#SYKD

[devilthatyouknow]

Happy Stuff Your Kindle Day to all those who celebrate.

[ballsballsbowls]

"B, how is SYKD going?"

Spoiler: they are not peeing on anyone, SYKD is not that kind of event.

[darkyayincilik]

Ayhan: Odaklandığım nokta kazanmak değil, doğruyu yapmak

Saadet Partisi Büyükşehir Belediye Başkan Adayı Ömer Abdullah Ayhan, seçim ziyaretlerine ara vermeden devam ediyor. Ömer Abdullah Ayhan beraberinde Saadet Partisi Adapazarı Belediye Başkan Adayı Aytaç Çakıroğlu ve partililerle birlikte Adapazarı’nı ziyaret etmeye devam ediyor oldu.    SAKARYA – Saadet Partisi Büyükşehir Belediye Başkan Adayı Ömer Abdullah Ayhan beraberinde Saadet Partisi…

[hrina]

I think fics have ruined me lol I bought a kindle to be able to save space on my phone and because I had heard of the stuff your kindle day and I was like say less free books. I was going through those free books and they all have tropes that I love but they just don’t hit if it’s not about the same two characters that I want! Like enemies to lovers give me all the stories but only make it these two characters 😂 i might need a fic detox

akskdjsjdjsjd its so funny u mentioned this bc im also scrolling through amazon looking at all the options available for SYKD! but yes maybe a fic detox is needed 🫡 i dont read much fic anymore aside from like… darklina or the odd shakadolin here n there

[i-cast-teatus-deletus]

Part 3 Entertainment - Books Part 2

I finally(!) learned about Stuff Your Kindle Day (SYKD), which is a bit of a misnomer as it's

Not amazon- or kindle-exclusive

Multiple times throughout the year

but it's a day where indie publishers/author promo groups all sell free books at once, adding up to dozens or hundreds (and sometimes thousands) of free books at a time, for a single day. If you were thinking about getting some ebooks to help pass the time at consults/after surgery, it wouldn't take very many out of those large number of free books to have plenty of reading material. I've been able to confirm that, outside of the US, this is also available in Canada, the UK, and Australia. Other countries may be participating as well, but I'm struggling to confirm one way or another, and the same book may not be free in all regions.

It's worth mentioning that Kindle, Apple, Nook, and Kobo all have free apps if you don't have an ereader (or would rather use a tablet than have a dedicated ereader), and that all of these storefronts are, to my knowledge, participants in all of these events. I will say that I was initially hesitant to get an ereader and waited a long time to get one, but I don't regret it. I have been, in particular, VERY vocal in recommending them to people who struggle to read paper books because you can change the font/font size/margin to make them more accessible, including using the OpenDyslexia font.

SYKD originally was romance-exclusive, and the "official" STKD events are still heavily romance-focused, but there are other publishers and groups coordinating similar, smaller events in other genres ("Book Blast" seems to be the current popular name for discount events not associated with the original group running SYKD).

If you know me at all, I am a pretty prolific category romance reader (especially at places like the doctor's office, where a romance novel is a nice time-waster that doesn't require wifi and allows me to not be fully immersed while I listen for my name to be called), so I'm quite excited for the official announcement for STKD, likely happening in March. In 2023, for some measure of comparison, SYKD happened on March 31, June 30, September 20, and December 27.

Romance Bookworms is the home of the "original" SYKD and allows you to sign up for email alerts (or substack) when they announce the dates for 2024, which are a closely guarded secret. SYKD is the largest of events by FAR with about 2,000 books available in the December 2023 event. Romance is the primary genre, but other books in other genres are free for SYKD as well. Several sources indicate that Romance Bookworms has sections on their SYKD listings specifically for BIPOC authors and for books that feature LGBTQ+ protagonists.

Romance Book Lovers is an unrelated group that is hosting a Romance Book Blast, with the next listed date as April 23.

The Cozy Mystery Book Club has coordinated several Cozy Mystery Book Blasts in the past, including in January of 2024, with the next event listed publicly as April 25.

Witchy Bookworms coordinates the Witchy Book Blast, which ran last on January 27 and already has the next date listed publicly as April 27.

Fantasy Book Dragons just ran their first "Stuff Your Kindle with Fantasy" event in January and have mentioned plans for another event in June with no date announced yet.

YA Bookworms runs a similar YA-focused event, the last one I can find info on happened on October 7. They also have a substack.

Terrify Your Tablet seems to run on October 31 only each year (This is the same event as Spook Your Kindle; they changed the name to clarify that it's not amazon-exclusive).

Thriller Blast appears to be a similar event for mystery, suspense, and thriller books, with a similar hook of waiting on an email announcement for dates and no clear indication on the landing page when the last event was held. I also wasn't able to confirm anyone participating it in via reddit, or anywhere else, so your guess is as good as mine.

Romance Audiobookworms also runs a similar event for audiobooks, Stuff Your Earbuds, with an event announced for spring but the date still unannounced, just like SYKD. This is still a relatively new event, unlike SYKD.

There's a lot of whining online about the quality of the books available for these events (especially SYKD, which I'm sure is unrelated to the fact that it's mostly romance and the general feelings most people have about romance as a genre), but the fact of the matter is that books available on kindle, especially for free, vary wildly in quality all the time no matter what. I've quit reading a lot of duds in the year I've owned an ereader, but I've read a lot of things I liked, too, and I assume the offerings for these events are a similar mixed bag.

Considering how many new events have cropped up in the past 18 months or so, I'll be excited to see in any new author groups decide to run similar promotions in the future or whether more groups decide to align with SYKD.

[lizanneyoung97]

BOOK REVIEW: APPLE CIDER AND SUBTERFUGE BY ELISE KENNEDY

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This was another novella I downloaded during a SYKD and saved until the fall months. It reminded me of what I love about Ally Carter’s The Blonde Identity, with spies and romance and plot twists. 

A town with a whole festival about apple cider would be my jam. Apple cider is my go-to fall drink, and I loved reading about it. With the dual POV from Alex and Brynn, it was fun to see their thoughts on it as well, with Brynn totally leaning into it and Alex watching her lean into it. 

The two leads are both FBI agents on an undercover operation, and it turns into such an interesting case. Not something I would’ve thought of in the beginning, and I like that it was thematic enough to still be a realistic premise. While everything went a different direction than I was expecting, I love that I couldn’t predict it. 

[dem0batz]

Kind of weird energy that the SYKD organizers don't want book influencers to know about their events. I get that it has led to large site traffic in the past but how are you going to say that you want to keep the event "in community" when the newsletter is difficult to find and so much of said community doesn't find out about the events now until after they're over? Explain that logic to me.

[rayvnwolf17]

1000 free books 👀

Dryad link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BH1RB75P

And SYKD link: http://www.romancebookworms.com/

Show me what you got!

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[fisiltihaberleri]

Akçalı ve Gül Ailelerinin Mutlu Günü Şehrimizin tanınmış işletmelerinden Akçalı Tarım’ın sahibi İbrahim Akçalı’nın oğlu Eren ile gıda sektöründe faaliyet gösteren Nesrin-Çetin Gül çiftinin kızları İrem, Altıngüneş Garden Park’ta düzenlenen düğün cemiyetiyle dünyaevine girdiler. Büyükşehir Belediye Başkanı Yusuf Alemdar’ın nikahını kıydığı, AK Parti İl Başkanı Yunus Tever’in evlilik cüzdanını verdiği düğün cemiyetine; Adapazarı Belediye Başkanı Mutlu Işıksu, iş ve siyaset dünyasından kalabalık davetli topluluğu ile Akçalı ve Gül ailelerinin akrabaları katıldı. Sakarya Yerel Kültür Derneği Başkanı İbrahim Şahin ve dernek yöneticileri de kalabalık bir grupla düğün cemiyetine katılarak SYKD Yönetim Kurulu Üyesi İbrahim Akçalı’yı ve ailesini bu mutlu gününde yalnız bırakmadılar. https://www.fisiltihaberleri.com/haber/akcali-ve-gul-ailelerinin-mutlu-gunu-11150.html

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[noblehcart]

btw lemme know if you want to see what books i got for SYKD! i think i've gotten the majority of what i want. i'm not much of a romance reader, hilariously, as much as i love shipping on here.

[tabziecatbookblr]

It's Stuff Your E-Reader day!! Lots of ebooks are free on Amazon (and other sites)

Some stay free for days surrounding the event, others are just for today!

Don't sleep on these great deals from some Amazing indie authors!

Including Leigh Fields, with the first book of her Shadow Dragon series!

#SYKD #SYED #StuffYourKindle #StuffYourEReader #FreeEbook #Free #Books #IndieAuthors

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[lizanneyoung97]

BOOK REVIEW: JADE & JESS: A RIGHTLY SWEPT NOVELLA

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This is a novella I downloaded during a SYKD, and I was really excited to read a short story about two people who met and connected on a dating app, mostly because they may not have ever met otherwise. 

Unfortunately, this was a bit of a let down for me. It felt like a very rough draft, with no character development or editing. I think the premise and ideas were there, especially when you consider that instant connection between the two just from talking so much, but it needed a few more rounds of revision of reworking. There were a lot of grammatical errors, with even a time when the wrong name was used for a character, which made it difficult to enjoy the story.

[sakaryamilat]

SYKD; 'Sofuoğlu’nun SAÜ’yle ilişiği hemen kesilmeli'

SYKD; ‘Sofuoğlu’nun SAÜ’yle ilişiği hemen kesilmeli’

Sakarya Yerel Kültür Derneği Başkanı Necmettin Kırık, Sakarya Üniversitesine ve burada okuyan sayıları yüzbinleri aşan gençlerimize yönelik yaptığı ahlak dışı söylemleri nedeniyle Prof. Dr. Nurettin Sofuoğlu’na sert tepki gösterdi. SYKD Başkanı Necmettin Kırık açıklamasında daha önce de benzer çıkışları olan Sofuoğlu’nun çok boş ve gereksiz bir sohbetin içine girdiğini ifade ederek; “Çalıştığı…