Dominique Raccah
@draccah.bsky.social
Founder + CEO of Bestselling Indie Book Publisher #Sourcebooks ⭐️ Entrepreneur 🔥 Data ✅ Leading Innovation 💥 Championing Banned Books + New Voices 🧨 Read a Lot 📚 Opinions Mine 💯 Books Change Lives
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@draccah.bsky.social
· Dec 20
How a Scrappy New Publisher Landed 25 Books on the Best-Seller List in a Year
Bloom Books took off with the help of E L James, the author of “Fifty Shades of Grey.” It broke with tradition and became the fastest-growing imprint in romance.
www.nytimes.com
The @nytimes.com has a fantastic article about our Bloom Books imprint and the work we've been doing with our amazing authors Scarlett St. Clair, Sophie Lark, Lucy Score, @kennedyryan.bsky.social and our extraordinary cornerstone author of Bloom, @eljamesauthor.com !
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/20/b...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/20/b...
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This is a lie. All 31 Moms for Liberty candidates in contested races lost their 2025 elections. The only "wins" were in uncontested races. Apparently, being hypocritical, book-banning scolds isn't so popular.
November 9, 2025 at 3:51 PM
This is a lie. All 31 Moms for Liberty candidates in contested races lost their 2025 elections. The only "wins" were in uncontested races. Apparently, being hypocritical, book-banning scolds isn't so popular.
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California, this November 4th, the whole country is counting on you.
Prop 50 puts our elections back on a level playing field, preserves independent redistricting over the long term, and lets the people decide.
So return your ballot today. Vote yes on 50.
Prop 50 puts our elections back on a level playing field, preserves independent redistricting over the long term, and lets the people decide.
So return your ballot today. Vote yes on 50.
October 14, 2025 at 5:04 PM
California, this November 4th, the whole country is counting on you.
Prop 50 puts our elections back on a level playing field, preserves independent redistricting over the long term, and lets the people decide.
So return your ballot today. Vote yes on 50.
Prop 50 puts our elections back on a level playing field, preserves independent redistricting over the long term, and lets the people decide.
So return your ballot today. Vote yes on 50.
"It's a penetrating and persuasive take on why viewers continue to be enthralled."
@taranarmstrong.bsky.social takes you Behind the Mirror: Inside the World of Big Brother
#BB27 #RHAP
@taranarmstrong.bsky.social takes you Behind the Mirror: Inside the World of Big Brother
#BB27 #RHAP
Publishers Weekly reviewed my book!
Very cool to see it's resonating with a major trade magazine outside our Big Brother bubble!
"It's a penetrating and persuasive take on why viewers continue to be enthralled." #BB27 #RHAP
www.publishersweekly.com/9781464224539
Very cool to see it's resonating with a major trade magazine outside our Big Brother bubble!
"It's a penetrating and persuasive take on why viewers continue to be enthralled." #BB27 #RHAP
www.publishersweekly.com/9781464224539
September 21, 2025 at 12:39 PM
"It's a penetrating and persuasive take on why viewers continue to be enthralled."
@taranarmstrong.bsky.social takes you Behind the Mirror: Inside the World of Big Brother
#BB27 #RHAP
@taranarmstrong.bsky.social takes you Behind the Mirror: Inside the World of Big Brother
#BB27 #RHAP
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Book Review: The King’s Messenger by Susanna Kearsley
Title: The King's MessengerAuthor: Susanna KearsleyPublisher: Sourcebooks LandmarkPublication date: March 4, 2025Length: 352 pagesGenre: Historical fictionSource: PurchasedRating: ★★★★★ For fans of Diana Gabaldon and Philippa Gregory, courtly…
Title: The King's MessengerAuthor: Susanna KearsleyPublisher: Sourcebooks LandmarkPublication date: March 4, 2025Length: 352 pagesGenre: Historical fictionSource: PurchasedRating: ★★★★★ For fans of Diana Gabaldon and Philippa Gregory, courtly…
Book Review: The King’s Messenger by Susanna Kearsley
Title: The King's MessengerAuthor: Susanna KearsleyPublisher: Sourcebooks LandmarkPublication date: March 4, 2025Length: 352 pagesGenre: Historical fictionSource: PurchasedRating: ★★★★★ For fans of Diana Gabaldon and Philippa Gregory, courtly rivalry and intrigue… 1613: King James – sixth of Scotland, first of England, son of Mary, Queen of Scots - has unified both countries under one crown.
bookshelffantasies.com
August 17, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Book Review: The King’s Messenger by Susanna Kearsley
Title: The King's MessengerAuthor: Susanna KearsleyPublisher: Sourcebooks LandmarkPublication date: March 4, 2025Length: 352 pagesGenre: Historical fictionSource: PurchasedRating: ★★★★★ For fans of Diana Gabaldon and Philippa Gregory, courtly…
Title: The King's MessengerAuthor: Susanna KearsleyPublisher: Sourcebooks LandmarkPublication date: March 4, 2025Length: 352 pagesGenre: Historical fictionSource: PurchasedRating: ★★★★★ For fans of Diana Gabaldon and Philippa Gregory, courtly…
Any day we can celebrate Edgar Award winning author @sularigentill.bsky.social who is now on tour for her latest book Five Found Dead @poisonedpenbooks.bsky.social !!
Sulari Gentill (c.) celebrated the release of her novel, Five Found Dead (Poisoned Pen), at the Sourcebooks office. Also at the publisher’s “ceremonial drum”—which guests may bang in celebration—were Sourcebooks CEO Dominique Raccah (l.) and Anna Michels (r.), Poisoned Pen senior editorial director.
August 30, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Any day we can celebrate Edgar Award winning author @sularigentill.bsky.social who is now on tour for her latest book Five Found Dead @poisonedpenbooks.bsky.social !!
So so so excited to be publishing The Academy. I can talk about this for days!! Check this out for any boy reluctant readers who like 1) soccer 2) pizza or 3) video games
T.Z. Layton (Sourcebooks) in Conversation with The Horn Book in August's #HBHerald www.hbook.com/story/tz-lay...
T.Z. Layton in Conversation with The Horn Book
In Conversation with The Horn Book is a sponsored supplement to our free monthly e-newsletter, Horn Book Herald.
www.hbook.com
August 30, 2025 at 3:30 PM
So so so excited to be publishing The Academy. I can talk about this for days!! Check this out for any boy reluctant readers who like 1) soccer 2) pizza or 3) video games
“We didn't go looking for this content — it came to us. And it revealed a striking pattern: right-wing views on gender and identity are digitally intertwined with MAGA politics.”
www.axios.com/2025/06/21/m...
www.axios.com/2025/06/21/m...
Into the MAGA-verse: What the algorithm feeds Gen Z
Dip your toe in, and the algorithm grabs your ankle.
www.axios.com
June 22, 2025 at 2:49 PM
“We didn't go looking for this content — it came to us. And it revealed a striking pattern: right-wing views on gender and identity are digitally intertwined with MAGA politics.”
www.axios.com/2025/06/21/m...
www.axios.com/2025/06/21/m...
This Laura Bates video for the UK release of New Age of Sexism is so incredibly powerful. These are the conversations we need to be having.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjH2N9Dc/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjH2N9Dc/
The New Age of Sexism is OUT NOW. This is ‘urgent and essential reading for anyone who is interested in the intersection of tech and gender equality, and indeed anyone who wants to be part of buildin...
TikTok video by Simon & Schuster UK
www.tiktok.com
May 22, 2025 at 11:44 PM
This Laura Bates video for the UK release of New Age of Sexism is so incredibly powerful. These are the conversations we need to be having.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjH2N9Dc/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjH2N9Dc/
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Since I administered the WH emoluments rules, let me explain why this is forbidden
Trump expressed interest in it before it was offered
He is going to use & benefit from it a while in office
And he's going to keep using it after he leaves!
Functionally, it's a gift to him & so it's illegal
Trump expressed interest in it before it was offered
He is going to use & benefit from it a while in office
And he's going to keep using it after he leaves!
Functionally, it's a gift to him & so it's illegal
Overseeing the presidential gift rules was among my duties as White House Ethics Czar -- so I know how it's supposed to work
The gift of this plane to Trump is illegal & unconstitutional
The AG & the WH Counsel oughtta be ashamed of themselves for allowing it
abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...
The gift of this plane to Trump is illegal & unconstitutional
The AG & the WH Counsel oughtta be ashamed of themselves for allowing it
abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...
Trump administration poised to accept 'palace in the sky' as a gift for Trump from Qatar: Sources
President Trump poised to accept "palace in the sky" as a gift from Qatar: Sources
abcnews.go.com
May 11, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Since I administered the WH emoluments rules, let me explain why this is forbidden
Trump expressed interest in it before it was offered
He is going to use & benefit from it a while in office
And he's going to keep using it after he leaves!
Functionally, it's a gift to him & so it's illegal
Trump expressed interest in it before it was offered
He is going to use & benefit from it a while in office
And he's going to keep using it after he leaves!
Functionally, it's a gift to him & so it's illegal
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NY/NJ! @chelseaconradt.bsky.social will be speaking with @rachelharrison.bsky.social about Chelsea’s thriller debut, The Farm, on June 17!
I’ll be there.
I’ll be there.
Chelsea Conradt w/ Rachel Harrison Discussion and Signing
Barnes & Noble Clifton Commons will be hosting a book signing with Chelsea Conradt in celebration of her new book The Farmhouse. Chelsea will be in discussion with USA Today bestselling author Rachel...
www.ticketleap.events
May 11, 2025 at 2:44 PM
NY/NJ! @chelseaconradt.bsky.social will be speaking with @rachelharrison.bsky.social about Chelsea’s thriller debut, The Farm, on June 17!
I’ll be there.
I’ll be there.
Yesterday, Trump fired the head of the U.S. #Copyright Office…”after Perlmutter and her office issued part three of a lengthy report about artificial intelligence and expressed some concerns and questions about the usage of copyrighted materials by AI technology.”
www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/tru...
www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/tru...
May 11, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Yesterday, Trump fired the head of the U.S. #Copyright Office…”after Perlmutter and her office issued part three of a lengthy report about artificial intelligence and expressed some concerns and questions about the usage of copyrighted materials by AI technology.”
www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/tru...
www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/tru...
Friday US Copyright Office issued its 3rd report on #AI addressing training + fair use. Report is pre-publication though they say that it will be issued shortly and “without substantive changes.” review below links to the report:
chatgptiseatingtheworld.com/2025/05/10/u...
#copyrightlaw
#Booksky
chatgptiseatingtheworld.com/2025/05/10/u...
#copyrightlaw
#Booksky
US Copyright Office issues pre-publication version of 3rd Report on AI Training and Fair Use. AI training is transformative, but degree depends on how AI functions. Supports new market dilution theor...
On late Friday, the U.S. Copyright Office issued its long-awaited report on AI training and fair use. It’s labeled “Pre-publication Version,” though it says no substantive changes…
chatgptiseatingtheworld.com
May 11, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Friday US Copyright Office issued its 3rd report on #AI addressing training + fair use. Report is pre-publication though they say that it will be issued shortly and “without substantive changes.” review below links to the report:
chatgptiseatingtheworld.com/2025/05/10/u...
#copyrightlaw
#Booksky
chatgptiseatingtheworld.com/2025/05/10/u...
#copyrightlaw
#Booksky
Had the opportunity to work with Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden on a number of initiatives. She was (and is) truly gifted. She did a tremendous amount of good for our nation. She was fired abruptly yesterday.
#ThankyouCarla
#libraries
#Booksky
#ThankyouCarla
#libraries
#Booksky
May 9, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Had the opportunity to work with Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden on a number of initiatives. She was (and is) truly gifted. She did a tremendous amount of good for our nation. She was fired abruptly yesterday.
#ThankyouCarla
#libraries
#Booksky
#ThankyouCarla
#libraries
#Booksky
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BREAKING: President Trump just fired our nation's Librarian. My statement here:
May 9, 2025 at 1:09 AM
BREAKING: President Trump just fired our nation's Librarian. My statement here:
that’s what I’ve been thinking about too. the funding cuts to the sciences and medicine bankrupt the future of our innovation engine.
Thinking about devastating cuts to NSF: US gov-funded science has been the engine upon which most of the tech wealth was generated. But the oligarchs (currently hoarding much of that $) think it’s their own brilliance & not the accident of standing close to the scientific engine that made them rich.
May 4, 2025 at 10:58 PM
that’s what I’ve been thinking about too. the funding cuts to the sciences and medicine bankrupt the future of our innovation engine.
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🚨 Today, a federal court granted a temporary restraining order to halt the administration’s dismantling of IMLS—a direct result of the lawsuit filed by ALA and @afscme.bsky.social.
www.ala.org/news/2025/05...
#ForOurLibraries #FundLibraries
www.ala.org/news/2025/05...
#ForOurLibraries #FundLibraries
May 2, 2025 at 2:28 AM
🚨 Today, a federal court granted a temporary restraining order to halt the administration’s dismantling of IMLS—a direct result of the lawsuit filed by ALA and @afscme.bsky.social.
www.ala.org/news/2025/05...
#ForOurLibraries #FundLibraries
www.ala.org/news/2025/05...
#ForOurLibraries #FundLibraries
Loads of ❤️ to @sularigentill.bsky.social who has just won #edgar2025 for her wonderful book The Mystery Writer!! 🎉 Huge congratulations 🎉
Poisoned Pen Press @sourcebooks.bsky.social
Poisoned Pen Press @sourcebooks.bsky.social
Congratulations to @sularigentill.bsky.social, winner of The Simon & Schuster Mary Higgins Clark Award for The Mystery Writer (Sourcebooks – Poisoned Pen Press). #Edgars2025
May 2, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Loads of ❤️ to @sularigentill.bsky.social who has just won #edgar2025 for her wonderful book The Mystery Writer!! 🎉 Huge congratulations 🎉
Poisoned Pen Press @sourcebooks.bsky.social
Poisoned Pen Press @sourcebooks.bsky.social
@katarinabivald.bsky.social !!! It’s an #edgar2025 for The Murders in Great Diddling!! 🎉Huge congratulations 🎉 @poisonedpenbooks.bsky.social
Congratulations to Katarina Bivald, winner of The Lilian Jackson Braun Memorial Award for The Murders in Great Diddling by (Sourcebooks – Poisoned Pen Press). #Edgars2025
May 2, 2025 at 2:48 AM
@katarinabivald.bsky.social !!! It’s an #edgar2025 for The Murders in Great Diddling!! 🎉Huge congratulations 🎉 @poisonedpenbooks.bsky.social
So thrilled for Natalie (and @sourcebooksfire.bsky.social) Best Young Adult novel #edgars2025 !!!
Congratulations to Natalie D. Richards, winner of Best Young Adult for 49 Miles Alone (Sourcebooks – Sourcebooks Fire). #Edgars2025
May 2, 2025 at 2:45 AM
So thrilled for Natalie (and @sourcebooksfire.bsky.social) Best Young Adult novel #edgars2025 !!!
Tonight.
#poets #writers #publishers
all together here in #chicago to celebrate the excellence in fiction by women and non-binary writers in Canada and the US. Carol Shields said:
“I’m interested in writing away the invisibility of women’s lives”
@carolshieldsprize.bsky.social
#excited
#poets #writers #publishers
all together here in #chicago to celebrate the excellence in fiction by women and non-binary writers in Canada and the US. Carol Shields said:
“I’m interested in writing away the invisibility of women’s lives”
@carolshieldsprize.bsky.social
#excited
May 1, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Tonight.
#poets #writers #publishers
all together here in #chicago to celebrate the excellence in fiction by women and non-binary writers in Canada and the US. Carol Shields said:
“I’m interested in writing away the invisibility of women’s lives”
@carolshieldsprize.bsky.social
#excited
#poets #writers #publishers
all together here in #chicago to celebrate the excellence in fiction by women and non-binary writers in Canada and the US. Carol Shields said:
“I’m interested in writing away the invisibility of women’s lives”
@carolshieldsprize.bsky.social
#excited
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NEW: ALA was in court today for the first hearing in ALA v. Sonderling, our lawsuit aimed at halting the dismantling of the Institute of Museum & Library Services.
We urge the court to immediately enjoin the Administration from further damaging America's libraries. Learn more: ala.org/IMLS-lawsuit
We urge the court to immediately enjoin the Administration from further damaging America's libraries. Learn more: ala.org/IMLS-lawsuit
April 30, 2025 at 10:26 PM
NEW: ALA was in court today for the first hearing in ALA v. Sonderling, our lawsuit aimed at halting the dismantling of the Institute of Museum & Library Services.
We urge the court to immediately enjoin the Administration from further damaging America's libraries. Learn more: ala.org/IMLS-lawsuit
We urge the court to immediately enjoin the Administration from further damaging America's libraries. Learn more: ala.org/IMLS-lawsuit
if i counted correctly 5 women
Interesting poll on which stars matter to people in terms of going to movie theatres. Skews very heavily toward older male stars and not many younger stars or women.
puck.news/the-actors-g...
puck.news/the-actors-g...
April 30, 2025 at 8:05 AM
if i counted correctly 5 women
Known as ALA v. Sonderling, the case is an effort by the ALA and AFSCME to restore the IMLS, bring back its furloughed employees, and ensure that contractually agreed-upon grants to states and other recipients are disbursed.
#booksky #libraries
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
#booksky #libraries
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
'ALA v. Sonderling' Case Moves Forward as Defendants Respond
Attorneys for Institute of Museum and Library Services acting director Keith Sonderling and his codefendants have responded to a lawsuit filed earlier this month by the ALA and AFSCME.
www.publishersweekly.com
April 27, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Known as ALA v. Sonderling, the case is an effort by the ALA and AFSCME to restore the IMLS, bring back its furloughed employees, and ensure that contractually agreed-upon grants to states and other recipients are disbursed.
#booksky #libraries
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
#booksky #libraries
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
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Stock up now!
It takes 25 days for shipping containers to arrive in LA from China; 35 days to NY
No importer is accepting goods with a 145% tariff. They know it may be rescinded tomorrow
Stores (and Amazon) typically keep a 30-50 day inventory
We have not felt the impact yet.
It takes 25 days for shipping containers to arrive in LA from China; 35 days to NY
No importer is accepting goods with a 145% tariff. They know it may be rescinded tomorrow
Stores (and Amazon) typically keep a 30-50 day inventory
We have not felt the impact yet.
April 27, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Stock up now!
It takes 25 days for shipping containers to arrive in LA from China; 35 days to NY
No importer is accepting goods with a 145% tariff. They know it may be rescinded tomorrow
Stores (and Amazon) typically keep a 30-50 day inventory
We have not felt the impact yet.
It takes 25 days for shipping containers to arrive in LA from China; 35 days to NY
No importer is accepting goods with a 145% tariff. They know it may be rescinded tomorrow
Stores (and Amazon) typically keep a 30-50 day inventory
We have not felt the impact yet.