Kevin Reichard
@kreichard.bsky.social
Author, publisher at August Publications, dad, husband. Current interests include architectural history and biography/nonfiction.
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Kevin Reichard
@kreichard.bsky.social
· Jan 9
Obligatory cow painting. Not an abundance of them at the Met, surprisingly. #metmuseum #metmuseumofart
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COVER DROP! Available in preorder for August Publications and Ballpark Digest readers: Before They Wore Dodger Blue: Tommy Lasorda and the Greatest Draft Class in Baseball History.
November 12, 2025 at 4:15 PM
COVER DROP! Available in preorder for August Publications and Ballpark Digest readers: Before They Wore Dodger Blue: Tommy Lasorda and the Greatest Draft Class in Baseball History.
Interesting sales trend: direct book sales on augustpublications.com now outpace Amazon sales by a 3-1 margin. Sales in both channels are way up over a year ago as well. Wonder if this is happening in the Big 5 as well. #publishing
Books from August Publications, Lineup Books and New West Books
Bookstore for August Publications and Lineup Books, publisher of books about baseball, football, adventure travel and more.
augustpublications.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Interesting sales trend: direct book sales on augustpublications.com now outpace Amazon sales by a 3-1 margin. Sales in both channels are way up over a year ago as well. Wonder if this is happening in the Big 5 as well. #publishing
Data point for #publishing folks out there. We used to ship at least one copy of our spring training guide to Canada. Since August, exactly zero copies of the paperback guide have been shipped to Canada, with ebook sales remaining steady.
October 19, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Data point for #publishing folks out there. We used to ship at least one copy of our spring training guide to Canada. Since August, exactly zero copies of the paperback guide have been shipped to Canada, with ebook sales remaining steady.
Can’t say I am surprised. Very unresponsive, very slow to pay bills (if they did; now we have another bad debt to write off). Sad for the employees losing their jobs, though www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Baker & Taylor Prepares Plan to Shut Down
At a town hall yesterday, B&T owner and CEO Aman Kochar announced that following the termination of the ReaderLink acquisition deal, he does not see a path to keep the library wholesaler in business.
www.publishersweekly.com
October 9, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Can’t say I am surprised. Very unresponsive, very slow to pay bills (if they did; now we have another bad debt to write off). Sad for the employees losing their jobs, though www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
I check Bluesky publishing posts every few days, and it struck me why I find it a very sad place: no one seems to be having fun! Retired from web publishing to focus on books, and overall it’s been a hoot. People: if you don’t find any joy in the creative process, then maybe it’s not for you.
August 22, 2025 at 1:50 PM
I check Bluesky publishing posts every few days, and it struck me why I find it a very sad place: no one seems to be having fun! Retired from web publishing to focus on books, and overall it’s been a hoot. People: if you don’t find any joy in the creative process, then maybe it’s not for you.
So unsafe. Here’s Gold Medal Park in downtown Minneapolis. Walk the dog here four times a day. He is so full of crap.
July 16, 2025 at 12:01 AM
So unsafe. Here’s Gold Medal Park in downtown Minneapolis. Walk the dog here four times a day. He is so full of crap.
Art in Bloom, Minneapolis Institute of Art. Great crowd — IG heaven.
April 27, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Art in Bloom, Minneapolis Institute of Art. Great crowd — IG heaven.
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There is no platform where I see worse writing and publishing advice than Threads. It’s really confounding.
April 21, 2025 at 11:33 PM
There is no platform where I see worse writing and publishing advice than Threads. It’s really confounding.
Returned from AZ spring training to find our 2025 print guides completely sold out. Yay. Next book went to the printer yesterday. Yay. Will announce next two books shortly. Yay. Met with author in AZ about 2026 title. Yay. Jim Gilliam bio a solid seller. Yay. Print is a hoot.
March 12, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Returned from AZ spring training to find our 2025 print guides completely sold out. Yay. Next book went to the printer yesterday. Yay. Will announce next two books shortly. Yay. Met with author in AZ about 2026 title. Yay. Jim Gilliam bio a solid seller. Yay. Print is a hoot.
Huh. Look at that. Landed at #1 on a few lists today. Beat out a Big Five title as well. www.augustpublications.com/products/jim...
February 5, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Huh. Look at that. Landed at #1 on a few lists today. Beat out a Big Five title as well. www.augustpublications.com/products/jim...
Have a vested interest in this unbuilt ballpark for the Minnesota @twins: yes, the park and Guthrie ended up being a better use for the site; and yes, the current home of this page is within the footprint of this Downtown East site. #mlb
January 24, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Have a vested interest in this unbuilt ballpark for the Minnesota @twins: yes, the park and Guthrie ended up being a better use for the site; and yes, the current home of this page is within the footprint of this Downtown East site. #mlb
Received this for Xmas. Eager to tackling it soon after this tome:
January 24, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Received this for Xmas. Eager to tackling it soon after this tome:
Just when I thought my field was saturated with plagiarists and wannabes, I discover something new and amazing. So happy to be surprised by something hidden and unknown.
January 23, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Just when I thought my field was saturated with plagiarists and wannabes, I discover something new and amazing. So happy to be surprised by something hidden and unknown.
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Can you imagine the courage it took to preach this message directly to the president? This is what a follower of Jesus looks like. (Partial transcript below.)
1.21.25 Homily by The Right Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde
YouTube video by Washington National Cathedral
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January 21, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Can you imagine the courage it took to preach this message directly to the president? This is what a follower of Jesus looks like. (Partial transcript below.)
Pretty major news! Circus design dissed at the time, but it ended up being influential in several pop culture spots, like comic book design. The costumes at the Ringling Museum are sad and faded, and few examples on display at Circus World. Someone will have a great time with this!
Illinois State University's Special Collections - Circus Wardrobe Collection open for research 📜
Announcement:
news.illinoisstate.edu/2025/01/miln...
And, since I love this kind of thing - How they define Special Collections is on their page here:
library.illinoisstate.edu/services/spe...
Announcement:
news.illinoisstate.edu/2025/01/miln...
And, since I love this kind of thing - How they define Special Collections is on their page here:
library.illinoisstate.edu/services/spe...
Milner Library’s Circus Wardrobe Collection open for research
The Ueckert Circus Wardrobe Collection was part of a two-year, multi-phase project to organize and describe the collection. It is now available to researchers by way of a full, item level finding a…
news.illinoisstate.edu
January 22, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Pretty major news! Circus design dissed at the time, but it ended up being influential in several pop culture spots, like comic book design. The costumes at the Ringling Museum are sad and faded, and few examples on display at Circus World. Someone will have a great time with this!
Preemptively blocking all expat BookTokers opening accounts here to whine about the closing of TikTok. There are a lot of publishers doing just fine without spending a second on BookTok.
January 19, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Preemptively blocking all expat BookTokers opening accounts here to whine about the closing of TikTok. There are a lot of publishers doing just fine without spending a second on BookTok.
Checked out the referrer logs on augustpublications.com e-commerce site. Top three were our sites and newsletters; fourth was Google. At the bottom: Social media. Google used to be #1, but along the way Google decided it didn’t actually want to be a search engine.
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January 17, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Checked out the referrer logs on augustpublications.com e-commerce site. Top three were our sites and newsletters; fourth was Google. At the bottom: Social media. Google used to be #1, but along the way Google decided it didn’t actually want to be a search engine.
Obligatory cow painting. Not an abundance of them at the Met, surprisingly. #metmuseum #metmuseumofart
January 9, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Obligatory cow painting. Not an abundance of them at the Met, surprisingly. #metmuseum #metmuseumofart
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"You currently hate the man you will end up marrying. He most likely works with your father. This dislike started in elementary school when he teased you in some gentle but humiliating way. You put him in his place by winning the spelling bee."
Signs You May Be a Female Character in a Work of Historical Fiction
Your name is Sarah. A stranger has walked up to you, explained how a system of transportation works, and left before you could further converse wit...
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January 9, 2025 at 2:00 AM
"You currently hate the man you will end up marrying. He most likely works with your father. This dislike started in elementary school when he teased you in some gentle but humiliating way. You put him in his place by winning the spelling bee."
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So in all the discourse over how men don't read, I've noticed something weird.
All the articles about this issue say that there are multiple studies showing women account for 80% of fiction sales. But none of them link to the studies — just to each other. www.vox.com/culture/3929...
All the articles about this issue say that there are multiple studies showing women account for 80% of fiction sales. But none of them link to the studies — just to each other. www.vox.com/culture/3929...
Are men’s reading habits truly a national crisis?
The questionable statistic at the heart of the “men don’t read fiction” discourse.
www.vox.com
January 3, 2025 at 1:38 PM
So in all the discourse over how men don't read, I've noticed something weird.
All the articles about this issue say that there are multiple studies showing women account for 80% of fiction sales. But none of them link to the studies — just to each other. www.vox.com/culture/3929...
All the articles about this issue say that there are multiple studies showing women account for 80% of fiction sales. But none of them link to the studies — just to each other. www.vox.com/culture/3929...
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31 December 1995. Still the perfect goodbye.
December 31, 2024 at 12:21 PM
31 December 1995. Still the perfect goodbye.
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What was the first baseball park on Manhattan Island? Not the Polo Grounds (summer 1880) but this: the Ladies' Athletic Grounds, near the site of today's Bloomingdale's flagship store. It was built to display Sylvester Wilson's two teams, the Blondes and Brunettes.
December 30, 2024 at 4:21 PM
What was the first baseball park on Manhattan Island? Not the Polo Grounds (summer 1880) but this: the Ladies' Athletic Grounds, near the site of today's Bloomingdale's flagship store. It was built to display Sylvester Wilson's two teams, the Blondes and Brunettes.
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Efforts to declare Jackie Robinson Ballpark a National Commemorative Site continue, as the U.S. Senate passed a bipartisan bill moving the process forward to President Joe Biden for his signature. #MLB #MiLB #sportsbiz #baseballbiz ballparkdigest.com/2024/12/28/n...
December 28, 2024 at 10:57 PM
Efforts to declare Jackie Robinson Ballpark a National Commemorative Site continue, as the U.S. Senate passed a bipartisan bill moving the process forward to President Joe Biden for his signature. #MLB #MiLB #sportsbiz #baseballbiz ballparkdigest.com/2024/12/28/n...
Absolutely brutal assessment of outfielder Charlie Murray by Branch Rickey, then with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1963. Murray was a Houston .45s draftee then playing with the Moultrie Colt .22s of the Georgia-Florida League. 1/2
December 27, 2024 at 9:04 PM
Absolutely brutal assessment of outfielder Charlie Murray by Branch Rickey, then with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1963. Murray was a Houston .45s draftee then playing with the Moultrie Colt .22s of the Georgia-Florida League. 1/2
The neighborhood Christmas lights were pretty spectacular last night. #christmaslights #christmas
December 26, 2024 at 3:30 PM
The neighborhood Christmas lights were pretty spectacular last night. #christmaslights #christmas