#SYKD

[bigheartedbibliophile]

🔮 Fantasy SYKD! 🔮

There are over 300(!) books to choose from! I love it when the hosts organize the books by genre; finding precisely what you want is much easier. Thank you! 💜

[4oakbooks]

February 28, 2025: The Stuff With Fantasy Book Blast is Today!

I hope you’re enjoying your corner of the world, wherever you are. Today there is a big fantasy book blast we’re participating in called Stuff Your Kindle with Fantasy. Today only, you can browse fantasy books for free at: https://stuffwithfantasy.com/ Includes 3 of Our Books! 1. Science Fiction tale Jade & Crim by J. Arnold Embark on a stellar intergalactic journey to a galaxy of crooks,…

[ballsballsbowls]

I was briefly mad that SYKD (the original one) was skipping a March event again this year, but looking at my books, I think by not holding a March event I actually will be fully ready for more books once the June event rolls around. At under 300 unread books and caught up approximately to the December event, I think I should be in good shape by June.

This is especially true because now that I've been actively tracking events for well over a year, and events are happening in substantially more places substantially more frequently, I'm holding Original SYKD in higher and higher esteem in my heart.

[amcdonaldauthor]

Stacks of books, tons of genres, all for free for one day (yes, really. no catch). You might even find my book in there

Helpful link

[azbascha]

[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…

[bunney0-atthedisco]

They swore to shake it up and I swore to listen. I never stopped and never will.

💃🪩🎸🎹🎷🥁🎻🎤🎼🎵🎶

GO PANIC, GO PANIC YO! 😆🥰🤩🙌🏻🫶

[lou-wilham]

Or Lou does two sales rather.

Several of my titles are free or discounted on...

Campfire: https://www.campfirewriting.com/explore

MTP: https://www.midnighttidepublishing.com/sykd

[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.

[bigheartedbibliophile]

😈 Stuff Your Kindle Day: Monster Romance Edition 😈 @monsterstuffyourkindleday

Happy Valentine's Day! I hope you experience extra love today; from your partner(s), friends, family, and even yourself!

(all of the tags are for the authors on Instagram!)

😈 Pleasure Crew: Sloane by morganrobinsonauthor

💕 Sweet Summer Serpentine by rosesantoriello

😈 All the Rage We've Ever Lived by carlottapageauthor

💕 Mother of Pearl by aa.fairview

😈 The Noble's Merman by @geneseedraws

💕 Providence Girls by mdantesinferno

😈 Marked by the Sea by jp__sina

💕 Demon Waters by vickywalklatebooks

😈 Adjusting Focus by ellalarsonwrites

💕 Mane of My Existence by rheafoxauthor

😈 Night Life by albasarriawrites

💕 Dirty Deals Over Decaf by edencroweauthor

😈 Demons & Soulmates by loraguestbooks

💕 Red by riley_c_smith

😈 The Crimson Wolf by g.m.fairyauthor

💕 Portal to Pleasure by vianoniomoh

😈 The Dragon Shifter's Mate by author_eel_lovesick

💕 The Secrets of Roan Island by maciaurora and author_thea_masen

😈 Prey For Me by chloeslatewriter

💕 Letifer by tdcloud_writes and Y. Dan

😈 Chilly Little Thing by sonyalawsonwrites

💕 My Gargoyle Protector by Winter Randall

😈 Dancing With the Headless Horseman by author_elenahcovens

[lizanneyoung97]

BOOK REVIEW: THE ONE NIGHT MISTAKE BY AINSLEY BOOTH

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

I downloaded this novella during a SYKD, and it called my name to read this week. It hit every note I want a prequel novella to. It made me interested in the characters and their choices, made me root for them despite their circumstances, and it made me immediately download the couple’s full story that takes place two years later. I love the Arizona connection, and I love that the reader knows something Kieran, the MMC, doesn’t. I can’t wait to keep reading their story and see how they reconnect. 

[drlollipop94]

SYKD is here!

Find your next monster romance – Monster stuff your kindle day

Knot Your Love Language - Omegaverse Stuff Your Kindle Day

Kynk Your Kyndle - Amazon

[ballsballsbowls]

"B, how is SYKD going?"

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

[jessicawestonauthor]

Last Call! Today's the day! Time to fill up your Kindle library with some incredible romance books! Check it out at romancebooklovers.com #romancebookblast #stuffyourkindle #stuffyourkindleday2025 #sykd #sykd2025 #stuffyourereader #stuffyourereaderday #stuffyourereaderday2025