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Played hooky from my day job and spent time catching up on Tortoise Books financials and editing one of our Fall '25 titles--a book that's like if The Big Lebowski were written by Flannery O'Connor. (Assuming Flannery O'Connor knew about cyberspace.) You are gonna love it.

Awww, yeah!

yo my name is ozymandias and I am here to say you should look upon my works in a major way

To our competitors: Forgot to mention this the other day, but Gerald Brennan 🇺🇦 recently got this fortune cookie message, so it's over for you mofos. (Especially you, Simon & Schuster.)

Works for publishing dreams too, tbh.

Sad but true...

Great news, authors...your work is nor replicable, not even by infinite monkeys. nbcnews.com/science/scienc… via @nbcnews

A colon can completely change the meaning of a sentence. For example: - Jill ate her friend's sandwich. - Jill ate her friend's colon.

"The Old Neighborhood deserves attention." Yes, Chicago Review of Books...we agree! chireviewofbooks.com/2024/11/12/vit…

Well, at least I’m 100% positive my favorite author, Thomas Pynchon, never did anything weird or gross. Time to move him further up the pedestal.

If you are an independent publisher you will be mailing a lot of books, and you will experience this many many many times.

HOWS YOUR BOOK GOING?! HAVE YOU EVER CONSIDERED WRITING SOMETHING PEOPLE READ? Good luck in the trenches out there today

A Tortoise Books Order Fulfillment Selfie! Various orders from 1023 to 1039, plus trade submissions for DELIRIUM VITAE and PLAY, REWIND.

Folks, once again we are fortunate to be on the Chicago Reader ballot for best independent press...so vote! Vote like the wind! (And if you don't want to vote for other categories like best opera company or whatever, YOU CAN TOTALLY SKIP THEM!) chicagoreader.com/best-of-chicag…

Happy Pub Day to ALSO HERE! Thrilled to get this lovely review from Third Coast Review thirdcoastreview.com/2024/12/10/rev…

If you missed out on the debut of THE SURGE, you can always re-up for this massive second edition from Tortoise Books. Coming to a bookstore near you on May 20, 2025. Pre-order details/cover reveal soon. Also, Gerald Brennan 🇺🇦 is a fantastic editor, send him your best work.

Check it out...Brooke Randel and ALSO HERE made it to David Gutowski! largeheartedboy.com/2025/01/03/bro…