The Morning RSS for 29 January 2025
A collection of share-worthy items from our morning blog scroll.
It has been a lo-o-ng month. Seems that it’s also been busy, as there are fewer items overall to enjoy with our morning cuppa. So, before the page turns to February, let’s do this …
For Writers & Creators & Readers, too
Traditional publishing moves slowly and isn’t typically nimble enough to respond to trends in real-time. That’s why we often see self-published books paving the way for the biggest trends in the reading world. ~ Susie Dumond
Pique your interest? Read Susie’s full article with Book Trend Predictions for 2025 at Book Riot.
Whether you’re transitioning from TikTok or thinking about book-talking on other social media (including Bookstack), Rachael’s post at Do Good with Books is textbook!
Good picture books are complex and layered, structured as carefully as a novel yet linguistically closer to a poem. ~ Janet Fox
That’s from Janet' Fox’s guest post, The Surprising Complexity of Picture Books, at JaneFriedman.com. See how she applies PB constructs to BIG by Vashti Harrison. Fascinating stuff, y’all! [source: Quinette Cook via BlueSky]
Promoting your own book is a job in itself and I spent the last 7 days doing mostly that when I absolutely should have been doing something else. Some of the tasks that occupied my time have been: …
Nope. Not sharing here. Head over to Pen Powell Posts to get the deets. [Do the kids still say that anymore?]
And from Sarah’s Smorgasbord we bring you The Querry Letter that Got Me 4 Agent Offers
New Books & Book Lists
Not quite ready to jump into 2025 books? Want to know what you might have missed from the 2024 releases? Reddit has you covered. They’ve just released their Best Books of 2024 list, as voted upon by r/Books members [a sub-Reddit with 26 million users]. Shoutout to the Book Riot community for putting together this handy-dandy list.
👀 here … Bookshop.org now offers e-Books. And yes, they still support local bookstores. According to Andy Hunter (founder), more is coming for those looking to “pivot out of the Amazon ecosystem.” [via Book Riot]
Book Bans & Censorship
For 2024, we’re going to flip the perspective on book bans and censorship. Instead of sharing the head-shaking news, we’re going to share head-nodding ideas!
Not a lot of good news right now. Just keep fighting.
Other Bookish Stuff
The 2024 CYBILS Awards winners will be announced on 14 February. Most of our attention and energy will be focused there, so odds are the next edition of the Morning RSS will be “stacked” (get it?) at least we hope so!
Some non-bookish thoughts to get you on your way. I wasn’t thinking about it until I read the question. No I can’t stop thinking about it: What clothes have you owned again and again?
Here’s to donning your favorite, most-loved outfit (past or present) and settling in with a great book.
~ Team CYBILS