I hope you are well and enjoying BIG BOOK season, when publishers fill up the bookshops with their big titles hoping for Christmas success.
I went to YALC (Young Adult Literature Convention) last week, which is part of Comic Con. It was incredibly inspiring seeing queues of readers getting excited about authors, bookish goodies and grabbing ARCs. I snaffled lots of books, including signed copies of The War of The Worlds graphic novel, illustrated by the brilliant Chris Mould, and Toward Eternity by Anton Hur which are this month's giveaway -scroll to the bottom to find out how to enter.
I have two new things to tell you about in this newsletter. Firstly, we have our first publisher influencer program on the site - publisher David & Charles is looking for booktokers and bookstagrammers who LOVE craft, art, and wellbeing books. Is this you? More info here.
My other new thing can be found further down this email too ...... if you love cookery, this one's for you.
Thank you for supporting Meet The Booktokers, I hope you're enjoying being part of it. As always, I'm happy to hear from you with feedback, thoughts and collaboration ideas.
Sam x
Love Crochet, Knitting, Witchcraft, Self-Care, Folklore, and more!
David & Charles is looking for booktokers & bookstagrammers who'd like to join their influencer program and start receiving early copies.
There are over 50 free books on the site looking for reviewers, here is a selection. Either click on the book covers to find our more, or check out all of the books here
The yearbook has 52 different meditations all explained with an at-a-glance section highlighting the benefits.
Non-Fiction
Author: Joey Hulin
Reveals how the notebook became our most dependable and versatile tool for creative thinking.
Non-Fiction / History
Author: Roland Allen
Mermaid, Jelly battles to save what sea life she can from the choking, accelerating pollution.
Environment & Sustainability / Fantasy
Author: Andie Holman
Sorcha thought her life was over when she discovered her husband’s affair. But somehow, she’s risen from the ashes.
Crime Fiction
Author: Claire Allan
Francine Witt, successful blogger, influencer, and wine expert witnesses two men steal a precious bottle of wine.
Comedy / Contemporary Fiction
Author: Steve Exeter
In a treacherous world filled with deception and distrust, Fiadh the Crow plied her trade ridding the people of the Seann Àite of spirits and monsters.
Have you checked out the blog area of the site yet? There are 4 sections (currently), booktoker tips, book love,authortok tips and follow them (great TikTok accounts to follow). I pulled together lots of brilliant recommendations from booktokers for non-fiction November.
Wear and Resist is an independent brand of empowering jewellery, founded by Sarah Day in early 2017, raising awareness and money for women's charities.
Use discount code MTBT10 for 10% off all orders over £20. One use per customer.
If you'd like to join campaigns for cookbooks, which might involve cooking recipes, then I'd love you to join my new cookery club, Meet The Cooktokers (:)). All you need to do is log into your account on the site, click on Dashboard, Basic information, and click Yes on this question.
Have you picked 10 books from your TBR to read before the end of 2024?
How many 6 star books will make your list of 2024?
Do you know the Icelandic tradition, Jólabókaflóðið, where you gift books on Christmas Eve?
COMPETITION TIME
Your chance to win these two signed copies
Win signed copies of War of The Worlds graphic novel, and speculative fiction, Toward Eternity. All you have to do is follow @meetthebookters on TikTok, and send a message saying 'I LOVE YA' and I'll pick one winner before Friday 30th November
If you want to get the best out of Meet The Booktokers, please tell me about the books and genres that you love. I am now speaking to lots of publishers who want to reach out to invite you to join their campaigns and influencer programs, but this is usually based on genres that you read.
If you haven't had time to click on all the genres you read on the site, please log in, go to your Dashboard and click on Manage Listing (left hand column) and click on Additional Details - this is where you'll find the genre list.
And also, if Meet The Booktokers is not for you, then do log in to your account on the site and delete your account. *sobs*
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