Ink Press @thinkinginkpress.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

New book earrings from Poetose! 💖📚 Get yours at Thinking Ink Press’s table at Markham House in History Park 10 am - 1 pm Sunday, September 28 635 Phelan Ave, San Jose CA 95112 Browse books, earrings, and more. www.pcsj.org/festival-2025 for full poetry festival details 📕

8 boxes of small handmade book earrings in assorted designs

One pair of book earrings from Poetose with floral book covers

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Thinking Ink Press @thinkinginkpress.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

🎉 We’re happy to announce we’ll be publishing a new book Writing Memoir in Flashes by Lita Kurth in Spring 2026! 🎉 This book is for anyone who wants to tell their true stories through writing short memoir or a collection. Follow us for news about the upcoming Kickstarter! 📚💖

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Thinking Ink Press @thinkinginkpress.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

LtR, Clara Ward, Anthony Francis, Betsy Miller, & Liza Olmsted. We will be at Worldcon! Our award-winning book The Neurodiversiverse edited by Anthony & Liza will be selling at the Liminal Fiction table in the dealers' room. Stop by the table and you may see Liza or Betsy there #Worldcon2025 #SciFi

Clara Ward, Anthony Francis, Betsy Miller, and Liza Olmsted are sitting at a round table having tea during Clockwork Alchemy. All are smiling

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Thinking Ink Press @thinkinginkpress.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Anthony Francis from Thinking Ink Press is presenting at WorldCon 2025! 🎉 The Cognitive Science of Scenes and Sequels Sat, Aug 16 11–11:30 am seattlein2025.org/program-and-... Get the award-winning book The Neurodiversiverse at the Liminal Fiction table in the dealers’ room #Worldcon2025 #SciFi

Anthony Francis is standing behind a table with stacks of his books on it. He is wearing a black cowboy hat with a black and silver vest, and aiming a sonic screwdriver at the camera.

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Thinking Ink Press @thinkinginkpress.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Look for Betsy and Liza at the PPN Conference April 25, 2025. They're on the panel Audacious and Subversive: Impact Strategies from Indie Publishers. Liza is also on the panel Imagining Otherwise: Neurodiversity in Publishing. @betsymiller.bsky.social @shinylizard.bsky.social

An illustration of a shelf of books is centered on a white background. The text above says: Betsy Miller and Liza Olmsted are panelists at the Publishing Professionals Network conference in Berkeley!

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Thinking Ink Press @thinkinginkpress.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Hello, fellow fiction-consuming beings! Want to add to your hoard of fantastic stories about neurodiversity? Good news! Our hopeful, empowering science fiction anthology is on sale! The Neurodiversiverse: Alien Encounters is 50% off until March 8 at Smashwords! #books #neurodiversity #scifibooks

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Thinking Ink Press @thinkinginkpress.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Happy Read an Ebook Week! Clubfoot Connections is 50% off at Smashwords Mar 2-8! 💖 👣 📚 Get a deal on this award-winning and uplifting anthology of true stories and poetry by people affected by clubfoot. #Booksky #ebookweek25 #Smashwords #Disability www.smashwords.com/books/view/1...

A tablet shows the book cover for Clubfoot Connections: Stories, essays, and poetry from the clubfoot community.

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Thinking Ink Press @thinkinginkpress.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Some Time Later: Fantastic Voyages Through Alternate Worlds is a Deal of the Day at Drive Thru Fiction! ⛭💖⛭ Get the ebook for $2.40 here tinyurl.com/2e64scec Please share to spread the word! #BookSky #steampunk #ebooksale

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Thinking Ink Press @thinkinginkpress.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Thinking Ink Press co-founder Liza Olmsted was awarded a grant to help cover the cost of attending IBPA Publishing University 2025 (Pub U). Congratulations, @shinylizard.bsky.social! 🎉 Read more at www.thinkinginkpress.com/2025/02/tip/we-received-a-grant/ @ibpa.bsky.social @indyartssf.bsky.social

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Thinking Ink Press @thinkinginkpress.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Bay Area friends, come by the Cupertino Library on Friday night for the free event Poetry in the Dark! ⁠ 💖📚💖🔦⁠ Yes, this event involves reciting poems by heart. But don't worry! Even if you don't know any poems by heart, come anyway. Worst case, Keiko knows enough poems to fill the entire time.

A picture of poet Keiko O'Leary wearing read glasses and smiling and white text on a black background that says: Poetry in the Dark. Let's turn off the lights and speak poems to each other.

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Thinking Ink Press @thinkinginkpress.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Check out the new guest blog post by Liza Olmsted from Thinking Ink Press at the Insecure Writer's Support group website: www.insecurewriterssupportgroup.com/2024/11/i-wa...

Liza is wearing green glasses and smiling in front of a landscape with sand dunes and water and a blue sky with clouds.
The text says: Guest Blog Post Liza Olmsted Insecure Writer's Support Group. I Want You to Be Yourself, and to Be Gentle with Yourself

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Thinking Ink Press @thinkinginkpress.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Sure, here's the cover of our sci fi anthology The Neurodiversiverse: Alien Encounters and a Goodreads link! Let us know if you'd like a review copy. 🛸 www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...

A book cover of "The Neurodiversiverse: Alien Encounters", a science fiction anthology. Background is stylized art of an astronaut meeting an alien in outer space. Art by Barbara Candiotti.

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Thinking Ink Press @thinkinginkpress.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Our friends at Taevo Publishing are creating an anthology of survivors of domestic violence, titled Why I Stayed. We’d love it if you share this project with people you know and if you are called to, support this BIPOC indie publisher! Indiegogo campaign link: igg.me/at/wis-antho...

A book called Why I Stayed with a red rose on a black cover is resting on a purple and pink background. The text says Become Part of the Movement! Support the crowdfunding campaign at Indiegogo today! TAEVO

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Thinking Ink Press @thinkinginkpress.bsky.social · 16/09/2024

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and we were #643,574!

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Thinking Ink Press @thinkinginkpress.bsky.social · 10/09/2024

🌸 @keikooleary.bsky.social from Thinking Ink Press was at the Poetry Center San José’s Small Press fair last weekend! Along with our books, we included some items from Poetose, a small publisher in Boston. You can see their book earrings, notebooks, and books in this picture. 📚🥰 #poetry

The Thinking Ink Press table at the Poetry Center San Jose Small Press fair is covered with books, notebooks and other small items on a white table cloth.

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Thinking Ink Press @thinkinginkpress.bsky.social · 13/08/2024

Our hopeful, empowering science fiction anthology 🧠 The Neurodiversiverse: Alien Encounters 🛸 is now available! Explore #OwnVoices stories of neurodivergent folks meeting aliens! Buy the book at neurodiversiverse.com! #neurodiversiverse #books #neurodiversity #scifibooks

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Thinking Ink Press @thinkinginkpress.bsky.social · 12/05/2024

📣 Last chance to back The Neurodiversiverse: Alien Encounters sci fi anthology on Kickstarter! The campaign ends Monday at noon, Pacific time. Would neurodiversity be an advantage in an encounter with aliens? 🛸 Back it and find out at www.neurodiversiverse.com 🛸⁠ #Neurodiversity #SciFiBooks

The Neurodiversiverse: Alien Encounters book cover on a warp-speed sky. Just funded on Kickstarter. Ending soon.

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Thinking Ink Press @thinkinginkpress.bsky.social · 28/04/2024

Selected as a Kickstarter #ProjectWeLove!⁠ 😍 🧠 The Neurodiversiverse: Alien Encounters 👽 is a hopeful, empowering science fiction anthology. Would neurodiversity be an advantage in an encounter with aliens? 🛸 Back it and find out at www.neurodiversiverse.com 🛸⁠ #Neurodiversity #SciFiBooks

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Thinking Ink Press @thinkinginkpress.bsky.social · 17/04/2024

Celebrate neurodiversity 🧠 by backing our Kickstarter for The Neurodiversiverse, a hopeful, empowering anthology answering the question: Would neurodiversity help in an encounter with aliens? 🛸 Back it at neurodiversiverse.com #Neurodiversity #SciFiBooks #OwnVoices

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Thinking Ink Press @thinkinginkpress.bsky.social · 09/01/2024

We have sample inspiring quote tote bags and stickers. Here's a picture with a copy of Your Writing Matters by Keiko O'Leary for scale. ⁠ ⁠ Don't they look great?⁠ ⁠ These are rewards for people who backed our recent Kickstarter. For more info, here's the link to the update: ⁠ tinyurl.com/7w6nxpma

Inspiring quote tote bag with the book Your Writing Matters by Keiko O'Leary and an inspiring quote sticker.

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Thinking Ink Press @thinkinginkpress.bsky.social · 05/01/2024

Your Writing Matters by Keiko O'Leary ebook is 99¢ for a limited time! ⁠✒️ Encouragement and tips for anyone who likes to write ✒️ Fun and insightful references to literature, poetry, and sci fi pop culture⁠ ✒️ It's like having a writing friend by your side⁠ books2read.com/your-writing...

The ebook Your Writing Matters by Keiko O'Leary is on a dark blue background with gold streamers. The text says New Year, New Sale 99¢.

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Thinking Ink Press @thinkinginkpress.bsky.social · 05/12/2023

Congratulations, Keiko O'Leary! Armed with a Book selected YOUR WRITING MATTERS for their The Transformative Power of 5 Creativity Books list!

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Thinking Ink Press @thinkinginkpress.bsky.social · 26/10/2023

A big thanks to everyone who has backed our Kickstarter so far! Today's the last day, so if you've been meaning to back, now's the time! bit.ly/inspiring-po... #crowdfunding #Kickstarter #KickstarterReads #writingcommunity

Last chance to back our Kickstarter!
Campaign ends Oct 26, 10 pm Pacific time
Like, share, or back it before it's over!
A postcard with the words "You deserve to create what's in you to create" surrounded by a colorful floral border in quilling.

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Thinking Ink Press @thinkinginkpress.bsky.social · 24/10/2023

Our first stretch goal is unlocked in the Inspiring Postcards for Writers Kickstarter campaign! Can we unlock the next one? 56 hours to go, and $234 will get us there! Like/share, or back: bit.ly/inspiring-po...

A postcard with the words "You deserve to create what's in you to create" surrounded by a colorful floral border in quilling.
Our Kickstarter is funded!
Inspiring Postcard for Writers
UNLOCKED: Stretch goal #1: bonus sticker
Stretch goal #2: greeting cards
Like or share to help us unlock the next reward!

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Thinking Ink Press @thinkinginkpress.bsky.social · 22/10/2023

We just funded! 🎉 Thanks to everyone who’s backed the Kickstarter campaign, we’re so excited that we get to make beautiful postcards for writers! Our first stretch goal is bonus stickers, unlocked if we get $134 more. We love stickers. 💖 Like/share/or back bit.ly/inspiring-po...

A postcard with the words "You deserve to create what's in you to create" in calligraphy surrounded by a colorful floral border in quilling
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Our Kickstarter is funded!
Inspiring Postcards for Writers
Stretch goal #1: bonus sticker
Like or share to help us unlock it!

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Thinking Ink Press @thinkinginkpress.bsky.social · 21/10/2023

We're only $35 away from funding our Kickstarter for inspiring postcards for writers! Can we get there this weekend? We love the positive messages from Keiko O'Leary & the original art by Julia Macek! Please like/share/or back it: bit.ly/inspiring-po...

A stack of postcards with the words "You deserve to create what's in you to create" in calligraphy surrounded by a colorful floral design in quilling.

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Thinking Ink Press @thinkinginkpress.bsky.social · 13/10/2023

Here's the original quilling & calligraphy by Julia Macek with the quote "You deserve to create what's in you to create" by author Keiko O'Leary. (photo by Caroline Sanney) Let's make more inspiring postcards! Please back our Kickstarter or tell a friend! bit.ly/inspiring-po...

The original artwork shows the quote "You deserve to create what's in you to create" from author Keiko O'Leary written in calligraphy. A colorful floral border of quilling art surrounds the quote. Photo by Caroline Sanney.

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Thinking Ink Press @thinkinginkpress.bsky.social · 06/10/2023

Want to go to a reading by Thinking Ink Press co-founder Keiko O'Leary? Well-RED features poets Keiko O'Leary & Arthur Solway! Tuesday, October 10th, 7:00 p.m. Co-sponsored by Works/San José art & performance center! Open mic follows the featured readings. www.pcsj.org/events

Photos of poets Arthur Solway and Keiko O'Leary with a background of books

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Thinking Ink Press @thinkinginkpress.bsky.social · 26/09/2023

We are honored to be part of this amazing group of publishers! Thank you IBPA and Ingram Spark Books for choosing us for the Innovative Voices program. 😃 #InnovativeVoices #IBPA #IngramSpark #indiePublishing #indieBooks #authors

IBPA Innovative Voices Program Meet the Innovators, with photos of the 5 selected publishers

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Thinking Ink Press @thinkinginkpress.bsky.social · 20/09/2023

Check out this guest post from author Christopher Myers at Armed with a Book on the Creator’s Roulette! Christopher's story is in our nonfiction anthology Clubfoot Connections! armedwithabook.com/christopher-...

A wheel graphic showing Christopher Myers: reader, writer, performer, promotor, specialist, and maker

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Thinking Ink Press @thinkinginkpress.bsky.social · 12/09/2023

Wow! 🎉We are one of the twenty finalists who have been shortlisted for the IBPA Innovative Voices program. We are honored to be among this group of independent publishers who are doing such amazing work. #InnovativeVoices #IBPA #IngramSpark #indiePublishing #indieBooks

A photo of Keiko, Anthony, Liza, and Betsy from Thinking Ink Press

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