As of today (February 14, 2025), a whole bunch of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld books are $1.99 at multiple retailers. This is a great opportunity to fill in gaps in your collection. If you’re new to Sir Terry, Discworld is a massive series that does not have to be read in order. (In fact, I disliked […]
Unexpected news in my inbox this morning: Hoopla’s “long processing time” (in excess of 2 years for some books) has at long last come to an end. Of relevance to those who know me here, all my Ren Benton contemporary romances are now available through libraries that use Hoopla as their digital media service. UPDATE
Today (June 20, 2024) only, there are two book events to aid you on your quest to accumulate the most massive TBR. Romance Bookworms is hosting their regularly scheduled Stuff Your Ereader day. As you may have guessed from the site name, the offerings there are romance or romance-adjacent. If you’ve partaken in the past,
I’m shifting all my books that are currently distributed via Smashwords to direct listings with retailers before I’m forcibly migrated to D2D. (Yay for consolidation and eliminating competitive alternatives.) There will be minor disruptions in availability during this process. My entire backlist is already direct with Amazon and Google Play, so no disruption to those
If you traveled through the new home page to read this post, you’ve already experienced the site makeover in progress. I got so tired of trying to force WordPress themes to do what I want, learning a page-building program and starting from an empty screen seemed easier! *eye twitch* My feed reader continues to pick
On September 20, Romance Bookworms is hosting another Stuff Your Ereader Day, this time with over 1,000 free romance and romance-adjacent ebooks never before featured in the event. That means if you loaded up last time, you can load up again without worrying about duplicates! As always, you can sort by store and banish all
Today, September 4, is Queer Your Bookshelf Day. Link goes to a list of participating ebooks on sale for 99 cents each, various genres, featuring characters who are trans, nonbinary, sapphic, gay, bi, poly, ace, aro, and more. Many are Amazon exclusives, but a good number are also available from other sellers.
Black Love Matters: Real Talk on Romance, Being Seen, and Happily Ever Afters is currently $1.99 in ebook form. It’s a collection of essays, edited by columnist and librarian Jessica P. Pryde, exploring romance in a media landscape where Happily Ever After has long been overwhelmingly white.[efn_note]And cis and het and capped with a Christian
Today (June 30, 2023), Romance Bookworms is hosting their quarterly list of a massive number of free romance and romance-adjacent ebooks, sorted by retailer (so non-Amazon readers don’t have to sort through a bazillion Amazon-exclusive books) and by category and labeled with keywords to help with your yea/nay right at the source. Even I, Hater