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bev (indie author) 👩🏻‍💻 @beverlyannemichel.bsky.social · 12h

I only have a few copies left of Have it All and Give it All with the ✨original✨ covers.

You can order both on kofi or etsy!!

I also have sticker/bookmark bundles on kofi!!

ko-fi.com/beverlyannem...

#booksky #sapphic #lesfic #asexual #kofi #smallbiz 💙📚

Visit Beverly's Shop!

I've opened a shop. Come take a look!

ko-fi.com

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D.C. (Desi) Heart @desiheart.bsky.social · 11h

Please please please, I am begging you to buy things like this directly from their creator. InfiniTokens are simply unmatched and buying them over some cheap knockoff supports an actual human being (not a soulless corporation with more money than any of us know what to do with).

InfiniTokens Dry Erase Tokens @infinitokens.com · 16h

InfiniTokens are NOT on Amazon, so let folks interested (or people you ask for gifts) know that searching for "InfiniTokens" there will only get a lot of cheap imitators that are not the real, high quality ones. They mimic our product designs to fool people into thinking they are the original.

An Amazon advertisement that has dry erase cards with designs extremely similar to InfiniTokens dry erase cards with color borders.

An Amazon advertisement that has dry erase cards with designs extremely similar to the thin in-line border of InfiniTokens dry erase cards.

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Jessie Thomas @jessiethomasauthor.bsky.social · 12h

Only a couple more days to get my sapphic vampire book that’s CARMILLA meets CINDERELLA in a gothic setting with Halloween vibes for 99 cents ✨🦇

📖: books2read.com/u/4AM9Qk

Available now at your favorite digital store!

Once Upon a Dark October: A Sapphic Vampire Romantasy by Jessie Thomas

books2read.com

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D.C. (Desi) Heart @desiheart.bsky.social · 11h

I’m trying so hard not to freak out about what this means for me and all of the authors and artists I follow. All I can do is follow them all on as many platforms as possible and hope for the best

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SpellFire @spellfire.bsky.social · 18h

These beauties are back back again! Tomorrow on www.spellfiregifts.com 12PM EST

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D.C. (Desi) Heart @desiheart.bsky.social · 17h

Do I even want to know why NYCC 2023 is trending specifically??

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 21h

🧙 wild witches
🐦‍⬛ a crow (or two)
🔮 portal fantasy
🐈‍⬛ a cat who wanders in
👨‍❤️‍👨 true love
🗡️ revenge
👑 evil faeries

🔖 universal link: mybook.to/rlEOgP
💌 itch.io link: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/enlil-aris-t...
📖 goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...

Cover for ‘Enlil and Aris: The Complete Collection by Rebecca Crunden’. Cover is purple, yellow and orange with white font. Image shows two silhouettes of men with a crow above them, the sun behind.

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Seanan McGuire @seananmcguire.bsky.social · 21h

FINE, YOU'VE CONVINCED ME. HOW DO I PRE-ORDER?

Well, the publisher has a page linking to multiple major retailers: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/747400...

You can also contact your local independent bookstore and ask if they're accepting pre-orders. They may not have fancy links, but hey.

Strixhaven: Omens of Chaos (Magic: The Gathering) by Seanan McGuire: 9780593871430 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

Strixhaven University welcomes you. Begin your magical studies on a faraway plane, encountering new friends, mysteries, and dangers, in this fantastical dark academia. Eula Blue was supposed to be a ...

www.penguinrandomhouse.com

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D.C. (Desi) Heart @desiheart.bsky.social · 18h

Look who showed up for the grass deck upgrade!

Leafeon ex from Pokemon Pocket. Forest Breath: Once during your turn, if this Pokemon is in the active spot, you may take a grass energy from your energy zone and attach it to 1 of your grass Pokemon.

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Kai Zeal 🐱📘🔮 | Author of Riyati @kaizeal.aquakatpublishing.com · 20h

If you're looking for new books, why not check out this hidden gem bundle on itch, 63 DRM-free indie books for only $38!

🔗 itch.io/b/3305/under...

💙📚 🌈📚🌎 📢📚

Multiple covers cover the outer edge of the promo image. In the center, there is the following text:
Itch.io
Under-Rated Bundle
Oct 9th - 13th
Bringing attention to the best books you've never heard of"

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D.C. (Desi) Heart @desiheart.bsky.social · 20h

I am loving the tentacles!

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 21h

🗡️ fantasy novella
⚰️ accidental reawakening of dead immortals
🏹 gallant knights
👑 evil kingdom 🤝 evil queendom
🌲 enchanted plants and forests
🥀 romance and friendship

🔖 link: mybook.to/mUVTmR
💌 itch.io: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/a-light-for-...
📖 gr: www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...

Ebook cover for ‘A Light for the Dead to Follow’ by Rebecca Crunden. Cover image is of a skull surrounded by red-pink flowers. There are vines at the top beside the title. The title font is black and maroon, the name font is white.

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Alan K. Dell @alankdell.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 New Itch-io Bundle 🚨

This time focussing on hidden indie gems, 60 underrated books that fly under the radar in a wide array of genres for just $38, running 9–13 October.

Come and check out some of the best books you've never heard of.
itch.io/b/3305/under...

📢📚🪐| #BookSky | 📦📚

Graphic that reads "Itch.io Under-Rated Bundle, Oct 9th-13th, Bringing attention to the best books you've never heard of." Text is brown on an off-white background with five yellow stars bordering it above and below. Around the text box are the following book covers: Predators by H.S. Kallinger, Zinmages by M.C. Burnell, The Spider's Friend by M.C. Burnell, Disappearance and Other Short Stories by PD Loupee, Memories of Sorcery and Sand by Joanna Maciejewska, Kranlian Rendezvous by Simon Wolfe, The Shadow of Arcadia by Alan K. Dell, Devil Deal by Janina Franck, The God Sun by Alan K. Dell, Water's Edge by Ellie Lieberman, The Third People by Lee Burton, The Crimson Knight by Zeta K. Pierce, The Lion by Lee Burton, Adventures In GameWorld : Game Start by Robert Rumery, All Through the House and Other Tales from a Random Place by Joachim Heijndermans, Soft Reboot by Joachim Heijndermans, Blue by Niranjan, Wizard's Debt by Niranjan, Ambushed by Natasha O'Connor, At First Belonging by Rob

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bev (indie author) 👩🏻‍💻 @beverlyannemichel.bsky.social · 1d

It’s lesbian day!!

Why not celebrate with a sapphic rivals to lovers romance featuring a lesbian fmc?

b2r: books2read.com/hia
itch: beverlyannemichel.itch.io/have-it-all
etsy: spilledinkcoffeebook.etsy.com

#booksky #sapphic #lesfic #romancelandia 💙📚 🌈📚 🌶️📚

have it all trope map.
Lesbian x bisexual.
Single parent.
Rivals to lovers.
Found family.
Ballet dancers.
Grumpy x grumpier.
Futch fmc.
Ace himbo.

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bev (indie author) 👩🏻‍💻 @beverlyannemichel.bsky.social · 1d

No sales yet today!

Come check out the 63 under rated books available for $38

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bev (indie author) 👩🏻‍💻 @beverlyannemichel.bsky.social · 1d

✨UNDERRATED BOOKS SALE✨

63 books for $38!!

The best books you’ve never heard of!!

itch.io/b/3305/under...

#booksky 💙📚

Underrated book bundle. Oct 9th - 13th. Bringing attention to the best books you’ve never heard of.

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Seanan McGuire @seananmcguire.bsky.social · 21h

We are one week closer to the release of OMENS OF CHAOS, and the glorious return of Magic the Gathering long-form fiction!

A book cover against a blue background reading COMING FEBRUARY 17, 2026. The book cover shows a blonde-haired human New Capenna shield mage in the robes of a first year Strixhaven mage-scholar, casting a domed shield around herself. The school is behind her. The text on the cover reads "STRIXHAVEN | OMENS OF CHAOS | SEANAN MCGUIRE | New York Times Bestselling Author."

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Charlie Knight [they/them] | Editor / Author 📚 @cknightwrites.bsky.social · 1d

You know the voice in the back of your head that says no one wants to read your book?

Drown it.
Burn it with fire.
Get a bat and start swinging.

Don't let it exist and lie to you. Destroy it and keep writing.

Keep. Writing.

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D.C. (Desi) Heart @desiheart.bsky.social · 20h

Starting out this late on Netgalley really sucks. I don’t think they even look at your social links. I’ve had all of one request accepted out of the half dozen that I requested for October.

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Dani Finn 🏳️‍⚧️ 📚 @danifinnwrites.bsky.social · 1d

You won’t find better lesbian books anywhere

Rien Gray @riengray.bsky.social · 1d

It's International Lesbian Day! 🧡🤍💗

As a reminder, you can get so many literary lesbians from me at riengray.shop and they are all unabashedly attuned with their sexuality 🔥

My one trad pub release is also available here: www.amazon.com/Her-Wolf-Wil...

Covers for Rien Gray's lesbian romance books: Valerin the Fair, The Scales of Seduction, Her Wolf in the Wild, and Martis the Brazen.

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D.C. (Desi) Heart @desiheart.bsky.social · 1d

Did not get in until after 10 last night…but there is some awesome mail waiting for me 🙂 I think I’ll save it for tonight or tomorrow after work. 💕

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D.C. (Desi) Heart @desiheart.bsky.social · 1d

Playing some Cookie Run sealed tonight at the shop. Found a secret card 💕

Madeleine Cookie. Lvl 2 HP 4. Attacks for 2 red and one of any color for 2 damage with the following affect: if there is another red cookie in your battle area, select up to 1 of your opponent’s cookies. That cookie receives 1 damage.

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 1d

🧙 wild witches
🐦‍⬛ a crow (or two)
🔮 portal fantasy
🐈‍⬛ a cat who wanders in
👨‍❤️‍👨 true love
🗡️ revenge
👑 evil faeries

🔖 universal link: mybook.to/rlEOgP
💌 itch.io link: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/enlil-aris-t...
📖 goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...

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Rien Gray @riengray.bsky.social · 1d

It's International Lesbian Day! 🧡🤍💗

As a reminder, you can get so many literary lesbians from me at riengray.shop and they are all unabashedly attuned with their sexuality 🔥

My one trad pub release is also available here: www.amazon.com/Her-Wolf-Wil...

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 1d

🚀 spaceships
🌡️ dark conspiracies
🎭 brotherhood
❌ no romance
🐛 strange creatures
🤖 futuristic
🪐 other worlds
🐈 a rescue cat

🔖 universal link: mybook.to/schU
💌 itch.io link: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/dust-lightning
📖 goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/56...

kindle cover for dust & lightning by rebecca crunden; image shows a dark planet in purple lighting, a moon in the background, volcano canyons below

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bev (indie author) 👩🏻‍💻 @beverlyannemichel.bsky.social · 1d

Under-Rated Books: 63 items for $38.00
itch.io/b/3305/under...

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Under rated bundle. Bringing attention to the best books you’ve never heard of.

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