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Blog: Super Thursday: 7 books to pick up on the biggest day in publishing from
The Independent Books in the group The Independent book reviews 1 year, 3 months agoFrom Mary Berry to Shirley Ballas, some major names have new books coming out.
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Blog: Word of the Day – Chiaroscuro from
For Reading Addicts in the group Book bloggers 1 year, 3 months agoThe post Word of the Day – Chiaroscuro appeared first on For Reading Addicts.
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Blog: 172. Antarctica (Choose Your Own Adventure) from
Becky's Book Reviews in the group Book bloggers 1 year, 3 months agoChoose 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 1 year, 3 months agoProfessor 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 1 year, 3 months agoFederation is working great on my AB blog, but the verification link isn’t quite there yet
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Mastodon and ActivityPub now fully working in the group Help and Support: 1 year, 3 months agoMastodon 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 […] -
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 1 year, 3 months agoAuthor 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 1 year, 3 months ago
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Bob Bobson's profile was updated 1 year, 3 months ago
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The Society of Authors demands transparency on publishers’ streaming deals with Spotify in the group Outside News: 1 year, 3 months agoThe 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 1 year, 3 months agoThe 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: 1 year, 3 months agoFederation 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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Author and playwright David Benedictus dies aged 85 in the group Outside News: 1 year, 3 months agoAuthor 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 1 year, 3 months agoThings 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 1 year, 3 months agoWith 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 1 year, 3 months ago
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Matthew Brown replied to the topic Updating profiles in the forum General Chat 1 year, 3 months 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 1 year, 3 months agoI’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 1 year, 3 months agoI 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 1 year, 3 months agoThe 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 1 year, 3 months agoWhen 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 1 year, 3 months ago
Being able to enter multiple blogs might be useful
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Danny H's profile was updated 1 year, 3 months ago
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Blog: Word of the Day – Aole from
For Reading Addicts in the group Book bloggers 1 year, 3 months agoThe post Word of the Day – Aole appeared first on For Reading Addicts.
