Nine Ten Publications

Against a sky blue and white gradient background, with an illustration of a person checking a shipping manifest near a stack of parcels, a notice reads, "Spring Break Shipping Pause, March 13–29. Any purchases in our online shop during this time will ship beginning March 30, 2026."

Spring break comes early in Vancouver, and our shipping operation will be closed from March 13–March 29, 2026. Any orders placed in our online shop during that time will ship beginning March 30 (pre-orders + digital products are not affected). Our books are available at bookstores and craft shops!

Thank you, thank you, thank you to established presses who recognize the pain they went through, and try to ease it for others 🙏

I now run royalties in a matter of hours, not days and weeks, and my authors receive professional reports I'm proud to send.

Royalties are complicated and reporting/paying them is contractually deadline-driven. Startup and tiny presses can't possibly afford enterprise-level royalties management software, so each of us just does our best with spreadsheets, scribbles, calculators, Tums, and coffee.

In Canada, PubGizmo was developed in FileMaker Pro by a fabulous developer for @coachhousebooks.bsky.social (this is what I use at Nine Ten). And in the U.S., our pals at @microcosm.bsky.social have made Working Lit available as a browser-based system.

There are two indie presses that I know of, one in Canada and one in the U.S., that have made affordable royalties software available to tiny presses like mine. This choice not to hoard solutions to complex challenges is an absolute game-changer.

For the first time ever, I have reported and remitted royalties to our authors 1) before the absolute last minute, and 2) without stress, and I'm just going to take a moment and sit with this contentment.

In any industry, relationships are central. Something amazing and special about the crafts movement is that relationships often become deep friendships, and those friendships can lead, even after many years, to truly amazing collaborations ❤️

The book cover of BE A FOOL has a text box on it that reads, "People are Everything, and We're Nearly a Quarter of the Way to Our Goal! First campaign update 👉."

A photo of a woman holding up two ugly crafted creatures has text on it that reads, "The story of this book campaign begins all the way back in 2010, with this woman, Emily, who started the Vancouver Mini Maker Faire."

A photo of a bespectacled woman holding a baby has text above that reads, "And with me, pictured here at the first Vancouver Mini Maker Faire in 2011, with my now-teenager."

Photo of the woman from the first photo and the woman from the second photo together and smiling. Text reads, "The friendship we formed led to a day last fall when Emily handed me a copy of "Be a Fool" and said, "What should we do with this?" I had some ideas.

The story of how we came to launch the campaign for BE A FOOL began more than 15 years ago. It's a story of creative community and friendship, and it makes this book even more special to us. Read all about it in our first campaign update over on Kickstarter! www.kickstarter.com/projects/nin...

Be a Fool: The Way of Infinite Creativity 👉 Now on Kickstarter! BE A FOOL, by the @zengabros , brings together over 20 years’ of the the Zenga Bros' wild rides, community art projects, tall bikes, creative philosophy, and...

The Zenga Bros have been making videos of their creative adventures since they were kids, so of course they made one about their book, BE A FOOL! Back the Kickstarter today, check out some earlybird rewards, and help us bring the book to life! www.kickstarter.com/projects/nin...

Couldn't add alt text to the images. First is a screenshot from Kickstarter that shows the campaign has $3235 in pledges and is 12% funded. Second is an image of the cover of the book BE A FOOL, by the Zenga Bros, with a green banner at the top announcing it just launched on Kickstarter.

Love waking up to being more than 10% to our goal already! Yay! We have earlybird pricing for book-level reward tiers just for the first week of the campaign, so why wait to help bring BE A FOOL into the world? www.kickstarter.com/projects/nin...

BE A FOOL will be printed here in Canada, on at least partially recycled paper, and it will be available around the world once it comes out in September. The Kickstarter features exclusive rewards like a download of the companion film and a sticker pack.

Back the book and tell your friends!

A full-colour book is wildly expensive to print. Back the book on Kickstarter and join a community of fans, makers, and book lovers who are excited to bring BE A FOOL to life.

‼️ And use this SPECIAL LINK for access to a reward no one else will be able to see: www.kickstarter.com/projects/nin...

On a red background is the cover of the book BE A FOOL, by the Zenga Bros, featuring two mean wearing red ponchos riding a tall bike – one high up and the other lower down. A green banner at the top of the image says, "Just launched: Kickstarter."

🚀 BE A FOOL has launched on @kickstarter.com! This book brings together over 20 years’ of the the Zenga Bros' wild rides, community art projects, tall bikes, creative philosophy, and invitations to play in 160 pages of photos, stories, and inspiration.

🙏 And we need your help! 👇

And now pre-orders are actually working! shop.ninetenpublications.ca/products/a-u...

(Insert gripe about how Shopify requires a bunch of settings for every individual product to be able to be purchased, and it is unnecessarily dumb.)

For wholesale in Canada, contact your Ampersand rep or @lainesjulieasselin.bsky.social

For wholesale everywhere else contact your Microcosm rep or @microcosm.bsky.social directly.

💡 Pre-orders help us decide how many books to print, they help build buzz about the book, they help us to pay for the print run (when you purchase from us), and they support bookstores and craft shops and help them learn about the book and get excited about it (when you purchase from them).

This book is full of info you didn't know you didn't know about yarn. Whether you knit, crochet, and/or weave, you'll learn so much about yarn and how it behaves when worked in each craft, helping you to make smarter yarn choices and generally level-up your craft 🧶

The book cover of A User's Guide to Yarn, by Michelle Boyd, is featured in a graphic declaring that pre-orders of the book are open. Below the book cover it says the title and author, "Coming June 16, 2026. Pre-order today at shop.ninetenpublications.ca."

A USER'S GUIDE TO YARN, by Michelle Boyd @spindleprincess.bsky.social, is coming in June, and it's now available for pre-order in our online shop 👉 shop.ninetenpublications.ca/products/a-u...

You can also pre-order through your local bookstore or craft shop, and we encourage you to do that 📚

I was still sick when I recorded these last couple vids. My hair is A Situation lol.

Btw, Nine Ten has a newly designed website (because I, um, royally messed up the old one). Still some glitches on mobile I'm working on, but overall I think it'll be an improvement! ninetenpublications.ca

Do you read the promo pages at the end of a book? YouTube video by Nine Ten Publications

Still nerding out about all the "other" pages in books, and this time I have a question for YOU: Do you read the info the publisher puts at the end of the book? Is it different for print books and ebooks? Please share all of your opinions about this thing nobody ever talks about!

Had to have Kate Atherley’s latest book!

February 22–28, 2026 is Freedom to Read Week. Text declaring this in English and French is boldly displayed on an illustration of a person wearing glasses and holding a key in their hands, standing in a maze comprising books that are chained up with a lock on each.

Even here in Canada, schools and libraries are regularly asked to remove books from their shelves. Banning books affects the right of Canadians to decide for themselves what they choose to read. Better that Canadians be free to read, and to read critically! #FTRWeek www.freedomtoread.ca

Love this photo 🤩

Corn & Tortillas: Love Shared A picture book about two siblings and their Chiichi who share a love for making tortillas, family traditions and Maya culture.

Our pals at Pownal Street Press just launched their first campaign @kickstarter.com, and I love that there's a reward option to have a copy of the book donated to a library. Check out Corn & Tortillas: Love Shared! www.kickstarter.com/projects/cor...

When does a book go into a 2nd or 3rd printing? Let's get nerdy about the copyright page. YouTube video by Nine Ten Publications

Dunno why the video didn't embed. Here it is:

Today's attempt to get very nerdy about publishing in under 2 minutes is about the oft overlooked copyright page, and it's about when a book goes into a 2nd (or 3rd) printing (*cough* Math for Knitters @kateatherley.bsky.social).

youtube.com/shorts/_4Vno...

Look, I get that most people do not read every single page of a book like I always have. I read the acknowledgements, I read the stuff the publisher puts at the end about other books I might like. And yes, I read copyright page. Sometimes there's very interesting stuff on there! More 👇

In other words, if you've been waiting on me for six weeks or more, please email me again!