Bookish Kingdom discussion

Here people may share Giveaways of physical or electronic books (as well of book related goodies - ie.: merchandise).

Not only that, but I encourage you all to share when you see an Amazon freebie that seems promising or that you've enjoyed in the past.

The Completed Series Paperback Giveaway! Open Internationally.

4 series, 14 paperbacks:
- The Blood Bound Series, J.L. Myers
- The Shadowed Series, Wendi L. Wilson
- The Immortal Chronicles Series, Samantha Britt
- The Marked Series, T.L. McDonald

http://samanthabrittbooks.com/giveawa...

I saw this freebie on Amazon just the other day: https://www.amazon.com/Dissever-Trace...



Haven't read it, but I'm curious since it's based on a poem from Poe. It's free, so nothing lost in getting it!

Cassandra Clare Books & Tarot YA Giveaway

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Marissa Meyer Lunar Chronicles Giveaway

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The 100 Books (series by Kass Morgan) and More Giveaway

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Okay big important question for the thread: how interested are people in Twitter giveaways (follow and retweet to enter)?

Becca (becandbones) wrote: "Okay big important question for the thread: how interested are people in Twitter giveaways (follow and retweet to enter)?"

I'm in, personally.

In that case :)

Win a 2018 release pre-order of your choice, up to $20. Follow + RT, ends 1/30/18 at 7pm PST. INT as long as TBD ships to you for free. Full rules on the blog.

https://twitter.com/book_junkee/statu...

You should add me on Twitter btw @Regsly (@becandbones)

(Whoops I thought I answered that’s weird) But yes I love giveaways!! Those are the giveaways I win and Instagram giveaways! Thanks Becca!!

Becca (becandbones) wrote: "You should add me on Twitter btw @Regsly (@becandbones)."

Real question: how ready are you for fanart retweets of my anime gay skaters, because that's like 90% of my twitter right now xD

@Regs I am okay with this

@Regsly @Becca

I have to add you guys on Twitter!! I’m prepared XD

Twitter giveaway:

https://twitter.com/audwrites/status/...

(She’s having a thread of really great bi reads because of a Kirkus review talking about her representation of bisexuality being “not bi enough” which is stupid but whatever Kirkus)

Also you don’t understand how many Twitter giveaways I enter so be prepared for the onslaught of giveaways! XD

DO IT @Ilsen! Also spammed the beegeezus outta everyone with that giveaway. SO GOOD.

Also that Kirkus review was complete BS and I've already well and truly bitched about it and people's responses to it as well. As a bi female who is dating a male - guess what?! I'm still bi!!! D:

Well, done then. Put on your seatbelts. xD

Well, Ilsen, mine's @silvipinto

Me like: Whodaf* is Kirkus?
Kirkus: *gaaaasp*
Me: Tell your reviewer to get back to the cave where they came from and burn their bisexual quantifier.

Becca (becandbones) wrote: "Also that Kirkus review was complete BS and I've already well and truly bitched about it and people's responses to it as well. As a bi female who is dating a male - guess what?! I'm still bi!!! D: "

Some relevant stuff right here. Bisexuals really have it hard.
You end up in a "heterosexual" relationship, your bi card prescribes
You end up in a "homosexual" relationship, your bi card prescribes

I actually have known people in these situations.
And many bisexual ladies I've met said they ended up with males, because the homosexual lady partners couldn't completely trust them. It's a recurring thing: lesbians are worried their bi partners will ultimately leave them for a male, so they turn the relationship toxic...

Hey, since people don't even want to acknowledge my existence or like to say I'm the same as bi (I'm a panromantic ace), I understand this s* quite well. Oh or want to fix my asexuality with pills - no, thank you!

And when I had a male partner, I absolutely stopped being panromantic. It just comes and goes, like the seasons

And many bisexual ladies I've met said they ended up with males, because the homosexual lady partners couldn't completely trust them.

YESSSSSSS. Worst time of my life was online dating in which 99% of women would stop talking to me once I said the B word. Absolutely the worst feelings being torn down and invalidated by other queer people.

Becca (becandbones) wrote: "YESSSSSSS. Worst time of my life was online dating in which 99% of women would stop talking to me once I said the B word. Absolutely the worst feelings being torn down and invalidated by other queer people."

That's crap. Their loss, didn't deserve you anyway, if they can't accept you!
And the community is way less tolerant than it should be. The one place that should support you attacks you, labels and invalidates you.

Aw you're too sweet! While I'm obviously an advocate for the LGBTQIA+ community but I have never felt like the community events etc were relevant to me because of the weird view of bi people. Which sucks.

I feel like pan and ace people get hit with the same sort of views from what I've read.




ANYWAY... here is another thread that Becca, regsly, and Ilsen have completely overtaken with some random-ass irrelevant conversation!

Yup, similar speech directed at ace and pan. And also some ludicrous things liiiiike... I have previously been asked "You're asexual?! So what, you f* trees?" *clicks tongue*

Not completely irrelevant but unrelated, yes xD
Should there be html to signal unrelated? Maybe.

Sooooo. Back on track. This ebook is free and I hear good things (part of a series - about merpeople):

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01L4T5R4O/...

This site has a Free/99¢ YA science fiction and fantasy books section that updates monthly or so. The free ebooks will be in places like bookfunnel or amazon.

As you must know, with bookfunnel, you usually subscribe to the author's or publisher's newsletter, but it's easy to unsubscribe, if you loose interest. Some authors share links to freebies from other authors and giveaways, which is pretty cool.

http://www.dragonsandspaceships.com/0...

Just found out Let's Be Just Friends: A New Adult College Romance. Free for kindle at the moment.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01...

@Becca @Regsly

My comment is so late but yea why is there all this prejudice with who you love?? You love who you love and you accept who you are!! I’m not part of the LGBTQIA+ community (I’m just heterosexual) but personally I don’t like labels. Just love who you love and be who you are!! Love you ladies!!

Anyways here’s a giveaway for a nice high school contemporary. My friend liked her book “Been Here All Along” (yes the title was inspired by a Taylor Swift lyric from You Belong with Me so as a Swiftie she read it). But she has a new book and that’s what the giveaway is for!

https://twitter.com/iamsandyhall/stat...

Another pre-order giveaway on Twitter!

https://twitter.com/wordwoonders/stat...

A giveaway only for U.K. readers if you’re interested!

https://twitter.com/dani_reviews/stat...

Giveaway for only US people for The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue! (I really haven’t gotten that book yet it’s sad)

https://twitter.com/youngadultbc/stat...

For all the Becky Albertalli fans, here’s an international giveaway for Leah on the Offbeat!

https://twitter.com/leahonthedaily/st...

Here’s another pre-order giveaway on Twitter!!

https://twitter.com/toxicvileplume/st...

@Ilsen That's right. Love wins! Love you too, lady!

My gosh, so many giveaways!
Everytime I see Leah's cover, I am so so pleased. And I stare at the art, the details, the colours. There's nothing I don't like.

Okay, so I coincidentally found that this site has the pdf for Elena Ransom's book 1 up for grabs. This is a science-fiction series, with a 13-year-old protagonist. It self-identifies as YA, though I'd put it in my teen-shelf for now.

http://www.jswood.org/books.html

So I am actually really looking forward to reading this one, since I got it last year: Give Up the Ghost by Megan Crewe, a Canadian author.



Get this YA paranormal novel FREE with the author's newsletter!

http://www.subscribepage.com/GiveUpTh...

Giveaway for those in the US and Canada:

http://www.epicreads.com/fun/

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Amazon Kindle Freebie The Scale Empire (The Portal Witch Book 1)

https://www.amazon.com/Scale-Empire-P...

I have another Twitter giveaway for a poem book by Amanda Lovelace!

https://twitter.com/ladybookmad/statu...

Giveaway for US only of BARBED WIRE HEART by Tess Sharpe.

https://twitter.com/sharpegirl/status...

Twilight Books & Swag Giveaway

Includes the Twilight Official Illustrated Guide, the Complete Film Archive, Bella and Edward action figures, and an Edward tote bag. Open worldwide

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Inkmistress Hardcover giveaway US only

https://twitter.com/audwrites/status/...

John Green Books & Swag Giveaway. Open worldwide

Win:
- a signed 1st edition of The Fault In Our Stars
- Green’s latest book Turtles All the Way Down
- the DVD of the film The Fault In Our Stars
- a necklace with a TFIOS quote
- two bookmarks

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Would have been better if it was Looking for Alaska imho

Becca (becandbones) wrote: "Would have been better if it was Looking for Alaska imho"

Yeah, I mean, at least I don't own that one? *snort*

Sarah J Maas YA Fantasy Books Giveaway
Open Internationally (to where Book Depository delivers)

Win:
- pre-orders of the upcoming A Court of Frost and Starlight and the final Throne of Glass
- the 2 colouring books to go with both series
- a ”You could rattle the stars” necklace
- two quote bookmarks

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Audio-book Giveaway!
Residents of Taiwan, South Korea, Portugal, Italy, Austria, China, Russia, Hong Kong, Greece, France, Japan, Spain, and Czech Republic are not eligible to enter or win.

Grand Prize: One person will win a 6 month subscription to AUDIBLE!

Six people will also win an audiobook from the audible store.


http://michellelynnauthor.com/index.p...

What? Why are those countries not allowed to enter? Do they not have Amazon? Regs I'm so sad you can't enter!

Yeah, it was a let down when I read the rules...

I'm not really sure. I know different countries have different access to books due to copyrights and region restrictions.. PT does not have its own Amazon, but we can get ebooks from the .com only, as is claimed in their policy, so I don't think it's that.
I never heard PT can't get a subscription to audible, in fact they keep trying to get me accept their free trial? xD
Maybe it's too expensive/complicated to gift to these countries? Idk..

But it's a subscription to an online based service? That's what confuses me. So crappy

I don't really get it, but one time I won 2 ebooks by an author, and I thought it'd be easy peasy. I had already won another before, and that author had sent it to me through amazon fine.
But this author said it was too complicated to send to other countries (she actually asked me if I would be in the US any time soon and I didn't say anything but I was thinking "To get Ebooks??" I was ready to say "It's fine, give them to another participant"), but then she sent me amazon gift e-cards and I got the books like that instead.

I still don't get wtheck happened though xD And I sure don't get this, but hey people aren't even obliged to make giveaways at all.. just glad some giveaways include my country...

Oh really?? That is so bizarre. I wonder why.

Okay, random question while we are here. Do you get Book Depository or Wordery in PT? Thinking of doing a blog giveaway soon and I really want to be inclusive as I can, especially being part of the International Bloggers community.

The lady might not have been as computer savvy tho *shrugs* Since the other lady sent the ebook like snap xD

BookDepo is basically our new Amazon.uk (we have no amazon xD). We used to order from there 'cuz no shipping fees, but when Amazon got BDep, they started charging us the fees in the .uk
What's important is that we get free shipping w/ BDep BLESS!

I never got anything from Wordery but they also ship free here. (albeit the restrictions on some products for intnl delivery) It's not always the case, but sometimes their books are way more expensive.
For example, I was just comparing the prices for The Prince and the Dressmaker ('cuz I don't like to induce ppl in error and things might've changed). BDepo was def the cheapest (at least in Euros xD). But To Kill a Kingdom was pretty close. Meh

Yeah I mostly order through Book Depository (because it's ridiculous shipping fees to order from any Amazon here as far as I know).

I included Wordery because I know there are some places that Book Depository doesn't include that Wordery does (like India I think?)

Shipping fees and then the taxes if the order gets stopped at customs is what kills us all.

Yeah, Wordery delivers to places like India and Jersey and Isle of Man (am I having fun listing these islands? You bet! xD). But then BD delivers to Indonesia. I wonder what sort of deals they do *tapping chin*
But none deliver to the Russian Federation. I wonder why *ironic smile*

Ok, I'm not getting political here. Nu-huh.
Fast! Throw me a giveaway to share, internet!

Instagram giveaway:

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bek69bHHb...

Cassandra Clare Books & Tarot YA Giveaway
Open worldwide (where BookDep delivers)

Win:
- the 10th anniversary edition of City of Bones (with new bonus stories!)
- a preorder of Queen of Air and Darkness
- a Mortal Instruments colouring book
- a Shadowhunters tarot set

http://www.megancrewe.com/blog/?ks_gi...

Harry Potter Books & Swag Giveaway
Open worldwide (where BookDep delivers)

Win:
- a 20th edition hardcover of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (your choice of which house’s cover)
- your choice of any one of the Harry Potter illustrated editions
- a wingardium leviosa necklace
- a Maurader’s Map
- a colour change Harry Potter mug

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