November 4, 2024

Hello Friends,

Welcome to the very first edition of the weekly **All-Subscriber newsletter. **The intent of this newsletter is to keep everyone aprised of general imprint news and community news, bookclub, events and other general updates and recommendations!

As you may have seen on Friday, Boozhoo Books is now officially a publishing imprint and we are searching for our first acquistion. We are seeking genre fiction (horror, romance, mystery/thriller, fantasy/sci fi ) written by Native authors. We are open to YA and Adult fictions. **Agents can submit NOW **here. Unagented submissions will be able to submit during **PITCHFEST **sometime in December. I will update here.

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Book Club: Good Day To Read Indigenous

Our club was featured in an email sent out by Fable which is really exciting. This month we are reading A Council of Dolls by Mona Susan Power. This book is about three generations of Dakota women grappling with the effects of colonialism and is told from the unique POV of their dolls. I am giving away 3 copies! Winners will be notified by email this Thursday and books will be shipped out on Friday! If you haven't joined the book club yet, download the FABLE app and join here .

Book Club: Women in Horror

This month's selection is **American Rapture **by CJ Leede.

Feminist Horror. Post Apocolytic about the horrors of shame, repression, sexual violence and moral panic. A good catholic girl finds fates worse than dying a virgin. If you haven't joined the book club yet, download the FABLE app and join here .

Discord Readathon Thanksgiving Weekend

Have you joined the community Discord yet? We are doing a Thanksgiving Readathon and you should join us. The Discord is a great way to meet fellow book lovers! During readathons we chat in a readathon specific channel about what we read, what we wanna read and very important: what we are snacking on. Log into Bindery and then connect your Discord to join.

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Note: The readathon channel is open to All Subscribers. If you have recently upgraded your membership, please make sure to log back into Bindery and reconnect to Discord to make sure you have access to Paid Member Channels.

Currently Reading:

**Horror: **I recently finished **Memorials by Richard Chizmar. **This books follows three young adults in a Scooby Doo style van as they document roadside memorials for a school project and IT IS JUST AS CREEPY as it sounds. While I have mixed feelings about this ending, it was still a 5star read to me because of how much I enjoyed the journey. Fantastic characters, great slow burn horror (perfect read for Fall and perfect for scaredy cats) and towards the end, at the end of every chapter I was glued to the edge of my seat screaming Wait. WTF!!

Fantasy: ** I reread Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse **because I am committed to finishing the **Between Earth and Sky series **this year. You know I hate a series. But it is Indigenous and if you've read this one, you know that it is absolutely worth it. This is a fantasy series based on the civilizations of Pre-Columbian Americas and the world building and story-telling is phenomenal. I started Fevered Star and I hope to finish it by tomorrow.

Recommending This Week:

Do you follow any other Bindery Tastemakers? If the answer is no, you are missing out! I am going to give you 4 Tastemakers who I think you should follow right now.

SUBSCRIBE TO THIS IMPRINT:

Left Unread Books , lead by The Michael Laborn, everyone's favorite Indie book champion. Michael has an imprint with Bindery and has selected his very first book: Cry, Voidbringer, by Elaine Ho, set to release next year and I CANNOT WAIT! If you like fantasy that has important conversations, subscribe to follow along the publishing process. Michael has an active Discord and offers exclusive content for readers and authors!

SUBSCRIBE TO THESE FUTURE IMPRINTS:

Written Reveries** , **lead by Krystal Lang. Krystal holds Discord movie night and has a bookclub. She is at home reading a fantasy book. She has great **diverse fantasy and sci fi **recommendations.

Scribe Tribe** , **lead by Jahid, who you might know as Hidi the Scribe. Jahid is an author and book content creator! He has a lot of great content geared at authors and just started a bookclub on Fable that has almost 1,000 subscribers! Jahid reads diverse fantasy and sci-fi.

EGP** , Earl Grey Pls, **lead by Aubrei. Aubrei has the most sought after reading tracker, perfect for those who want to keep track of how diverse their reading truly is. She does reading sprits in her community and has a book club. Aubrei has great diverse horror recommendations!

This Week Giveaways:

1. Book Giveaway: I am giving 3 copies of Mona Susan Power's A Council of Dolls. This is open to **all subscribers. **I will announce winners here on Thursday and send an email to winners. I will mail out the books on Friday.
2. Subscription Upgrade: This is open to free subscribers. I have one free 3 month upgrade to giveaway. I will announce on Thursday!
3. November's Personal Letter- open to Buddy Reads ($5 subscibers)

Each month one subscriber will be selected to receive a hand-written letter from me which will more than likely include a playlist of book recommendations. Winner will be announced here on Thursday and contacted by email! Winner has the option to also be promoted in Bindery post and on socials.

1. November's Book Box:- open to Enemies to Lovers ($12) and TBR Smashers ($25)

Each month one subscriber will receive a book box curated by me including a handwritten letter, and other goodies like stickers. Winner will be announced here on Thursday and contacted by email. Winner has the option to also be promoted in Bindery post and on socials.

I hope you all have a great week! If there are things you would like to see included in the Weekly Newsletter, feel free to leave suggestions below!

Xo

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