emerson p.
@latitudelessplace.bsky.social
bookseller in philly + tesla the cat’s primary caregiver (tesla is named after the inventor)
brando sando loves the word “tensely.” a character just used the word “insultability.”
November 14, 2025 at 4:14 AM
brando sando loves the word “tensely.” a character just used the word “insultability.”
west philly friends, please keep an eye out for my friend’s cat! maybelle is a lil indoor lady! she’s 15! she should be cozy at home so let’s find her!
November 13, 2025 at 9:59 PM
west philly friends, please keep an eye out for my friend’s cat! maybelle is a lil indoor lady! she’s 15! she should be cozy at home so let’s find her!
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Today is also release day for Ravishing by Eshani Surya. She is a debut novelist who wrote a gripping but emotionally resonant novel about big tech, chronic illness, and the lengths we will go to, to escape ourselves and fit in. bookshop.org/a/112057/978...
Ravishing
Check out Ravishing - <p><b>A brilliant and compelling debut, <i>Ravishing </i>shines a light on the dark enticements of the beauty industry and how it capitalizes on our desire to be someone we are n...
bookshop.org
November 11, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Today is also release day for Ravishing by Eshani Surya. She is a debut novelist who wrote a gripping but emotionally resonant novel about big tech, chronic illness, and the lengths we will go to, to escape ourselves and fit in. bookshop.org/a/112057/978...
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if you ever randomly get the urge to donate to the democratic party, feel free to venmo that money to me or another trans person instead - we'll make sure it doesn't get used to take away people's healthcare
November 10, 2025 at 3:44 AM
if you ever randomly get the urge to donate to the democratic party, feel free to venmo that money to me or another trans person instead - we'll make sure it doesn't get used to take away people's healthcare
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did you know that most independent booksellers do not get healthcare through their jobs and navigate insurance markets on their own? do you know most independent booksellers don't make a lot of money?
anyway for no particular reason here's a reminder to donate to BINC: bincfoundation.org
anyway for no particular reason here's a reminder to donate to BINC: bincfoundation.org
Home - Binc Foundation
The Book Industry Charitable (Binc) Foundation and Macmillan Publishers are proud to announce that applications are open for the Macmillan Booksellers
bincfoundation.org
November 10, 2025 at 11:49 AM
did you know that most independent booksellers do not get healthcare through their jobs and navigate insurance markets on their own? do you know most independent booksellers don't make a lot of money?
anyway for no particular reason here's a reminder to donate to BINC: bincfoundation.org
anyway for no particular reason here's a reminder to donate to BINC: bincfoundation.org
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solidarity forever with the Quirk Union; zero solidarity, respect, or understanding for management’s decision to ratfuck the entire staff (union and non!) out of their livelihoods.
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.
November 9, 2025 at 7:43 PM
solidarity forever with the Quirk Union; zero solidarity, respect, or understanding for management’s decision to ratfuck the entire staff (union and non!) out of their livelihoods.
i did this as a little treat to myself
🚨 Bookmatch is back! 🚨 From now until December 2, make a donation of any amount to n+1 and we’ll send you the Bookmatch quiz—a personality test that will generate a reading list tailored to your tastes and whims. Try the quiz here: secure.givelively.org/donate/n1-fo...
November 6, 2025 at 5:09 PM
i did this as a little treat to myself
here’s my mom’s dog dressed up as a snowman
November 5, 2025 at 12:59 AM
here’s my mom’s dog dressed up as a snowman
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can’t tell if my antidepressants aren’t working or if they just weren’t built for this. like, zoloft was introduced in the 90s it barely needed to work then. if you got sad you could just buy a house.
November 3, 2025 at 11:50 PM
can’t tell if my antidepressants aren’t working or if they just weren’t built for this. like, zoloft was introduced in the 90s it barely needed to work then. if you got sad you could just buy a house.
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Philly 🔔 (And all of PA):
✅ Tuesday, November 4th
✅ Polls: 7AM-8PM
✅ Yes to retention for state Supreme Court judges
✅ Check what's up w/ your school board before you go. Candidates for school board can cross-list as both Rep. and Dem.
✅ Some ballots in PA will be double-sided. Flip that puppy over!
✅ Tuesday, November 4th
✅ Polls: 7AM-8PM
✅ Yes to retention for state Supreme Court judges
✅ Check what's up w/ your school board before you go. Candidates for school board can cross-list as both Rep. and Dem.
✅ Some ballots in PA will be double-sided. Flip that puppy over!
November 3, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Philly 🔔 (And all of PA):
✅ Tuesday, November 4th
✅ Polls: 7AM-8PM
✅ Yes to retention for state Supreme Court judges
✅ Check what's up w/ your school board before you go. Candidates for school board can cross-list as both Rep. and Dem.
✅ Some ballots in PA will be double-sided. Flip that puppy over!
✅ Tuesday, November 4th
✅ Polls: 7AM-8PM
✅ Yes to retention for state Supreme Court judges
✅ Check what's up w/ your school board before you go. Candidates for school board can cross-list as both Rep. and Dem.
✅ Some ballots in PA will be double-sided. Flip that puppy over!
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
had a great time at a wedding and saw so many cool wonderful friends from Back Home™️ and am playing dnd tonight like some kinda social butterfly 🦋
October 27, 2025 at 10:08 PM
had a great time at a wedding and saw so many cool wonderful friends from Back Home™️ and am playing dnd tonight like some kinda social butterfly 🦋
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This is how you blurb
October 23, 2025 at 12:41 PM
This is how you blurb
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A reminder that according to Fetterman's own former staffers, Fetterman had a meeting with J-Street president Jeremy Ben Ami in which he told Ben Ami that he believes Arabs are like a "carton of sour milk" and that we should get back to killing.
"Kill them all" Fetterman is reported as having said.
"Kill them all" Fetterman is reported as having said.
October 22, 2025 at 10:32 PM
A reminder that according to Fetterman's own former staffers, Fetterman had a meeting with J-Street president Jeremy Ben Ami in which he told Ben Ami that he believes Arabs are like a "carton of sour milk" and that we should get back to killing.
"Kill them all" Fetterman is reported as having said.
"Kill them all" Fetterman is reported as having said.
finished two highly anticipated 2026 page-turners today! books!!!
October 20, 2025 at 4:13 AM
finished two highly anticipated 2026 page-turners today! books!!!
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Baek Sehee, the author of I WANT TO DIE BUT I WANT TO EAT TTEOKBOKKI has passed away. She was 35.
The Korean organ donation authority reports that Sehee saved five lives through her donation of her heart, lungs, liver, and both kidneys.
The Korean organ donation authority reports that Sehee saved five lives through her donation of her heart, lungs, liver, and both kidneys.
October 17, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Baek Sehee, the author of I WANT TO DIE BUT I WANT TO EAT TTEOKBOKKI has passed away. She was 35.
The Korean organ donation authority reports that Sehee saved five lives through her donation of her heart, lungs, liver, and both kidneys.
The Korean organ donation authority reports that Sehee saved five lives through her donation of her heart, lungs, liver, and both kidneys.
unfortunately for him @hqburger.bsky.social will
be subject to a rant about our store’s malfunctioning card reader when he stops in today
be subject to a rant about our store’s malfunctioning card reader when he stops in today
October 14, 2025 at 5:10 PM
unfortunately for him @hqburger.bsky.social will
be subject to a rant about our store’s malfunctioning card reader when he stops in today
be subject to a rant about our store’s malfunctioning card reader when he stops in today
made two long-procrastinated phone calls and a thorough round of chores, please clap
October 8, 2025 at 9:41 PM
made two long-procrastinated phone calls and a thorough round of chores, please clap
brandon sanderson audiobook is to my ears what law and order svu marathon is to my eyes
October 8, 2025 at 2:18 AM
brandon sanderson audiobook is to my ears what law and order svu marathon is to my eyes
at long last started THE ART OF LIBROMANCY by Josh Cook and my god it is so good and i’m just two chapters in
October 8, 2025 at 2:15 AM
at long last started THE ART OF LIBROMANCY by Josh Cook and my god it is so good and i’m just two chapters in
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This is of niche industry interest, but here goes:
The digital catalog platform most independent bookstores use to peruse and order new books for their stores (called Edelweiss) has jacked up their prices on publishers to catalog new titles 200-300%.
Why does this matter?
The digital catalog platform most independent bookstores use to peruse and order new books for their stores (called Edelweiss) has jacked up their prices on publishers to catalog new titles 200-300%.
Why does this matter?
October 7, 2025 at 1:48 AM
This is of niche industry interest, but here goes:
The digital catalog platform most independent bookstores use to peruse and order new books for their stores (called Edelweiss) has jacked up their prices on publishers to catalog new titles 200-300%.
Why does this matter?
The digital catalog platform most independent bookstores use to peruse and order new books for their stores (called Edelweiss) has jacked up their prices on publishers to catalog new titles 200-300%.
Why does this matter?
going to start calling Pottstown “Ptown” sorry to any other Ptowns out there
October 2, 2025 at 2:48 PM
going to start calling Pottstown “Ptown” sorry to any other Ptowns out there
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I'm the guy tabulating whether you are "not surprised" by some act of political monstrosity. keep it up, you're doing great work and everyone wants to hear about it
February 24, 2025 at 1:25 AM
I'm the guy tabulating whether you are "not surprised" by some act of political monstrosity. keep it up, you're doing great work and everyone wants to hear about it
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For @electricliterature.com, I wrote about milk, marketing, and making art (or boobs, books, and being a product):
electricliterature.com/artists-shou...
electricliterature.com/artists-shou...
Artists Shouldn’t Need to Become Content Creators to Get Fair Pay - Electric Literature
Under capitalism, those of us who want a career in the arts feel pressured to sell ourselves. But making art and marketing it are very different skills
electricliterature.com
September 26, 2025 at 5:38 PM
For @electricliterature.com, I wrote about milk, marketing, and making art (or boobs, books, and being a product):
electricliterature.com/artists-shou...
electricliterature.com/artists-shou...
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lots that hits home in this (been thinking a lot lately about the lack of Big Press for any of the trans authors who put out work in the last year) and found myself especially sad at the lamentation for the now gone Catapult Magazine, which was a vital space for so many of us
I spent the summer reporting this essay on why it seems harder than ever to sell a book right now—especially if it isn't a debut and comes with the dreaded "sales track." I'm grateful to the writers, agents, editors, publishers & experts who spoke to me for this piece: thewalrus.ca/the-publishi...
The Publishing Industry Has a Gambling Problem | The Walrus
Companies keep betting on the next bestseller. Literature is poorer for it
thewalrus.ca
September 26, 2025 at 8:35 PM
lots that hits home in this (been thinking a lot lately about the lack of Big Press for any of the trans authors who put out work in the last year) and found myself especially sad at the lamentation for the now gone Catapult Magazine, which was a vital space for so many of us