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You won't find any #SROP presence at the Bay Area Book Festival because we're still in hiding. But you can probably find lots of cool indie authors, publishers, and booksellers there. Check it out! Don't be shy!
https://www.baybookfest.org/2026schedule/
#baybookfest #bookfestival #books #bookstodon #sfbayareaSee also: https://www.instagram.com/baybookfest/ if you're so inclined.
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You won't find any #SROP presence at the Bay Area Book Festival because we're still in hiding. But you can probably find lots of cool indie authors, publishers, and booksellers there. Check it out! Don't be shy!
https://www.baybookfest.org/2026schedule/
#baybookfest #bookfestival #books #bookstodon #sfbayareaSee also: https://www.instagram.com/baybookfest/ if you're so inclined.
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You won't find any #SROP presence at the Bay Area Book Festival because we're still in hiding. But you can probably find lots of cool indie authors, publishers, and booksellers there. Check it out! Don't be shy!
https://www.baybookfest.org/2026schedule/
#baybookfest #bookfestival #books #bookstodon #sfbayareaSee also: https://www.instagram.com/baybookfest/ if you're so inclined.
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You won't find any #SROP presence at the Bay Area Book Festival because we're still in hiding. But you can probably find lots of cool indie authors, publishers, and booksellers there. Check it out! Don't be shy!
https://www.baybookfest.org/2026schedule/
#baybookfest #bookfestival #books #bookstodon #sfbayareaSee also: https://www.instagram.com/baybookfest/ if you're so inclined.
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You won't find any #SROP presence at the Bay Area Book Festival because we're still in hiding. But you can probably find lots of cool indie authors, publishers, and booksellers there. Check it out! Don't be shy!
https://www.baybookfest.org/2026schedule/
#baybookfest #bookfestival #books #bookstodon #sfbayareaSee also: https://www.instagram.com/baybookfest/ if you're so inclined.
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In tangentially related "news", the "Embargoed Earth" series of sci-fi memoirs from #SROP talks a bit about the usefulness of #LSD in combating one type of nausea.
https://smashed-rat-on-press.com/embargoed-earth.html
(And don't forget that #SROP #ebooks are always #free to good homes, just follow the breadcrumbs on our site.)
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Today the #SROP webmaster made the first update to our FAQ page since 2023. Reluctantly, we have added an "AI Policy" to clarify things that none of our myriad customers have, so far, asked about. We might elaborate at some point, but at least now we have a "policy".
Any morbidly curious Mastodonians can follow the link here:
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Today the #SROP webmaster made the first update to our FAQ page since 2023. Reluctantly, we have added an "AI Policy" to clarify things that none of our myriad customers have, so far, asked about. We might elaborate at some point, but at least now we have a "policy".
Any morbidly curious Mastodonians can follow the link here:
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Today the #SROP webmaster made the first update to our FAQ page since 2023. Reluctantly, we have added an "AI Policy" to clarify things that none of our myriad customers have, so far, asked about. We might elaborate at some point, but at least now we have a "policy".
Any morbidly curious Mastodonians can follow the link here:
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Today the #SROP webmaster made the first update to our FAQ page since 2023. Reluctantly, we have added an "AI Policy" to clarify things that none of our myriad customers have, so far, asked about. We might elaborate at some point, but at least now we have a "policy".
Any morbidly curious Mastodonians can follow the link here:
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Today the #SROP webmaster made the first update to our FAQ page since 2023. Reluctantly, we have added an "AI Policy" to clarify things that none of our myriad customers have, so far, asked about. We might elaborate at some point, but at least now we have a "policy".
Any morbidly curious Mastodonians can follow the link here:
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Mayday! MAYDAY! Are you ready for the US General Strike on May 1, 2026? Stay home! Read books! Stay off-line! Stock up on free #SROP books now!
Why stop at one day? A one-day strike is not enough, even if it does send a message. Consider turning this into a multi-day holiday + general strike. Forget work, school, shopping, & online big-tech destinations through Cinco de Mayo!
https://www.
commondreams.org/news/no-kings-general-strike -
Mayday! MAYDAY! Are you ready for the US General Strike on May 1, 2026? Stay home! Read books! Stay off-line! Stock up on free #SROP books now!
Why stop at one day? A one-day strike is not enough, even if it does send a message. Consider turning this into a multi-day holiday + general strike. Forget work, school, shopping, & online big-tech destinations through Cinco de Mayo!
https://www.
commondreams.org/news/no-kings-general-strike -
Mayday! MAYDAY! Are you ready for the US General Strike on May 1, 2026? Stay home! Read books! Stay off-line! Stock up on free #SROP books now!
Why stop at one day? A one-day strike is not enough, even if it does send a message. Consider turning this into a multi-day holiday + general strike. Forget work, school, shopping, & online big-tech destinations through Cinco de Mayo!
https://www.
commondreams.org/news/no-kings-general-strike -
Mayday! MAYDAY! Are you ready for the US General Strike on May 1, 2026? Stay home! Read books! Stay off-line! Stock up on free #SROP books now!
Why stop at one day? A one-day strike is not enough, even if it does send a message. Consider turning this into a multi-day holiday + general strike. Forget work, school, shopping, & online big-tech destinations through Cinco de Mayo!
https://www.
commondreams.org/news/no-kings-general-strike -
Mayday! MAYDAY! Are you ready for the US General Strike on May 1, 2026? Stay home! Read books! Stay off-line! Stock up on free #SROP books now!
Why stop at one day? A one-day strike is not enough, even if it does send a message. Consider turning this into a multi-day holiday + general strike. Forget work, school, shopping, & online big-tech destinations through Cinco de Mayo!
https://www.
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Sad to hear all of this about D2D! Even though #SROP doesn't use the service, I had occasionally considered whether D2D might "help". Now glad I never did that, thus avoiding the aggravation of this latest enshittifying move. Hope all you indie authors find a good place to land when D2D goes belly-up.
Happily ultra-independent here since 1976. 🎉📚
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Sad to hear all of this about D2D! Even though #SROP doesn't use the service, I had occasionally considered whether D2D might "help". Now glad I never did that, thus avoiding the aggravation of this latest enshittifying move. Hope all you indie authors find a good place to land when D2D goes belly-up.
Happily ultra-independent here since 1976. 🎉📚
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Sad to hear all of this about D2D! Even though #SROP doesn't use the service, I had occasionally considered whether D2D might "help". Now glad I never did that, thus avoiding the aggravation of this latest enshittifying move. Hope all you indie authors find a good place to land when D2D goes belly-up.
Happily ultra-independent here since 1976. 🎉📚
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Sad to hear all of this about D2D! Even though #SROP doesn't use the service, I had occasionally considered whether D2D might "help". Now glad I never did that, thus avoiding the aggravation of this latest enshittifying move. Hope all you indie authors find a good place to land when D2D goes belly-up.
Happily ultra-independent here since 1976. 🎉📚
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Sad to hear all of this about D2D! Even though #SROP doesn't use the service, I had occasionally considered whether D2D might "help". Now glad I never did that, thus avoiding the aggravation of this latest enshittifying move. Hope all you indie authors find a good place to land when D2D goes belly-up.
Happily ultra-independent here since 1976. 🎉📚
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Mayday! MAYDAY! Are you ready for the US General Strike on May 1, 2026? Stay home! Read books! Stay off-line! Stock up on free #SROP books now!
Why stop at one day? A one-day strike is not enough, even if it does send a message. Consider turning this into a multi-day holiday + general strike. Stay away from work, school, shopping, & online big-tech destinations through Cinco de Mayo!
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Mayday! MAYDAY! Are you ready for the US General Strike on May 1, 2026? Stay home! Read books! Stay off-line! Stock up on free #SROP books now!
Why stop at one day? A one-day strike is not enough, even if it does send a message. Consider turning this into a multi-day holiday + general strike. Stay away from work, school, shopping, & online big-tech destinations through Cinco de Mayo!
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Mayday! MAYDAY! Are you ready for the US General Strike on May 1, 2026? Stay home! Read books! Stay off-line! Stock up on free #SROP books now!
Why stop at one day? A one-day strike is not enough, even if it does send a message. Consider turning this into a multi-day holiday + general strike. Stay away from work, school, shopping, & online big-tech destinations through Cinco de Mayo!
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Mayday! MAYDAY! Are you ready for the US General Strike on May 1, 2026? Stay home! Read books! Stay off-line! Stock up on free #SROP books now!
Why stop at one day? A one-day strike is not enough, even if it does send a message. Consider turning this into a multi-day holiday + general strike. Stay away from work, school, shopping, & online big-tech destinations through Cinco de Mayo!
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Mayday! MAYDAY! Are you ready for the US General Strike on May 1, 2026? Stay home! Read books! Stay off-line! Stock up on free #SROP books now!
Why stop at one day? A one-day strike is not enough, even if it does send a message. Consider turning this into a multi-day holiday + general strike. Stay away from work, school, shopping, & online big-tech destinations through Cinco de Mayo!
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Today (April 1, 2026) only, the #SROP proverbial "3-volume novel", #free ebooks. Just follow the breadcrumbs to get a copy, in EPUB or MOBI format.
#books #ebooks #bookstodon -
Today (April 1, 2026) only, the #SROP proverbial "3-volume novel", #free ebooks. Just follow the breadcrumbs to get a copy, in EPUB or MOBI format.
#books #ebooks #bookstodon -
Today (April 1, 2026) only, the #SROP proverbial "3-volume novel", #free ebooks. Just follow the breadcrumbs to get a copy, in EPUB or MOBI format.
#books #ebooks #bookstodon -
Today (April 1, 2026) only, the #SROP proverbial "3-volume novel", #free ebooks. Just follow the breadcrumbs to get a copy, in EPUB or MOBI format.
#books #ebooks #bookstodon -
Today (April 1, 2026) only, the #SROP proverbial "3-volume novel", #free ebooks. Just follow the breadcrumbs to get a copy, in EPUB or MOBI format.
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Today your friendly neighborhood rodent imported all of the #SROP books into #LibraryThing, just for fun. It worked. The part that didn't work was covers. Oh, well, nobody judges a book by its lurid cover, right?
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Today your friendly neighborhood rodent imported all of the #SROP books into #LibraryThing, just for fun. It worked. The part that didn't work was covers. Oh, well, nobody judges a book by its lurid cover, right?
#books #bookstodon #ebooks -
Today your friendly neighborhood rodent imported all of the #SROP books into #LibraryThing, just for fun. It worked. The part that didn't work was covers. Oh, well, nobody judges a book by its lurid cover, right?
#books #bookstodon #ebooks -
Today your friendly neighborhood rodent imported all of the #SROP books into #LibraryThing, just for fun. It worked. The part that didn't work was covers. Oh, well, nobody judges a book by its lurid cover, right?
#books #bookstodon #ebooks -
Today your friendly neighborhood rodent imported all of the #SROP books into #LibraryThing, just for fun. It worked. The part that didn't work was covers. Oh, well, nobody judges a book by its lurid cover, right?
#books #bookstodon #ebooks -
This is your periodic reminder that while other publishers have "sales" where they cut their prices by some percentage, #SROP books are always FREE to good homes.
So if you're looking for something off the beaten track to read on your journey to some important event, like a 4th of July protest march, give us a shout!
#ebooks #free #bookstodon #nswf -
Gosh, I've just been reminded that Saturday is Indie Bookstore Day. 🌈🦄
Sounds to me like a perfect day to peruse the #SROP catalog and choose something absolutely free to go with your margarita while you laze in the sun, or huddle in the rain, or shiver in the snow, or bask in the #glow.
#bookstodon #ebooks #indieauthor #BeachBlanketBabylon #waitwhat #ColePorter -
Happy Ides of March!
Today (3/15) is #SROP author Mantissa Etherbright's birthday. Join us in celebrating the occasion with free #ebooks. Just follow the bread crumbs as usual.https://smashed-rat-on-press.com/author-list.html#etherbright
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@susankayequinn Thanks for amplifying this terrible change at #Amazon.
I also posted the other day a report from here:
https://iheartsapphfic.com/2026/02/17/how-ihs-is-responding-to-terrifying-changes-at-amazon/
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While you're out there in the wide world boycotting products made in the USA... Don't forget there are also free products "made in the USA" that don't require you to pay money to giant soulless corporations. Like the #free #ebooks from #SROP, supporting indie artists & writers. Just follow the bread-crumbs and we'll send you what you need. All hand made in California, not supporting zillionaires.
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If you happen to be in San Jose, California, here's an event: LocalLit - local authors and their books, Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026 from 2 to 4:30 p.m. downtown.
https://sjlibrary.org/locallit
"LocalLit is an annual celebration of San José’s vibrant community of authors."
(Sadly, #SROP cannot be present, even though we live pretty close to Silicon Valley.)
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We're about 7.25 hours from "new year" here in rainy downtown Santa Banana, and I can hardly wait for 2025 to be over. I wish we could sweep away "47" 🤢🤮 (and cronies) along with the old year, but maybe it'll take care of itself soon 💀, or a sneaker asteroid ☄️ will hit.
Meanwhile, you can still get #SROP #books absolutely free by following the bread crumbs.
Happy Almost New Year. Live long and prosper. 🖖 -
It's Xmas Eve here in beautiful downtown Santa Banana. The lights are all lit. There's a roaring picture of a flame on the telly. Feels like a good time to hunker down with a nice #ebook from #SROP, or where ever you get your ebooks, for the holidays ahead.
Don't forget our ebooks are always free to good homes. (Not because we couldn't sell them, mind you, but because our business model is always zero revenue.)
#ebooks #bookstodon #free -
Happy Solstice to those who celebrate!
This is your periodic friendly reminder that ebooks from #SROP are always free to good homes, and they make really great gifts for secret pals, lovers, and even casual friends.
https://smashed-rat-on-press.com/catalog-green.html
https://smashed-rat-on-press.com/catalog-red.html
(And if you want hard copy, those are always available "at cost", no markups, no royalties, no middle-creatures interfering.) -
@Featherwatt Thanks for this entire thread, which just showed up in my feed (I don't know why).
We'll see if this actually materializes; I wouldn't hold my breath for 'Zon to ever make EPUBs directly available. FWIW, I've used #Calibre for years to swizzle formats when I "need" to buy from them.
(The original problem you reported earlier this year & flip-flop enshittification illustrate more reasons #SROP books will never be available from such platforms. Insert barf emoji here.
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@goosey Thanks for this tip! Sounds lovely. Maybe someday I'll find that poem.
Meanwhile, the #SROP "art department" is one under-fed rodent in a tie-dye T-shirt with a bottomless tin of gummies... The juicy work of illustration & photography is hired out to artists, while he just glues the stuff together... unless he's too zoned out, in which case the head honcho usually takes over to meet deadlines.
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Don't judge my book! Today I needed a laugh and McSweeney's delivered. (Article from August, but I'm catching up on my RSS feeds.)
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/dont-judge-my-book-by-its-cover
That cover bit in the accompanying image highlights one big reason why all #SROP book covers are designed by #artists who have actually read the book, and often have subsequently discussed the book with its author. We need accurate depictions on our covers, even if they might be less lurid than one might hope.
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#Wikipedia removed by #SROP edit for the second time today due to copyright violation. How's me quoting a GPL-3.0-only licensed document written by me a copyright violation?.. I hope this is a misunderstanding and will be corrected soon.
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Once a year our "printer" (Lulu.com) has a Big Sale. This time it's 30% off for "Black Friday".
https://smashed-rat-on-press.com/catalog-green.html
https://smashed-rat-on-press.com/catalog-red.htmlIf you're eager to buy #SROP books in paperback form, just use the code BOOKGIFT30 at checkout! Simple!
We don't often post about physical #books and we don't usually engage in any Black Friday shenanigans, but we always sell books AT COST: no royalties, no markup, no fuss. With 30% off, you basically get free shipping.