Heather McDaid
@heathermmcd.bsky.social
Professional dork. Ran a publisher for 10 years, now doing random side quests. Working in comics, music, books, events and puzzles. Always tired. https://heathermcdaid.com
It is very surreal for a ten year chapter of your life to close while you're barrier at a My Chem show, but here we are. While there's still winding down behind the scenes to do, as is the way, it is worth repeating: what. a. ride. ✌️
404 Ink@404ink.bsky.social · last mo.That's our online shop now closed. 10,629 orders via our website over 10 years, all personally packed and walked/wheeled to the post office. We're gonna miss it in a weird way. What. a. ride. ✌️
Thank you @heathermmcd.bsky.social and @laurafjones.bsky.social for everything you did - @404ink.bsky.social is going to be an enormous miss on the Scottish publishing scene.
Our Micro-Bursary submissions are open! The Micro-Bursaries are open to early career, UK based: Comic Creators of Colour, Disabled Comic Creators, and/or Trans/Non-Binary Comic Creators. Find out more, and put your name forward here: thoughtbubblefestival.com/microbursaries
Spent the last few months working behind the scenes on the 404 Ink Bursary and we're very proud that this is the last hurrah before we close. ❤️ Lots of amazing presses and people out there doing equally amazing work. 404ink.com/bursary
404 Ink@404ink.bsky.social · last mo.📢ANNOUNCING: Recipients of the 404 Ink Bursary. The 404 Ink Bursary was founded to provide financial support and advice to other small, independent publishing presses. It is our final initiative ahead of our closure next month. Read more: 404ink.com/bursary
The 404 Ink Bursary is such a great, positive way to wind down – just leaving a nice legacy and good vibes. Happy to say I’m mentioned here as a supporter and am donating my time to work with an up-and-coming small press. Looking forward to it!
404 Ink@404ink.bsky.social · last mo.📢ANNOUNCING: Recipients of the 404 Ink Bursary. The 404 Ink Bursary was founded to provide financial support and advice to other small, independent publishing presses. It is our final initiative ahead of our closure next month. Read more: 404ink.com/bursary
Be part of the historic final Post Office trip xo Bonus: fantastic books.
Laura Jones-Rivera@laurafjones.bsky.social · last mo.I turn off the @404ink.bsky.social bookshop tomorrow FOREVER! It's your absolute last chance to get a book from us directly, all on sale. My final trip to the post office! www.404ink.com/shop
I turn off the @404ink.bsky.social bookshop tomorrow FOREVER! It's your absolute last chance to get a book from us directly, all on sale. My final trip to the post office! www.404ink.com/shop
Buy bestselling books — 404 Ink
Buy 404 Ink's books: Nasty Women, Chris McQueer, Helen McClory, Jason Reynolds, Creeper, Elle Nash, Nadine Aisha Jassat and more.
404ink.com
Spent the last few months working behind the scenes on the 404 Ink Bursary and we're very proud that this is the last hurrah before we close. ❤️ Lots of amazing presses and people out there doing equally amazing work. 404ink.com/bursary
404 Ink@404ink.bsky.social · last mo.📢ANNOUNCING: Recipients of the 404 Ink Bursary. The 404 Ink Bursary was founded to provide financial support and advice to other small, independent publishing presses. It is our final initiative ahead of our closure next month. Read more: 404ink.com/bursary
📢ANNOUNCING: Recipients of the 404 Ink Bursary. The 404 Ink Bursary was founded to provide financial support and advice to other small, independent publishing presses. It is our final initiative ahead of our closure next month. Read more: 404ink.com/bursary
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Wonky books are back for the last time! Just £3 for some of our books that have been a little battered through the distribution process but still have some life left in them yet! www.404ink.com/wonky-books
Wonky Books — 404 Ink
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Utterly useless at sharing news about myself, so: @kickstarter.com have curated trusted partners with crowdfunding expertise, including me! My speciality is in publishing and comics, and culture more broadly. 📧 Get in touch: heathermcdaid.com 📋 The directory: www.kickstarter.com/partner-dire...
Partner Directory — Kickstarter
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How exciting to have TWO @edbookfest.bsky.social events celebrating the end of @404ink.bsky.social! 1. 22/8: 🎉 Our closing party/funeral! www.edbookfest.co.uk/events/404-i... 2. 23/8: @heathermmcd.bsky.social & I talking about 10 years of 404 & winding down: www.edbookfest.co.uk/events/laura...
Laura Jones-Rivera & Heather McDaid: Publisher Not Found | Edinburgh International Book Festival
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I’ll be chatting with the excellent @laurafjones.bsky.social + @heathermmcd.bsky.social of @404ink.bsky.social about the pitfalls of being a small book publisher + proper ways to support culture on the margins. Join us at @edbookfest.bsky.social on 23 Aug 📚 www.edbookfest.co.uk/events/laura...
Laura Jones-Rivera & Heather McDaid: Publisher Not Found | Edinburgh International Book Festival
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I've had some absolutely cracking reads from 404 Ink over the years - get them before they're gone! 💙📚
404 Ink@404ink.bsky.social · 2mo agoMEGA SALE: ALL books are £5 on our website until we close the shop on Tuesday 30th June (or we sell out!). Help us have a great send off: www.404ink.com/shop
MEGA SALE: ALL books are £5 on our website until we close the shop on Tuesday 30th June (or we sell out!). Help us have a great send off: www.404ink.com/shop
Buy bestselling books — 404 Ink
Buy 404 Ink's books: Nasty Women, Chris McQueer, Helen McClory, Jason Reynolds, Creeper, Elle Nash, Nadine Aisha Jassat and more.
404ink.com
Did you know we have a library of resources for Scotland's small press creators? We do! Did you know you can help us populate the library by submitting tutorials, events, press contacts, and more? You can!! 📚 smallpress.scot#resources
Small Press Scotland CIC@smallpress.scot · 10mo ago📖 We have a new resource up on our website for anyone working in small press in Scotland, whether that's comics, tabletop games, zines, prose, poetry, or other non-traditional publishing. Read about the SPS Library at smallpress.scot#resources
@macmillankidsuk.bsky.social (MCB) will distribute 140,000 books through a nationwide literacy campaign tied to the publication of Gruffalo Granny by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. 👇
Macmillan to distribute 140k books through Gruffalo Granny literacy campaign
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📆 Next Monday 15th June we’re going to be talking about goddamn COMICS LIVELIHOODS. What sources do we earn an income from? What does fair pay mean? What’s the value of IP? Should only commodified art exist? What is the difference between a career and a hobby, or -god help us- a “side hustle”?
@transworldbooks.bsky.social has donated 10,000 copies of Terry Pratchett’s Unseen Academicals to the National Literacy Trust to mark the National Year of Reading’s Go All In campaign. 👇
Transworld donates 10k Terry Pratchett books to National Literacy Trust
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All of 404's ebooks went offline today. The sign that our ten years is really coming to an end. We've got the last remaining stock on our website before it's gone for good in a few weeks, so please check out 404's site and treat yourself! www.404ink.com / @404ink.bsky.social
404 Ink
404 Ink is an alternative, award winning, independent publisher of the likes of Nasty Women, Chris McQueer and more.
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Ebooks disappear TOMORROW! Last, last chance!
404 Ink@404ink.bsky.social · 3mo agoTowards our closure in a couple of months (😭), we've just marked ALL of our ebooks down 50%, so you can grab some of them for as little as £2.25 until they all disappear on Wednesday 27th May. www.404ink.com/store/ebook
It’s crunch time! There's just four days left until we close our creaking doors for good, so head to our website and grab yourself a scarily good 70% off all our books: audiobooks, ebooks and paperbacks. Use code at checkout: HAUNT70 www.hauntpublishing.com/books
Small presses are keeping the transgender publishing flame alive, says @cipherpress.bsky.social 's Jack Thompson. 👇
LGBTQ+ Focus: Small presses take big swing on trans titles
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There are officially over 400 artists on HireHumanArtists.com🎉 More human artists than you would ever conceivably want to even try to look at all at once! Hire one for your next human project, wouldja?
Directory of No Gen AI Artists
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Towards our closure in a couple of months (😭), we've just marked ALL of our ebooks down 50%, so you can grab some of them for as little as £2.25 until they all disappear on Wednesday 27th May. www.404ink.com/store/ebook
Ebook — Buy Books from 404 Ink — 404 Ink
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Less than a week left to get 404 Ink ebooks before I turn them off and they're gone forever. After planning the closure for like 2 years I am quite excited about this stage of actually finally switching things off! I love 404 but also very, very ready to move on.
404 Ink@404ink.bsky.social · 3mo agoTowards our closure in a couple of months (😭), we've just marked ALL of our ebooks down 50%, so you can grab some of them for as little as £2.25 until they all disappear on Wednesday 27th May. www.404ink.com/store/ebook
Hey! Did you know we're closing at the end of the year? There's not long to pick up one of our fantastic comics. Whether you enjoy sci-fi, fantasy, autobio, horror, romance, your next favourite read might be a couple of clicks away! 🐉 quindriepress.com
