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jamteayang.bsky.social
All my love and solidarity to Quirk Books Union. The publishing industry has no future without unions, and I'm so proud that we were part of the effort to unionize publishing.
November 9, 2025 at 7:38 PM
gabyiori.bsky.social
the brilliant people left in the union are some of the very best I’ve had the privilege of working with. solidarity forever with my friends.
jamteayang.bsky.social J Yang 🍊📚🐱 @jamteayang.bsky.social · 1d
A final update from Quirk Books Union ✊💔 Devastated that, in the three months since we unionized, management never met the union at the bargaining table -- and now the remaining four union members have all been laid off.
On October 1st, Quirk Books became an imprint of Andrews McMeel Publishing, and as a result, the positions of all the remaining union members have been eliminated. We were scheduled to begin bargaining our contract on October 2nd. We're dismayed that this has happened-we truly love the work we have done and the books we have helped create at Quirk, and the union was our effort to ensure that those books could continue being made sustainably and well. Given the acquisition of the company and the layoffs, Quirk Books Union will no longer exist. Despite how this is ending, we greatly value the experiences we've had and the knowledge we've gained through the unionization process. To anyone else thinking of unionizing: Please don't get discouraged! As we've learned, it's a hard fight that doesn't always end well, but we believe that unionization efforts will only serve to make publishing and labor better for all. If you're interested in unionizing, check out the Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee (EWOC) @organizeworkers for resources and support! Thank you all for your support and solidarity! It's meant a lot to every one of us who has been part of this unionization process
November 10, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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jesszimmerman.com
I just want to say that forming a union is an act of strength, fellow-feeling, and belief in the work you do. That belief isn’t always enough because the people in power only care about what they can get, but I’m proud of my comrades for their courage and optimism.
jamteayang.bsky.social J Yang 🍊📚🐱 @jamteayang.bsky.social · 1d
A final update from Quirk Books Union ✊💔 Devastated that, in the three months since we unionized, management never met the union at the bargaining table -- and now the remaining four union members have all been laid off.
On October 1st, Quirk Books became an imprint of Andrews McMeel Publishing, and as a result, the positions of all the remaining union members have been eliminated. We were scheduled to begin bargaining our contract on October 2nd. We're dismayed that this has happened-we truly love the work we have done and the books we have helped create at Quirk, and the union was our effort to ensure that those books could continue being made sustainably and well. Given the acquisition of the company and the layoffs, Quirk Books Union will no longer exist. Despite how this is ending, we greatly value the experiences we've had and the knowledge we've gained through the unionization process. To anyone else thinking of unionizing: Please don't get discouraged! As we've learned, it's a hard fight that doesn't always end well, but we believe that unionization efforts will only serve to make publishing and labor better for all. If you're interested in unionizing, check out the Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee (EWOC) @organizeworkers for resources and support! Thank you all for your support and solidarity! It's meant a lot to every one of us who has been part of this unionization process
November 9, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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jamteayang.bsky.social
A final update from Quirk Books Union ✊💔 Devastated that, in the three months since we unionized, management never met the union at the bargaining table -- and now the remaining four union members have all been laid off.
On October 1st, Quirk Books became an imprint of Andrews McMeel Publishing, and as a result, the positions of all the remaining union members have been eliminated. We were scheduled to begin bargaining our contract on October 2nd. We're dismayed that this has happened-we truly love the work we have done and the books we have helped create at Quirk, and the union was our effort to ensure that those books could continue being made sustainably and well. Given the acquisition of the company and the layoffs, Quirk Books Union will no longer exist. Despite how this is ending, we greatly value the experiences we've had and the knowledge we've gained through the unionization process. To anyone else thinking of unionizing: Please don't get discouraged! As we've learned, it's a hard fight that doesn't always end well, but we believe that unionization efforts will only serve to make publishing and labor better for all. If you're interested in unionizing, check out the Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee (EWOC) @organizeworkers for resources and support! Thank you all for your support and solidarity! It's meant a lot to every one of us who has been part of this unionization process
November 9, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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emilyhughes.bsky.social
this part!!!!! “The whole thing feels … disrespectful. Give me a job fair. Give me something where I can interact with another human.” www.thecut.com/article/job-...
The Job Search Has Become a Humiliation Ritual
“It feels like I’m trying to make my robots talk to their robots.”
www.thecut.com
October 16, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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emilyhughes.bsky.social
oh hey if you’ve been meaning to pick up Horror For Weenies, Bookshop is having an anti-prime day free shipping sale (also a slight discount on the book!): bookshop.org/a/293/978168...
Horror for Weenies: Everything You Need to Know About the Films You're Too Scared to Watch
Everything You Need to Know About the Films You're Too Scared to Watch
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October 8, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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jesszimmerman.com
Could someone cool please start a press. There are so many great hires rattling around out there right now. I KNOW some of you are out here having secret money
October 7, 2025 at 8:09 PM
gabyiori.bsky.social
...anyway! I am looking for work (and have been for months actually!!) and also soft-launching that I'm doing freelance marketing and publicity. if you have a book coming out that you think would benefit from a thoughtful publicist/marketer, I'd love to help you get it into the world!
October 6, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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jamteayang.bsky.social
Great day to follow Quirk Books Union (@ QuirkBooksUnion on IG) and show your support for unions in publishing! 🙂✊ No particular reason or anything!! 🔗 www.instagram.com/quirkbooksun...
October 6, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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smashfizzle.bsky.social
Whether or not you support political violence won’t change where we’ve come to, nor where we’ve been for some time in this country. I am quite taken aback by how many people only invoke the term ‘political violence’ when it happens to a person with power. It’s political violence the other way too.
September 10, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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hels.bsky.social
It’s so embarrassing when ppl say HP was important to their childhood so they can’t let it go. Did it open a love of books & you went on to devour millions more books? Or is it just that you took one step into total brand capture before your brain was fully formed & even now you wish to remain
September 3, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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jesszimmerman.com
The Crone Zone by @slackmistress.bsky.social (with illustrations by @pamwishbow.bsky.social) is out in the world today! Perfect for all the aspiring bog witches, swamp hags, and Baba Yagas in your life (and anyone trying to age under patriarchy). Featuring every crone pun I could think of
The Crone Zone by Nina Bargiel: 9781683694830 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
It's time to embrace your inner crone! Tap into the wisdom of age and learn how to take up space, do as you please, shake off expectations, and live life on your own terms. If you’ve been looking...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
September 2, 2025 at 1:27 PM
gabyiori.bsky.social
happy labor day to: big unions, small unions, organizers, stewards, employees trying to start unions, workers at the bargaining table, non-eligible employees who support their workplace's union, workers waiting for voluntary recognition, striking workers, workers going to an election, etc
September 1, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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internetperson69.bsky.social
Happy Labor Day, comrades 🫡
Screenshot from Star Trek DS9. Leeta, Rom, and the rest of the workers at Quark's Bar are all huddled together. Caption: "(all chanting): Union! Union!"
September 1, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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lindsaykingmiller.bsky.social
Thrilled to see THIS IS MY BODY in the New York Times!!! "Unique, unexpectedly tender, surprisingly sensual and full of queer love." Thank you for this lovely and generous review, @gabino.bsky.social!

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August 31, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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jesszimmerman.com
Happy book birthday to @lindsaykingmiller.bsky.social and This Is My Body! I’m so proud of this book and of Lindsay—we worked hard on it editorially and for every note she did something better than I could have imagined
This Is My Body by Lindsay King-Miller: 9781683694649 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
“This Is My Body is simply one of the finest works of familial horror I have ever encountered. This book is hideously satisfying.”—Sarah Gailey, author of Just Like Home A gripping,...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
August 5, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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lindsaykingmiller.bsky.social
THIS IS MY BODY comes out TOMORROW (August 5)! I'm incredibly proud of this book; it's deeply personal and (I think) really scary, and I hope you'll check it out.
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/789598...
This Is My Body by Lindsay King-Miller: 9781683694649 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
“This Is My Body is simply one of the finest works of familial horror I have ever encountered. This book is hideously satisfying.”—Sarah Gailey, author of Just Like Home A gripping,...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
August 4, 2025 at 3:04 PM
gabyiori.bsky.social
I've been blissfully on vacation in Canada the last week, but it's as good a time as any to say that I was laid off from Quirk Books at the end of June. I'm sad to be leaving behind authors I loved working with and many wonderful colleagues!
July 10, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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lindsaykingmiller.bsky.social
HIRE JESSICA AND OTHER FORMER QUIRK EMPLOYEES OR REGRET IT FOREVER
jamteayang.bsky.social J Yang 🍊📚🐱 @jamteayang.bsky.social · Jul 7
I've been laid off (anyone hiring a children's book editor? lol 🥲) but I'm cheering for my colleagues still in the union, plus our Quirk authors and books.

Hope you'll show them your support too ♥️
Many of you have asked how you can support us! Thank you so much for asking and for all your encouragement so far. - For workers who have been laid off: If you know of any job openings, we have a number of passionate and talented publishing workers available for hire. Please keep them in mind! - For the union: Please follow this account and share our updates! In addition, please show your love for the books we have had the privilege to work on, and the authors we have loved collaborating with. All of us, current union members and workers who were laid off, are rooting for the success of our authors and our books.
July 8, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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jamteayang.bsky.social
ICYMI 👇 The latest from Quirk Books Union on IG
AN UPDATE FROM QUIRK BOOKS UNION On June 19th, Quirk Books Union was voluntarily recognized, thanks to our enthusiastic supermajority support among eligible workers. The following week, seven of our union members were laid off, including all full-time non-supervisory employees in the Sales, Marketing, and Publicity department and our two remaining acquiring editors. We're devastated by this recent development, but it hasn't weakened our resolve. We look forward to meeting management at the bargaining table.
July 7, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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jamteayang.bsky.social
To be clear, we are NOT calling for a boycott. If you'd like to support the Quirk Books Union, please show your love to our authors (preorder their books, request from the library, etc).

All of us want to see our books do well — and we want to prove that unions are good for business! Thank you!! 💞
July 3, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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jamteayang.bsky.social
Here's a few Quirk books out in August! Please show them some love (preorder, request from the library, etc) 💓

🐝 www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/789598...

🐸 www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/789602...

🐱 www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/779681...

🐣 www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/767109...
I'm Just a Little Guy by Charlie James, illustrated by Paige Tompkins (cover features a frog lounging lackadaisically) Zoomi & Zoe and the Sibling Situation by Corey Ann Haydu, illustrated by Anne Appert (cover features a kid holding an imaginary friend baby while an older imaginary friend looks furious that this baby interloper is here) Cat's First Halloween by Natalie Nelson (cover features a cat wearing bat wings and a super adorable baby) This is My Body by Lindsay King-Miller (cover features cool typography with a rosary looped around it and colorful wasps. The cover is a deep red-orange.)
July 3, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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jamteayang.bsky.social
Want to support our laid off Quirk Books Union members?

Well, we have some very talented folks looking for work in Sales, Marketing, & Publicity, plus in entry level editorial/agenting. They're all rising stars and delightful to collaborate with — please consider them for work if you're hiring!
jamteayang.bsky.social J Yang 🍊📚🐱 @jamteayang.bsky.social · Jul 3
Some personal news: As of Monday, I am no longer a kidlit editor at Quirk Books. I was laid off last week along with the other acquiring editor and every full-time union member on the Sales, Marketing, & Publicity team.

Here's me on my last day with ~60% of the books I had the privilege to work on:
A kidlit editor holding a teetering stack of children's books (plus two adult books) and wearing a Newsguild union t-shirt
July 3, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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jamteayang.bsky.social
Some personal news: As of Monday, I am no longer a kidlit editor at Quirk Books. I was laid off last week along with the other acquiring editor and every full-time union member on the Sales, Marketing, & Publicity team.

Here's me on my last day with ~60% of the books I had the privilege to work on:
A kidlit editor holding a teetering stack of children's books (plus two adult books) and wearing a Newsguild union t-shirt
July 3, 2025 at 7:39 PM