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Alex Zalben @azalben.bsky.social · 17h

Today is a great day to shop at places like @bookshop.org, which has free shipping right now!

Even better, you can (and should) select a local bookstore, and then they gets the full profit from your purchase: bookshop.org/pages/bookst...

Bookshop.org: Store Locator

Discover local and indie bookstores in the United States. Choose your favorite bookstore to support with your order. They'll receive the full profit from your purchase.

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Libro.fm @libro.fm · 17h

What sets us apart from Audible? Let us count the ways:

📚 Every purchase supports your indie bookshop
💗 Employee-owned, Certified B Corp, & Social Purpose Corporation
📖 DRM-free (you own your audiobooks)
🤖 Bookseller driven, not algo driven (& our customer support team = real people, not robots)

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Rosiee "Captain" Thor @rosieethor.bsky.social · 2d

Got my finished copies of Dead & Breakfast!! They are so cute and I’m obsessed with the spine!

Have you pre-ordered yet? Remember you can grab a signed copy with preorder goodies (stickers) from Always Here Bookstore!

www.alwaysherebooks.com/product/dead...

Paperback copies of Dead & Breakfast next to a teal tea pot and black tea cup. The cover shows two men holding hands. On the left, a white man with graying hair wearing a suit and tie holds a cup of coffee. On the right, a shorter man with long dark hair, pale skin, and a ruffly cravat holds a goblet of blood with a silly straw. They both have vampire fangs. Behind them is a field of flowers and a large house with a cat perched on a sign that says “welcome. Over the top is the title “DEAD & BREAKFAST” the tagline “come for the vampires stay for the scones” and the byline “kat Hillis & Rosiee Thor.” The spine shows the title text in blue and the byline in red with a black cat curled around a goblet of blood with a silly straw.

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Alexandra Rowland @alexandrarowland.bsky.social · 2d

There's a lot of received wisdom about what motivates readers to preorder, but I've been wondering if cold hard data can back that up -- so I'm doing SCIENCE!

Got ~20 minutes to do a survey on your preorder habits (or non-habits)? forms.gle/RhfegAyrAWcM...
Please signal boost for sample size! 📖✨

Reader Survey: What Drives Preorders?

Hello, and thank you for taking the time to participate in this survey! As an author, I've heard a lot of “received wisdom” about how preorders work for readers, what motivates someone to preorder, an...

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 2d

PSA:

If reading wasn’t political, they wouldn’t be banning books.

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Tonya @pages-and-pothos.bsky.social · 2d

I posted a big list of queer sci-fi, fantasy, and romantasy books coming in 2026. I'll be updating this as more are announced:
pagesandpothos.blog/post/7966661... 🌈📚🌈💜📚💙

New Queer Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Romantasy Novels to Look Forward to in 2026

There are so many exciting queer fantasy books coming out in 2026. My TBR for 2026 is already looking very stacked! Here is a list of 33 fantasy books with major queer relationships, characters, or.....

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Lambda Literary @lambdaliterary.org · 4d

🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations to the 2025 Lambda Literary Award Winner for LGBTQ+ Speculative Fiction: Metal From Heaven by August Clarke! 🎉🎉🎉 @sapphomancer.bsky.social @erewhonbooks.bsky.social @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social
#Lammys2025 #LammyAwards

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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 5d

This Sunday (October 5) at 12 noon EST/ 5pm UK time, I'm talking with @alexandravasti.bsky.social and @felicityniven.bsky.social about all things Gothic Romance!

Catch us at www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vfmk...

Flyer for Gothic Romance Extravaganza with KJ Charles, Alexandra Vasti and Felicity Niven running the conversation. With images of Ladies in Hating by Alexandra and All Of Us Murderers by KJ.

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Noah Hawthorne (they/them) @noahhawthorne.bsky.social · 4d

Hello, my pretty.

Books are here, which means the next week or so will be spent packaging, and preparing my soul, for the postal service. And it is the beginning of annotation season!

Time to unlock my inner history nerd 🧭🏳️‍⚧️✨️

neshamapublishing.com/noah-hawthor...

A picture of an open box, inside is a paperback copy of The Voice of Wild Places by Noah Hawthorne.

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Alex Larkspur 💛 Sweet & Wild Available Now! @applesncinnamon.bsky.social · 4d

Hello! Sweet & Wild is a queer fantasy romance that’s available now!

Links: linktr.ee/alexlarkspur

A young man, Micah, kneels in a field of purple flowers. He holds a bundle of purple flowers in one hand while reaching to gather more with his other hand. He has peach skin, golden hair, and brown eyes. He wears a white shirt, brown pants, and a wide-brimmed straw hat with flowers woven through. Behind him, there is a verdant forest of trees. Bees buzz around the man as he looks down towards his work. The title, Sweet & Wild, is above him and the author’s name, Alex Larkspur, is below him.

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TJ Alexander (they/them) @tjalexandernyc.bsky.social · 6d

Book reviewers, here's that Netgalley request link: www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...

TJ Alexander (they/them) @tjalexandernyc.bsky.social · 28d

🌈COVER REVEAL🌈

From the acclaimed author of Chef's Kiss and A Gentleman's Gentleman comes a riotous Regency romp, featuring a charming and unforgettable genderfluid lead.

A LADY FOR ALL SEASONS is out March 10.

Preorder & full synopsis: tjalexander.com#books6

The cover for A Lady For All Seasons. A photograph of a redheaded woman in a blue dress is facing away from the viewer. The title and author name are illustrated as if on the front of a poetry chapbook.

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Rainbow Crate @rainbowcrate.bsky.social · 7d

Our October ✨ HELP MY ROOMMATE’S HOT ✨ crate is now available for new subscribers and one time purchases!

🏳️‍🌈 Our October books are Make Room for Love by Darcy Liao and And They Were Roommates by Page Powars! Check our previous posts for more information about our October picks! 🧵

A graphic of a pink background with a white polka dot. At the top in a white font with a red outline it reads “October Subscriptions Open Now!”. Below this is a translucent gray rectangle. In the rectangle is the October theme image with the cover of Make Room for Love on the bottom left and the cover of And They Were Roommates on the bottom right. Both book covers are outlined in a red frame.

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Rosiee "Captain" Thor @rosieethor.bsky.social · 8d

OMG FINISHED COPIES OF DEAD & BREAKFAST HAVE ARRIVED!!!!!! THEY ARE LITERALLY SO PERFECT I’M OBSESSED WITH THE SPINE!!!!!

Stacks of paperbacks with off white spines that say “dead & breakfast” in blue font and “Kat Hillis & Rosiee Thor” in pink with a black cat and a goblet of blood in the center. In the foreground is a paperback showing two men holding hands. On the left, a white man with graying hair wearing a suit and tie holds a cup of coffee. On the right, a shorter man with long dark hair, pale skin, and a ruffly cravat holds a goblet of blood with a silky straw. They both have vampire fangs. Behind them is a field of flowers and a large house with a cat perched on a sign that says “welcome. Over the top is the title “DEAD & BREAKFAST” the tagline “come for the vampires stay for the scones” and the byline “kat Hillis & Rosiee Thor”

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Booktrovert @booktrovertcom.bsky.social · 8d

New achievement unlocked! A new way to win ebooks has arrived on Booktrovert and so has Dungeon Crawler Carl!

Act fast! ⏲️ Head over to Booktrovert.com to level up your TBR and start the Dungeon Crawler Carl series!

#Booktrovert @berkleypub.bsky.social @acebookspub.bsky.social

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LGBTQReads @lgbtqreads.bsky.social · 9d

Exclusive Cover Reveal: Time-Tripping Over You by Brennon Lane lgbtqreads.com/2025/09/29/e...

Exclusive Cover Reveal: Time-Tripping Over You by Brennon Lane

Today on the site, I’m delighted to reveal the cover for Time-Tripping Over You by Brennon Lane, a queer, trans YA Romance with Sci-Fi elements and aroace rep releasing March 10, 2026 from Pa…

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🌌Sia is a numinous nebula atm🌌 @raenbowpunk.bsky.social · 11d

@jmfrey.bsky.social's new book 🐉NINE-TENTHS🐉 is out Tuesday, and you're gonna want it for your hoard!!!

🐉dragons rule the world
☕Coffee Shop (not-)AU
🌎global capitalist conspiracy
⛰️Land Back
🌹fuck the Tudors
😱whatever you're expecting, you're wrong (REALLY)

everybookadoorway.com/a-non-stop-r...

A Non-Stop Rollercoaster of Delight: Nine-Tenths by J.M. Frey - Every Book a Doorway

It's not what it looks like, I SWEAR.

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fangirlish @fangirlish.bsky.social · 11d

Looking for some LGBTQ+ books to add to your TBR this October? Queerly Not Straight has you covered! Read more HERE: https://fangirlish.me/42UgQGL

Queerly Not Straight: 10 LGBTQ+ Books Coming Out October 2025

Looking for some LGBTQ+ books to add to your TBR this October? Queerly Not Straight has you covered! Read more here.

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Rainbow Crate @rainbowcrate.bsky.social · 12d

🌈 Hey Reading Rainbows! Happy final days of #SapphicSeptember! We are here to celebrate sapphic books and writers. This features almost every single sapphic special edition we’ve done! There’s also some hints as to what’s coming next. 🧵

A graphic with a background of the striped sapphic flag featuring five horizontal stripes in coral, pale yellow, white, mint and amethyst. A white translucent square is overlaid with a thin white outline. Text reads “76 Sapphic Books for Sapphic September”. The 29 is in sapphic colors and each line of text follows in a new color of the sapphic flag with a thin black outline.

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Dazzling Bookish Shop @dazzlingbookish.bsky.social · 12d

💌 ON THE HORIZON: And They Were Roommates 💌

Here is the upcoming Dazzling edition "And They Were Roommates" by @pagepowars.bsky.social

What our Dazzling edition will include:
• Custom printed book edges and alternate dust jacket illustrated and designed by @ozashizumi.bsky.social

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Josh Winning 🌈 @joshwinning.bsky.social · 12d

Something sassy this way comes… 🐈‍⬛ 🩸 🌈

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Lee Mandelo @leemandelo.bsky.social · 12d

I know it’s preaching to the choir but it does make me feel a way that publishing at large is monetizing fanfiction more and more brazenly these days—but notably and almost exclusively *straight* fanfiction

Once again the question of who gets to profit and who gets to survive/thrive on their work,

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KD Casey — Read Breakout Year Today! @kdcaseywrites.bsky.social · 13d

hello I am very near a Very Round Number for book sales so if you like ballplayers kissing and also do not like Baseball as an institution, please give it a read

KD Casey — Read Breakout Year Today! @kdcaseywrites.bsky.social · 26d

"But as in any KD Casey book, the third party in the relationship is ‘baseball’, which here acts as a hard to please lover."

I was trying to think of a good summary of this book, but a pal did it for me. Breakout Year, an mm sports romance, is out in the world!
www.kdcaseywrites.com/breakout-year

The cover of Breakout Year by KD Casey. The book is green. Objects important to the characters (baseball equipment, tea, plants, etc.) are present.

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Me @btrainbows.bsky.social · 13d

Day 25: Favorite Queer Couple 🌈📚

This one again.

Ari & Dante from Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe stole my heart—their love story is tender, messy, and unforgettable.

Who’s your favorite queer couple?

#30DaysOfQueerBooks #booksky #books #gay

AI of the characters with the red truck from the book.

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Rainbow Crate @rainbowcrate.bsky.social · 14d

🌈Hey Reading Rainbows! Happy belated Bi Visibility Day! To celebrate we have collected twenty-three book recommendations!

What’s your favorite bi book? Drop us the title and author in the comments! Authors please feel free to self-promote your bi books in the comments! 🧵

A graphic with a background made up of the bisexual flag which has three stripes: pink, purple, blue. Overlaid is an opaque white square in the middle with a thin white outline surrounding the square. Text reads “23 bi books for bisexual & biromantic visibility day!”. The 23 is in bi flag colors while each line of text below corresponds to one color in the bi flag.

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Frank Strong @frankstrong.bsky.social · 14d

I need help getting this CRAZY censorship story out!

Last week, admins in Leander ISD emailed teachers telling them to “pause” use of 40 books relating to “DEI” that had previously been curriculum or choice reading activities.

Included on the list? To Kill a Mockingbird. #bookbans #booksky

Email to 6th-grade teachers in Leander ISD that reads:

Dear 6th Grade ELA Team,
I want to share an Important update regarding some of the texts in our book club and
whole-class reading collections. In response to new legislation outlined in Senate Bill 12 (89th
Legislature), we have conducted a review of titles currently used in secondary ELA instruction.
Because SB 12 prohibits specific types of content, several of our resources now require
additional review.
Effective immediately, please pause the use of the identified texts (linked below) in
instruction and assignments until further notice. This step is necessary to ensure our
curriculum remains in full compliance with the law.
I want to emphasize that these books are not being permanently removed. They are simply on
hold while we seek additional guidance from TASB and TEA regarding the implications of SB 12
for instructional resources. Once we receive that guidance, we will provide clear updates about
next steps. Additionally, if these books are included in your own personal classroom library, we
request that you remove them since personal classroom libraries are considered instructional
resources.
I know this timing is far from ideal and may present challenges, especially given the thoughtful
preparation you have invested in building engaging reading experiences for students. Please
know that our commitment to offering students a wide range of meaningful opportunities for
choice reading and discussion remains unchanged.
Thank you for your flexibility, professionalism, and continued dedication to our students as we
navigate this process together.
6th grade ELAR Resources
With appreciation,

List of 40 books removed from classes. Includes To Kill a Mockingbird, The House on Mango Street, The Fire Next Time, The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass and, weirdly, Les Miserables.

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