Ben Fox 📚🌎🗽🇺🇦
@bwbbwb.bsky.social
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Ben Fox 📚🌎🗽🇺🇦
@bwbbwb.bsky.social
· Nov 17
Want to know Ben Fox's Top 3 Books of 2024?
Ben's top 3 reads of 2024 include The Cold Cold Ground and two other amazing books. Discover what makes these books unmissable!
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📚🔥 Want to share your 3 favorite reads of 2024 and get a beautiful page like this 👉 shepherd.com/bboy/2024/f/...
Share your picks here 👉 shepherd.com/bboy/my-3-fa...
Plus, it goes into our Readers' Favorites of 2024 👉https://shepherd.com/bboy/2024
Share your picks here 👉 shepherd.com/bboy/my-3-fa...
Plus, it goes into our Readers' Favorites of 2024 👉https://shepherd.com/bboy/2024
Shepherd's new bookshelves are live! Woohoo! We've been working on these a long time and excited to show them to you -> build.shepherd.com/p/launch-par...
August 2, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Shepherd's new bookshelves are live! Woohoo! We've been working on these a long time and excited to show them to you -> build.shepherd.com/p/launch-par...
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A really cool Kickstarter celebrating printing, take a look -> www.kickstarter.com/projects/gle...
Six Centuries of Type & Printing: New Edition
Help create an affordably priced version of this book that spans 600 years of the history of typography, type casting, and printing
www.kickstarter.com
April 7, 2025 at 6:07 PM
A really cool Kickstarter celebrating printing, take a look -> www.kickstarter.com/projects/gle...
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I am still optimisic about this Kickstarter campaign despite having accidentally launched it so its mid-point is into the worst economic crisis point in decades.
As an independent writer and creator, the winds blow us like maple seeds where they will. (Yes, book is being printed in Canada🍁.)
As an independent writer and creator, the winds blow us like maple seeds where they will. (Yes, book is being printed in Canada🍁.)
Curious about the history of printing, from pre-Gutenberg to the present, and would like a book that offers a thorough but concise rundown? You can get a copy of Six Centuries of Type & Printing in a Kickstarter campaign I launched just now! www.kickstarter.com/projects/gle...
April 4, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I am still optimisic about this Kickstarter campaign despite having accidentally launched it so its mid-point is into the worst economic crisis point in decades.
As an independent writer and creator, the winds blow us like maple seeds where they will. (Yes, book is being printed in Canada🍁.)
As an independent writer and creator, the winds blow us like maple seeds where they will. (Yes, book is being printed in Canada🍁.)
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"If America hasn't broken your heart, you haven't loved her enough."
Corey Booker, just now.
Corey Booker, just now.
April 1, 2025 at 6:17 PM
"If America hasn't broken your heart, you haven't loved her enough."
Corey Booker, just now.
Corey Booker, just now.
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On this week's show, @digiglean.bsky.social and I talk about kivy, DuckDB, pyproject.toml, Polars LazyFrames and discuss software books, including fiction.
With content from @bwbbwb.bsky.social and others not on the 🦋
With content from @bwbbwb.bsky.social and others not on the 🦋
Episode #243: Manage Projects With pyproject.toml & Explore Polars LazyFrames – The Real Python Podcast
How can you simplify the management of your Python projects with one file? What are the advantages of using LazyFrames in Polars? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week, bringing another…
realpython.com
March 14, 2025 at 7:34 PM
On this week's show, @digiglean.bsky.social and I talk about kivy, DuckDB, pyproject.toml, Polars LazyFrames and discuss software books, including fiction.
With content from @bwbbwb.bsky.social and others not on the 🦋
With content from @bwbbwb.bsky.social and others not on the 🦋
I did a fun interview about Shepherd and how we are trying to build something different than Goodreads, check it out here -> podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
Book DNA: The Secret to Finding Your Next Great Read
Podcast Episode · Pocket Sized Pep Talks · 03/10/2025 · 29m
podcasts.apple.com
March 14, 2025 at 10:48 AM
I did a fun interview about Shepherd and how we are trying to build something different than Goodreads, check it out here -> podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
Best president ever.
Roosevelt; December 29, 1940:
The American appeasers ... tell you that the Axis powers are going to win anyway; that all of this bloodshed in the world could be saved… They call it a 'negotiated peace'. Nonsense! Is it a negotiated peace if a gang of outlaws threatens you with extermination ?
The American appeasers ... tell you that the Axis powers are going to win anyway; that all of this bloodshed in the world could be saved… They call it a 'negotiated peace'. Nonsense! Is it a negotiated peace if a gang of outlaws threatens you with extermination ?
March 4, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Best president ever.
@scalzi.com woohoo! I just preordered The Shattering Peace (Old Man's War Book 7) and am looking forward to it this September. Beautiful cover :)
February 19, 2025 at 7:53 PM
@scalzi.com woohoo! I just preordered The Shattering Peace (Old Man's War Book 7) and am looking forward to it this September. Beautiful cover :)
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We just shipped a big update to help readers find amazing book lists by authors and experts! Check out the improved accuracy under our book lists section here -> shepherd.com/search/shelf... and shepherd.com/search/shelf... and shepherd.com/search/shelf...
February 14, 2025 at 6:57 PM
We just shipped a big update to help readers find amazing book lists by authors and experts! Check out the improved accuracy under our book lists section here -> shepherd.com/search/shelf... and shepherd.com/search/shelf... and shepherd.com/search/shelf...
Great data breakdown!!
My annual decarbonization presentation is here.
200 slides, covering everything from water levels in Lake Gatún to sulfur dioxide emissions to ESG fund flows to Chinese auto exports to artificial intelligence. www.nathanielbullard.com/presentations
200 slides, covering everything from water levels in Lake Gatún to sulfur dioxide emissions to ESG fund flows to Chinese auto exports to artificial intelligence. www.nathanielbullard.com/presentations
January 30, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Great data breakdown!!
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Suddenly, out of nowhere, a declassified World War II-era CIA guide to sabotaging fascism in the workplace has become one of the most popular free ebooks on the internet:
www.404media.co/declassified...
www.404media.co/declassified...
Declassified CIA Guide to Sabotaging Fascism Is Suddenly Viral
The World War II-era "Simple Sabotage Field Manual" is full of steps that office workers can take to resist leadership.
www.404media.co
January 29, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Suddenly, out of nowhere, a declassified World War II-era CIA guide to sabotaging fascism in the workplace has become one of the most popular free ebooks on the internet:
www.404media.co/declassified...
www.404media.co/declassified...
And a big post for authors for January -> meetreaders.shepherd.com/p/the-big-20...
The big 2024 Shepherd wrap-up and where we are headed in 2025.
Happy 2025! 🥳
meetreaders.shepherd.com
January 24, 2025 at 7:39 PM
And a big post for authors for January -> meetreaders.shepherd.com/p/the-big-20...
Big post for January for readers... ilovebooks.shepherd.com/p/my-10-favo...
My 10 favorite book lists for January 2025...
Creating the indie book platform readers deserve.
ilovebooks.shepherd.com
January 24, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Big post for January for readers... ilovebooks.shepherd.com/p/my-10-favo...
How is our new referral and partnership system working on the fav 3 reads of the year event? -> build.shepherd.com/p/how-is-the...
How is the Readers’ Favorite Reads event performing with the new referrals & partnership program?
Happy 2025! 🥳
build.shepherd.com
January 10, 2025 at 12:02 PM
How is our new referral and partnership system working on the fav 3 reads of the year event? -> build.shepherd.com/p/how-is-the...
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When an audiobook publisher that publishes their audibook on both Audible and Apple Books makes $10,000 on Audible:
Amazon makes $30,000.
If they made $10,000 on Apple Books: Apple would make $4,285.
This is Amazon generating 7x (!!) the revenue, compared to publisher/author earnings.
Wow.
Amazon makes $30,000.
If they made $10,000 on Apple Books: Apple would make $4,285.
This is Amazon generating 7x (!!) the revenue, compared to publisher/author earnings.
Wow.
December 11, 2024 at 9:59 AM
When an audiobook publisher that publishes their audibook on both Audible and Apple Books makes $10,000 on Audible:
Amazon makes $30,000.
If they made $10,000 on Apple Books: Apple would make $4,285.
This is Amazon generating 7x (!!) the revenue, compared to publisher/author earnings.
Wow.
Amazon makes $30,000.
If they made $10,000 on Apple Books: Apple would make $4,285.
This is Amazon generating 7x (!!) the revenue, compared to publisher/author earnings.
Wow.
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Hey, writers! Just want to put this on your radar. There's a rash of new accounts here trying to scam writers by pretending to be book marketers. They are generally not legit. You can recognize them because:
December 4, 2024 at 2:23 PM
Hey, writers! Just want to put this on your radar. There's a rash of new accounts here trying to scam writers by pretending to be book marketers. They are generally not legit. You can recognize them because:
Utter boss move.
Lee Jae-myung, Leader of South Korea's Democratic Party, live-streamed himself scaling the walls of the National Assembly to bypass military barricades so that he could vote to overturn the President's martial law.
December 3, 2024 at 10:22 PM
Utter boss move.
My December update for authors talks about what I am trying to do with our new referral program at Shepherd.com -> meetreaders.shepherd.com/p/an-easy-en...
An easy end-of-year option to smartly promote your book.
And details on our new referral program...
meetreaders.shepherd.com
December 3, 2024 at 11:58 AM
My December update for authors talks about what I am trying to do with our new referral program at Shepherd.com -> meetreaders.shepherd.com/p/an-easy-en...
If you love good historical fiction, I recommend Sword Brethren by Jon Byrne! I didn't know anything about this time period and the Northern Crusades, and it was a great read (and educating) -> www.amazon.com/Sword-Brethr...
December 3, 2024 at 9:03 AM
If you love good historical fiction, I recommend Sword Brethren by Jon Byrne! I didn't know anything about this time period and the Northern Crusades, and it was a great read (and educating) -> www.amazon.com/Sword-Brethr...
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My book friend @bwbbwb.bsky.social recently launched the Best Books of 2024 on Shepard.
It's a nifty idea: ask a bunch of readers what their top 3 books of 2024 were. Readers can create a page of their top, and then the site aggregates the top overall.
Here's mine!
shepherd.com/bboy/2024/f/...
It's a nifty idea: ask a bunch of readers what their top 3 books of 2024 were. Readers can create a page of their top, and then the site aggregates the top overall.
Here's mine!
shepherd.com/bboy/2024/f/...
Want to know Adam Fortuna's Top 3 Books of 2024?
Adam's top 3 reads of 2024 include The Creative Act: A Way of Being and two other amazing books. Discover what makes these books unmissable!
shepherd.com
November 29, 2024 at 11:53 PM
My book friend @bwbbwb.bsky.social recently launched the Best Books of 2024 on Shepard.
It's a nifty idea: ask a bunch of readers what their top 3 books of 2024 were. Readers can create a page of their top, and then the site aggregates the top overall.
Here's mine!
shepherd.com/bboy/2024/f/...
It's a nifty idea: ask a bunch of readers what their top 3 books of 2024 were. Readers can create a page of their top, and then the site aggregates the top overall.
Here's mine!
shepherd.com/bboy/2024/f/...
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Six decades later, Star Trek may still be the only franchise based on the ideas that diversity is strength, justice is the measure of civilization, bounty is to be shared, peace is worth the price, and all these things can be achieved.
We need more shows that look ahead and find goodness.
We need more shows that look ahead and find goodness.
November 29, 2024 at 11:50 AM
Six decades later, Star Trek may still be the only franchise based on the ideas that diversity is strength, justice is the measure of civilization, bounty is to be shared, peace is worth the price, and all these things can be achieved.
We need more shows that look ahead and find goodness.
We need more shows that look ahead and find goodness.
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Okay, y’all… I have finally decided that retreat is the better part of valor. Bringing some rainbow energy over to these blue skies.
#bydhttmwdi
#bydhttmwdi
a pixel art of a man standing under a rainbow on a blue background
Alt: a pixel art of Levar standing under a rainbow on a blue background
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November 18, 2024 at 7:43 PM
Okay, y’all… I have finally decided that retreat is the better part of valor. Bringing some rainbow energy over to these blue skies.
#bydhttmwdi
#bydhttmwdi