Hi Friends,

We are scheduled to talk to author Nick Medina tonight at 7pm EST. You will find the zoom link at the bottom of this post! Our book club Good Day To Read Indigenous read The Whistler this month (highly recommend the audio!) If you are in the bookclub, simply connect to the Discord! That's where all the fun happens!

We are searching for book 2.

Pitchfest ends today! I have 13-14 really great premises that I'm interested in right now, and I'm discussing them here and over on the Paid Subscriber chat in Discord.

As a reminder! Paid subscribers get all of our publishing news first. Here are some things I've shared recently:

1. What Feeds Below: first draft cover, back copy of the book, second draft cover walkthrough

2. Pitchfest pitches that I'm interested in and how I go about prioritizing what I read. It's also a great way for me to get feedback on the books YOU would love to see come from this imprint.

The book I choose now will be publishing in Spring 2027. As of right now, I am only approved to publish one book per year. There are two things that could happen to increase my chances of getting a Fall 2027 book:

1. Increase my paid subscribers by 100 people.

Paid subscriptions are split 3 ways:

a. goes into the production of the books we publish under this imprint

b. goes back into the community. Whenever I host a giveaway where I am doing the shipping, It is $5 for media mail.

c. goes to buy me an iced latte (literally lol)

$5 members get e copies of the book

$12 + $25 members get their names in the book on the thank you page! (and get physical copies of the book).

One of our community members shamed me this morning while showing what the Bindery books signature page looks like, while showing off a final copy of Cry Voidbringer. Michael's thank you pages are like 3 pages long! We still have time to get there and for me to not be crying in the closet. (PS, Michael deserves it and go pre order Cry Voidbringer RIGHT NOW. The book comes out next week)

1. I believe pre-orders for What Feeds Below will start in January (don't quote me). If I can get 1,000 preorders month one, I think I would have a solid argument for getting a second book. Mind you, no one has done this as of yet. That would mean every single person in this community commits to pre-ordering the book when it first goes on sale.

Why does this matter?

Our mission has always been to amplify voices fighting to be heard. I opened up my imprint to include Women in Horror because I was not getting many Indigenous submissions. I have continued to work behind the scenes building community and getting the news of my imprint out to authors and will continue to do so.

In order to meet that goal, my imprint has to exist and be profitable. Since the beginning of my platform, I have always been a vocal supporter of women writing horror. And recently learning that out of 191 authors nominated for a Bram Stoker award, only 26 women have been nominated, I've been incredibly motivated to help open doors where I can.

I would love to be able to publish 1 Indigenous book and 1 horror book per year. (and as we grow, eventually 4-6 books per year with a 50/50 split whenever possible).

I have received TOO MANY good manuscripts to only publish one book. Can you help support this imprint?

Here is the link for tonights event with Nick Medina. This event will be spoiler free so feel free to drop by even if you haven't finished the book:

Naomi Darling is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: Nick Medina + Good Day To Read Indigenous Book Club
Time: Oct 22, 2025 04:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
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