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It's time to start making your plans!
Romancing the Vote returns July 1st - July 5th, 2026!
* authors, start annotating those books
* artists, start making that art
* experts, start plotting your consultations
Stay updated: updates.romancingthevote.com
Romancing the Vote returns July 1st - July 5th, 2026!
* authors, start annotating those books
* artists, start making that art
* experts, start plotting your consultations
Stay updated: updates.romancingthevote.com
January 19, 2026 at 6:43 PM
It's time to start making your plans!
Romancing the Vote returns July 1st - July 5th, 2026!
* authors, start annotating those books
* artists, start making that art
* experts, start plotting your consultations
Stay updated: updates.romancingthevote.com
Romancing the Vote returns July 1st - July 5th, 2026!
* authors, start annotating those books
* artists, start making that art
* experts, start plotting your consultations
Stay updated: updates.romancingthevote.com
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There are at least 10 states proposing really cruel, detrimental anti-library, anti-literature bills this legislative session. It's only January 18, so these won't be the only ones.
Here's what they are, what they do, and how you can respond.
Also note the outside agitators fueling these.
Here's what they are, what they do, and how you can respond.
Also note the outside agitators fueling these.
Even more bad library bills being proposed in state legislatures. Don't just read and understand what's at stake here–take action to help stop their progress.
Attempts to suppress LGBTQ+ books in libraries? They're not happening at the local level, folks.
buttondown.com/wellsourced/...
Attempts to suppress LGBTQ+ books in libraries? They're not happening at the local level, folks.
buttondown.com/wellsourced/...
Even More Bad Library Bills for 2026–and How to Fight Them Now
Two more bad bills have hit state legislatures in Indiana and Ohio. Here's what they are, what they do, and how to take action now.
buttondown.com
January 19, 2026 at 3:59 PM
There are at least 10 states proposing really cruel, detrimental anti-library, anti-literature bills this legislative session. It's only January 18, so these won't be the only ones.
Here's what they are, what they do, and how you can respond.
Also note the outside agitators fueling these.
Here's what they are, what they do, and how you can respond.
Also note the outside agitators fueling these.
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Hide your wallets, it’s that time again! #TBQsBookDeals
Your Monday thread of #romancedeals is ready, $0.99 to $1.99. Happy shopping! 📚❤
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Your Monday thread of #romancedeals is ready, $0.99 to $1.99. Happy shopping! 📚❤
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January 19, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Hide your wallets, it’s that time again! #TBQsBookDeals
Your Monday thread of #romancedeals is ready, $0.99 to $1.99. Happy shopping! 📚❤
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Your Monday thread of #romancedeals is ready, $0.99 to $1.99. Happy shopping! 📚❤
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✨ Journalists rooted in your community: apply for Altavoz Lab’s 7-month fellowship. Grants $3–8K, mentorship (English & Spanish), workshops, editorial & audience support.
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January 16, 2026 at 7:09 PM
✨ Journalists rooted in your community: apply for Altavoz Lab’s 7-month fellowship. Grants $3–8K, mentorship (English & Spanish), workshops, editorial & audience support.
👉 Learn more & apply: altavozlab.com/2026-community…#AltavozLaba#JournalismFellowshipi#CommunityJournalisms#Storiesthatmatterer
👉 Learn more & apply: altavozlab.com/2026-community…#AltavozLaba#JournalismFellowshipi#CommunityJournalisms#Storiesthatmatterer
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We’re launching the Nick Oza Visual Fellowship to honor a photojournalist who taught us that empathy is the lens.
Help us support community storytellers across the Southwest. 💛
📸 Donate or learn more: fundrazr.com/NickOza2025?...
#NickOzaFellowship #Photojournalism #CommunityMedia
Help us support community storytellers across the Southwest. 💛
📸 Donate or learn more: fundrazr.com/NickOza2025?...
#NickOzaFellowship #Photojournalism #CommunityMedia
November 3, 2025 at 2:43 PM
We’re launching the Nick Oza Visual Fellowship to honor a photojournalist who taught us that empathy is the lens.
Help us support community storytellers across the Southwest. 💛
📸 Donate or learn more: fundrazr.com/NickOza2025?...
#NickOzaFellowship #Photojournalism #CommunityMedia
Help us support community storytellers across the Southwest. 💛
📸 Donate or learn more: fundrazr.com/NickOza2025?...
#NickOzaFellowship #Photojournalism #CommunityMedia
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I meant to post this in December but alas, time got away from me:
Romance authors, if you have a 2026 release coming out (or it just came out), promo it in the form of an AITA post. And please, if you can, drop a buy link or a GR link. Let’s topple some TBR piles.
Romance authors, if you have a 2026 release coming out (or it just came out), promo it in the form of an AITA post. And please, if you can, drop a buy link or a GR link. Let’s topple some TBR piles.
January 13, 2026 at 4:47 PM
I meant to post this in December but alas, time got away from me:
Romance authors, if you have a 2026 release coming out (or it just came out), promo it in the form of an AITA post. And please, if you can, drop a buy link or a GR link. Let’s topple some TBR piles.
Romance authors, if you have a 2026 release coming out (or it just came out), promo it in the form of an AITA post. And please, if you can, drop a buy link or a GR link. Let’s topple some TBR piles.
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Hide your wallets, it’s that time again! #TBQsBookDeals
Your Wednesday thread of #romancedeals is ready, FREE to $2.49. Happy shopping! 📚❤
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Your Wednesday thread of #romancedeals is ready, FREE to $2.49. Happy shopping! 📚❤
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January 14, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Hide your wallets, it’s that time again! #TBQsBookDeals
Your Wednesday thread of #romancedeals is ready, FREE to $2.49. Happy shopping! 📚❤
*Affiliate links used
Your Wednesday thread of #romancedeals is ready, FREE to $2.49. Happy shopping! 📚❤
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Hide your wallets, it’s that time again! #TBQsBookDeals
Your Tuesday thread of #romancedeals is ready, FREE to $2.99. Happy shopping! 📚❤
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Your Tuesday thread of #romancedeals is ready, FREE to $2.99. Happy shopping! 📚❤
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January 13, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Hide your wallets, it’s that time again! #TBQsBookDeals
Your Tuesday thread of #romancedeals is ready, FREE to $2.99. Happy shopping! 📚❤
*Affiliate links used
Your Tuesday thread of #romancedeals is ready, FREE to $2.99. Happy shopping! 📚❤
*Affiliate links used
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Hide your wallets, it’s that time again! #TBQsBookDeals
Your Monday thread of #romancedeals is ready, FREE to $1.99. Happy shopping! 📚❤
*Affiliate links used
Your Monday thread of #romancedeals is ready, FREE to $1.99. Happy shopping! 📚❤
*Affiliate links used
January 12, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Hide your wallets, it’s that time again! #TBQsBookDeals
Your Monday thread of #romancedeals is ready, FREE to $1.99. Happy shopping! 📚❤
*Affiliate links used
Your Monday thread of #romancedeals is ready, FREE to $1.99. Happy shopping! 📚❤
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Want to grab today's deals from Kobo or Bookshop instead*? Affiliate links below! 😊
Your Saturday thread of #romancedeals is ready, FREE to $3.99. Happy shopping! 📚❤
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Your Saturday thread of #romancedeals is ready, FREE to $3.99. Happy shopping! 📚❤
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January 10, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Want to grab today's deals from Kobo or Bookshop instead*? Affiliate links below! 😊
Your Saturday thread of #romancedeals is ready, FREE to $3.99. Happy shopping! 📚❤
*if available
Your Saturday thread of #romancedeals is ready, FREE to $3.99. Happy shopping! 📚❤
*if available
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Do you love to write? Do you love horror as much as we do? Horror Movie Blog is currently open to pitches from new writers! DM us for more info! We currently pay $25/article.
*HMB is a WOC owned, self-funded labor of love. We want to amplify the voices of our unique and diverse communities.
*HMB is a WOC owned, self-funded labor of love. We want to amplify the voices of our unique and diverse communities.
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December 12, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Do you love to write? Do you love horror as much as we do? Horror Movie Blog is currently open to pitches from new writers! DM us for more info! We currently pay $25/article.
*HMB is a WOC owned, self-funded labor of love. We want to amplify the voices of our unique and diverse communities.
*HMB is a WOC owned, self-funded labor of love. We want to amplify the voices of our unique and diverse communities.
There's so many wonderful romances on the CW app and website for free right now!
December 31, 2025 at 2:29 AM
There's so many wonderful romances on the CW app and website for free right now!
Your library is the place to find new reads, but it's also great for cheap printing and copying, borrowing board games, tools, and other useful items, and for having a quiet working space where you don't have to pay for anything.
December 31, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Your library is the place to find new reads, but it's also great for cheap printing and copying, borrowing board games, tools, and other useful items, and for having a quiet working space where you don't have to pay for anything.
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December 31, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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Hi new followers! 👋 The Unapologetic Romance Reader is an independent media brand reporting on romance novels, the people who make them, and the people who read them.
December 31, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Hi new followers! 👋 The Unapologetic Romance Reader is an independent media brand reporting on romance novels, the people who make them, and the people who read them.
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Queer romance is resistance, especially these days. Build resistance into your TBD with this group sale. Featuring my upcoming release No Love in LA:
🌈 chaotic heavy metal FMC
🌈 stern washed up emo NB MC
🌈 enemies to lovers
🌈 found family
🌈 Satanism
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🌈 chaotic heavy metal FMC
🌈 stern washed up emo NB MC
🌈 enemies to lovers
🌈 found family
🌈 Satanism
📚 🌈 📢 💙🌶️ books.bookfunnel.com/queerromance...
Queer Romance is Resistance!
books.bookfunnel.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Queer romance is resistance, especially these days. Build resistance into your TBD with this group sale. Featuring my upcoming release No Love in LA:
🌈 chaotic heavy metal FMC
🌈 stern washed up emo NB MC
🌈 enemies to lovers
🌈 found family
🌈 Satanism
📚 🌈 📢 💙🌶️ books.bookfunnel.com/queerromance...
🌈 chaotic heavy metal FMC
🌈 stern washed up emo NB MC
🌈 enemies to lovers
🌈 found family
🌈 Satanism
📚 🌈 📢 💙🌶️ books.bookfunnel.com/queerromance...
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What To Know About ‘Heated Rivalry’ https://theonion.com/what-to-know-about-heated-rivalry/
December 4, 2025 at 11:00 PM
What To Know About ‘Heated Rivalry’ https://theonion.com/what-to-know-about-heated-rivalry/
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Those property tax reforms are what will be brutalizing Indiana public libraries, too.
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buttondown.com/wellsourced/...
December 4, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Those property tax reforms are what will be brutalizing Indiana public libraries, too.
buttondown.com/wellsourced/...
buttondown.com/wellsourced/...
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I'm gonna be real-real here: Bookstore Romance Day may not happen in 2026. By this time of year, I've usually secured at least a handful of sponsors & their backing helps pay for things like newsletter services & Canva & Zoom & internet, all of which are needed for planning & off-season events.
November 12, 2025 at 3:06 PM
I'm gonna be real-real here: Bookstore Romance Day may not happen in 2026. By this time of year, I've usually secured at least a handful of sponsors & their backing helps pay for things like newsletter services & Canva & Zoom & internet, all of which are needed for planning & off-season events.
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Ugh, I can’t stand this publishing startup. They pay people to write fan fiction — they tried to commission a story from me. 831 Stories was founded by MBA brains who saw how lucrative romance is as a genre, and their branding targets lit snobs who think they are better than romance.
831 Stories is all-in on the romance genre, and the founders are cultivating a whole world around the books they publish, complete with fanfiction and merchandise.
With 831 Stories, romance fans get more than a steamy read
831 Stories is all-in on the romance genre, and the founders are cultivating a whole world around the books they publish, complete with fanfiction and merchandise.
n.pr
September 30, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Ugh, I can’t stand this publishing startup. They pay people to write fan fiction — they tried to commission a story from me. 831 Stories was founded by MBA brains who saw how lucrative romance is as a genre, and their branding targets lit snobs who think they are better than romance.
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Since the Goodreads Choice Awards were posted last night, here's a reminder of how white these awards are (& why): bookriot.com/the-unbearab...
The Unbearable Whiteness of the Goodreads Choice Awards
There's one place online you can go to ensure a very white "best of" book list: The Goodreads Choice Awards.
bookriot.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Since the Goodreads Choice Awards were posted last night, here's a reminder of how white these awards are (& why): bookriot.com/the-unbearab...
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My postcards of the SILVER & BLOOD cover art were finished yesterday and they look so good!! If you’re in Austin and need printing, Global Printing Solutions did great work—and fast!
Want one? Preorder S&B from BookPeople, while supplies last!
bookpeople.com/book/9780063...
Want one? Preorder S&B from BookPeople, while supplies last!
bookpeople.com/book/9780063...
November 11, 2025 at 4:36 PM
My postcards of the SILVER & BLOOD cover art were finished yesterday and they look so good!! If you’re in Austin and need printing, Global Printing Solutions did great work—and fast!
Want one? Preorder S&B from BookPeople, while supplies last!
bookpeople.com/book/9780063...
Want one? Preorder S&B from BookPeople, while supplies last!
bookpeople.com/book/9780063...
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Order while you can! Once November 15th passes, you are not guaranteed to get this gorgeous dust jacket with art by @lenikauffman. Don’t miss out, grab your copy of Second Chance Romance by Olivia Dade at the link in our bio! 💞
November 11, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Order while you can! Once November 15th passes, you are not guaranteed to get this gorgeous dust jacket with art by @lenikauffman. Don’t miss out, grab your copy of Second Chance Romance by Olivia Dade at the link in our bio! 💞
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Hide your wallets, it’s that time again! #TBQsBookDeals
Your Tuesday thread of #romancedeals is ready, FREE to $1.99. Happy shopping! 📚❤
Your Tuesday thread of #romancedeals is ready, FREE to $1.99. Happy shopping! 📚❤
November 11, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Hide your wallets, it’s that time again! #TBQsBookDeals
Your Tuesday thread of #romancedeals is ready, FREE to $1.99. Happy shopping! 📚❤
Your Tuesday thread of #romancedeals is ready, FREE to $1.99. Happy shopping! 📚❤
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Hide your wallets, it’s that time again! #TBQsBookDeals
Your Wednesday thread of #romancedeals is ready, FREE to $2.99. Happy shopping! 📚❤
Your Wednesday thread of #romancedeals is ready, FREE to $2.99. Happy shopping! 📚❤
October 29, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Hide your wallets, it’s that time again! #TBQsBookDeals
Your Wednesday thread of #romancedeals is ready, FREE to $2.99. Happy shopping! 📚❤
Your Wednesday thread of #romancedeals is ready, FREE to $2.99. Happy shopping! 📚❤