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Blog: 172. Antarctica (Choose Your Own Adventure) from Becky's Book Reviews in the group Book bloggers 11 months, 2 weeks ago
Choose Your Own Adventure: Antarctica! Lily Simonson. 2022. 128 pages. [Source: Library] [j fiction; mg fiction]First sentence: The wind nearly pushes you over as […]
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Blog: Imprisoned Uyghur academic named 2023 PEN international writer of courage from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 11 months, 2 weeks ago
Professor and global expert on Uyghur folklore Rahile Dawut was reportedly sentenced to life in prison after going missing six years agoLeading Uyghur professor […]
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Danny H commented on the post, Mastodon and ActivityPub now fully working, on the groupblog Author Buzz Developer Blog 11 months, 2 weeks ago
Federation is working great on my AB blog, but the verification link isn’t quite there yet
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Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post Mastodon and ActivityPub now fully working in the group Help and Support: 11 months, 2 weeks ago
Mastodon and ActivityPub now fully working Unless something went horribly wrong, the ActivityPub protocol now works on all Author Buzz UK sites. That means that Mastodon verified links should […]
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Blog: Salman Rushdie announces memoir, Knife, about stabbing that left him blind in one eye from The Independent Books in the group The Independent book reviews 11 months, 2 weeks ago
Author was giving a public lecture at New York’s Chautauqua Institute last year when a man rushed the stage and stabbed him repeatedly
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Christian Writer's profile was updated 11 months, 2 weeks ago
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Bob Bobson's profile was updated 11 months, 2 weeks ago
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Book News (bot) edited the blog post The Society of Authors demands transparency on publishers’ streaming deals with Spotify in the group Outside News: 11 months, 2 weeks ago
The Society of Authors demands transparency on publishers’ streaming deals with SpotifyThe Society of Authors was deeply concerned last week to learn from press reports that ‘all major book publishers’ have agreed new limited str […]
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Blog: Spotify’s new audiobook streaming could have ‘devastating effect’, says Society of Authors from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 11 months, 2 weeks ago
The industry body says the music giant’s move to make more than 150,000 titles available has not been discussed with authors and may compete with salesThe S […]
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Danny H edited the blog post Federation is alive? in the group Random Thoughts: 11 months, 2 weeks ago
Federation is alive? Earlier, changes were made to my host’s configuration that now allows blogs hosted here to federate with the fediverse. This post describes the new feature. So federation is alive now? This is just a quick post testing the changes. Earlier I followed this blog from my Mastodon account so should see a post there once this…Read more
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Book News (bot) edited the blog post Author and playwright David Benedictus dies aged 85 in the group Outside News: 11 months, 2 weeks ago
Author and playwright David Benedictus dies aged 85Author and playwright David Benedictus has died suddenly at the age of 85, his family has said. The writer was best known for novels including […]
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Matthew Brown replied to the topic Minor login niggle in the forum Help and Support 11 months, 2 weeks ago
Things can take a little time to trickle through. Keep an eye on the login and let me know if it crops up again.
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Danny H replied to the topic Minor login niggle in the forum Help and Support 11 months, 2 weeks ago
With the DDoS protection off, my AB blog now federates with the fediverse (@randomthoughts@randomthoughts.authorbuzz.co.uk). My AB blog isn’t showing as verified on my Mastodon profile yet, but I’ll check the settings, may just need more time.
On the login, not had any problems since reporting the issue, though I don’t know whether this is due…Read more
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Toni McHadden's profile was updated 11 months, 2 weeks ago
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Toni McHadden joined the group Seren Books 11 months, 2 weeks ago
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Matthew Brown replied to the topic Updating profiles in the forum General Chat 11 months, 2 weeks ago
I was thinking something similar. The extension that manages the profile fields does not immediately lend itself to repeatable fields. I was thinking about seeing if I could write an extension to handle it.
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Matthew Brown replied to the topic Minor login niggle in the forum Help and Support 11 months, 2 weeks ago
I’ve taken the steps to turn off the extra layer of DDoS protection that breaks ActivityPub and I hope this also sorts the cache situation out. If the problem persists let me know.
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Matthew Brown replied to the topic Minor login niggle in the forum Help and Support 11 months, 2 weeks ago
I think, I know how to take care of that. I believe it is aggressive caching.
Leave it with me. In the meanwhile, a page refresh usually does the trick.
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Blog: Salman Rushdie announces memoir, Knife, about being stabbed in 2022 from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 11 months, 2 weeks ago
The author describes the book, subtitled Meditations After an Attempted Murder, as ‘a way to take charge of what happened, and to answer violence with a […]
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Danny H started the topic Minor login niggle in the forum Help and Support 11 months, 2 weeks ago
When I go to AB, I’m able to log in on the home page, but after a robots check it takes me to a Wordpress page where I have to log in again
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Danny H replied to the topic Updating profiles in the forum General Chat 11 months, 2 weeks ago
Being able to enter multiple blogs might be useful
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Danny H's profile was updated 11 months, 2 weeks ago
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Blog: Word of the Day – Aole from For Reading Addicts in the group Book bloggers 11 months, 2 weeks ago
The post Word of the Day – Aole appeared first on For Reading Addicts.
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Matthew Brown replied to the topic Books similar to Douglas Adams in the forum General Chat 11 months, 2 weeks ago
It is not exactly the same as Adams but you may like Sir Terry Pratchett
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Matthew Brown started the topic Updating profiles in the forum General Chat 11 months, 2 weeks ago
I’m seeing a number of “____ updated their profile” in the news feed. It seems you are finding the new expanded profile system. I’ve redesigned it to make your profile much better for promoting yourself and/or your services.
I’m taking requests for additional sections. No promises to implement them but every promise to give ideas fair consideration.