Just posted my first post ever on a forum 
: [discuss] permapublishing
https://bbs.permacomputing.net/thread/7/%5bdiscuss%5d-permapublishing-1/
The post is actually not really "mine", it emerged from a collective interest to think about #permacomputing in #FLOSS #publishing practices, which we discussed during the @prepostprint gathering in Paris today and yesterday.
![[discuss] permapublishing
We gathered in Paris over the last two days with peers from the PrePostPrint network where we revived the conversation around permapublishing that started last September in Strasbourg: what can it be?
First, we took an hour on Friday to explore what was discussed in Strasbourg and what we are thinking about when we use the word permapublishing. We talked about printing infrastructure, choosing your dependencies and layout software, and it was pretty clear that one hour was not enough to put our teeth deeper into this question. We gathered again today, to continue the conversation, which resulted in a lot of notes and an even stronger wish to continue this conversation. We decided to gather here on this brand new forum 📫 to continue this conversation.
So voila, here we are :).
We talked about splitting the conversation into multiple parts, but when thinking about it in the train home again it is starting to make less sense to do that already now. One proposal that we ended our conversation earlier today with is to look at different books and unpack their production process, as a way to explore the complexity of different layers in book making practices in which you often need to make compromises to make sure something is printed in the end. There are just so many parameters that play a role when making choices about how a book is made, from which software, which paper, which ink, which printer, which distribution system, etc!
(hmm char limit...)](https://post.lurk.org/system/media_attachments/files/114/286/927/153/913/506/original/94396cb788c5e3a2.png "[discuss] permapublishing
We gathered in Paris over the last two days with peers from the PrePostPrint network where we revived the conversation around permapublishing that started last September in Strasbourg: what can it be?
First, we took an hour on Friday to explore what was discussed in Strasbourg and what we are thinking about when we use the word permapublishing. We talked about printing infrastructure, choosing your dependencies and layout software, and it was pretty clear that one hour was not enough to put our teeth deeper into this question. We gathered again today, to continue the conversation, which resulted in a lot of notes and an even stronger wish to continue this conversation. We decided to gather here on this brand new forum 📫 to continue this conversation.
So voila, here we are :).
We talked about splitting the conversation into multiple parts, but when thinking about it in the train home again it is starting to make less sense to do that already now. One proposal that we ended our conversation earlier today with is to look at different books and unpack their production process, as a way to explore the complexity of different layers in book making practices in which you often need to make compromises to make sure something is printed in the end. There are just so many parameters that play a role when making choices about how a book is made, from which software, which paper, which ink, which printer, which distribution system, etc!
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My book is currently appearing on the first page of memoirs on Bookshop.org - out of over 100 pages!
That’s likely down to people pre-ordering, and it’s such a powerful reminder that where we buy books really does matter!
Huge thanks to everyone who’s ordered. If you’d like to, the link’s below.
https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/drystone-a-life-rebuilt-kristie-de-garis/7836359?ean=9781846976469
Or buy directly through your local indie bookstore!
Thank you, each and every one of you for your kind words, shares & orders.
Here is an example of what #neurology and #PhilosophyOfTheMind are faced with trying to elucidate #Consciousness - that slippery notion of ‘who we are’.
I am neither a scientist nor philosopher, but it seems to me that looking for consciousness in the electrical potential activity of brain cells is never going to explain a whole lot. Imagine trying to explain an electron by solely studying magnetism in excruciating detail as best we can with instruments designed to detect only what we theorise is measurable in a magnetic effect - I.e. to see what we wish to see. That is similar to what neurologists are doing by measuring brain cell activity as a way to identify, and hence classify, consciousness.
In the end, the research may prove fruitful and lead to other discoveries and theories about brain cell activity and the communication channels of the body, but that is the only thing which will be elucidated, brain cell activy - nothing like consciousness (a slippery concept as I said).
The link will take you to the abstract, summary, results and conclusion of the scientific paper, but the paper itself is behind a paywall I’m sad to say (#Grifters have to make money out of publishing someone’s hard work - so dictates capitalism where profit is made from someone else’s sweat and effort, Bah! It wouldn’t be so distastful if $ were extracted only to recoup #publishing costs and wages, but shareholders? Leeches!)
Here’s why you should pre-order my book...
It’s very good
Alan Rickman in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves was my first crush
I'm anti-fascist af
My feet are pretty sexy
I believe that hits all the marketing highs? 
Info here
https://kristie-de-garis.ghost.io/about-my-book-drystone-a-life-rebuilt/
https://stonemaiergames.com/the-darkest-timeline/
StoneMaier Games has a good explanation on how the 54% US tariff on #TTRPG and #boardGame s printed in China will impact the game market, #gameDesign and #publishing of #games
'The company has taken our books and used it to make money. It has money, but instead of paying us for our intellectual property instead of licensing a word, it's taking it all for free.'
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#books #reading #writing #publishing #AI #bookstodon
Meta AI book scraping: 'We nee...
My weekly roundup of #publishing news #writing craft tips and #bookmarketing links is now up on Substack.
Reading Success
https://open.substack.com/pub/maureencrisp/p/reading-success?r=8opd8&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
#writingcommunity
'The company has taken our books and used it to make money. It has money, but instead of paying us for our intellectual property instead of licensing a word, it's taking it all for free.'
Andrew Rogers talks to the authors standing up against #Meta
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c70w24j7jk1o
#books #reading #writing #publishing #AI #bookstodon @bookstodon
My weekly roundup of #publishing news #writing craft tips and #bookmarketing links is up.
Reading Success
https://buff.ly/o3falkl
#writingcommunity
[Listening] Webinaire #ToutlAO #OAW25 "L'option de la non-cession exclusive des droits : un outil pour l'accès ouvert immédiat des publications scientifiques", avec Benoit Pier (croisé à Centrale Lyon jadis !).
=> insoutenables #APC fr. 
! (43 millions pour la #france, données Couperin)
#openaccess #openscience #costofknowledge #cost #publishing #cOAlitionS #ANR
Ruminating over the fact that the new tariffs might very well hit my costs on publishing hard media (DVDs, etc). A lot of those materials are probably made in China. Almost certainly overseas, anyway.
#Publishing #Video
The 30th #WomensPrize for Fiction shortlist has been announced today!
Six fabulous books are on the list, congratulations to all the authors #bookstodon #books #publishing @bookstodon
https://www.marieclaire.co.uk/entertainment/books/womens-prize-fiction-shortlist-2025
China Science Fiction Convention Concludes with Insightful “Sci-Fi+” Forums Exploring Future Frontiers https://www.byteseu.com/886184/ #ChinaCenterForInternationalCommunicationDevelopment(CCICD) #Computer&Electronics #engineering #Math) #Publishing&InformationServices #Science #STEM(Science #TECH #TradeShowNews
The Center for Public Integrity (CPI) has ceased #publishing after 36 years, and is in talks to turn over its #archives to the Project on Government Oversight (POGO)
https://www.cjr.org/news/center-for-public-integrity-shutting-down.php
Congrats to @johnonolan and the team at Ghost, which today announced a public beta for users to connect their publications to the fediverse. If you're in their beta, you'll be able to find, follow and interact with people and publications on platforms including Ghost, WordPress, Threads, Mastodon, BlueSky, Flipboard and more. Get details in the blogpost here. If you want to know more about Ghost's approach to decentralization and the open social web, check out John's DotSocial conversation with @mike at the second link.
I Took a Break from Being Publicly Trans. Then I Came Back Stronger. • Buttondown https://buttondown.com/charliejane/archive/i-took-a-break-from-being-publicly-trans-then-i/ #Trans #Publishing
Authors pen open letter demanding big tech is 'held accountable' after Meta 'trains AI on pirated books' (paywall) #AI #copyright #publishing #books
https://www.thebookseller.com/news/authors-pen-open-letter-demanding-big-tech-is-held-accountable-after-meta-trains-ai-on-pirated-books
Lapham's Quarterly Announces New Stewardship
https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/roundtable/laphams-quarterly-announces-new-stewardship
I appreciate the irony in my university inviting me to a workshop on Ethics in Scientific Publishing, hosted by Elsevier.
solarpunk prompts 
Luigi Mangione 
