#vivlio

[alwri-tes]

Book Distribution Update!

Yesterday, I made a rapid announcement about working with a distributor to get my books sold at more locations, and now I'm here to fill you in on that more.

I started working with a company called Draft2Digital, and now, ebooks of Shadow's Hidden Blade are available from retailers like:

Barnes and Noble

Rakuten Kobo

Apple Books

Tolino

Baker & Taylor

Odilo

Vivlio

Borrow Box

Gardners

...with more to be added to the list very soon! You can check out all the places it's available here!

[starsambrosia]

Me @ Poseidon

[starsambrosia]

Saving this because ive obsessively worked on divination and phsycic shit more than anything else (aside from astral and energy work aaa i need to work on mh craft)

General Advice for Beginner Witches

A brief masterpost of some of my advice posts for beginner witches and the episodes of my podcast dealing with the same. (There is UPG here, particularly where marked, as I base a good deal of my advice on my own experience and observations of other witches.)

Hex Positive Podcast Episodes

Hex Positive, Ep. 04 - Advice for Beginner Witches (July 2020)

Hex Positive, Eps. 6-7 - Come In For A Spell 1 & 2 (Sept 2020)

Hex Positive, Ep. 12 - Witching From The Broom Closet (Jan 2021)

Hex Positive, Ep. 24 - Warding A Witchy Home (Dec 2021)

Hex Positive, Ep. 27 - When Inspo Takes A Holiday (March 2022)

General Tips & Advice

I Feel Like I Might Be A Witch...But I Don't Know

I Have Mental Health Issues - Can I Still Be A Witch?

Can I Still Be A Witch And Use Magic If I Take Medication?

How Do I Teach Myself To Believe In Magic?

How Does Magic Work? (upg ahoy)

Will I Be Possessed Or Haunted If I Try Witchcraft?

What Are Some Things I Can Do To Get Started?

How Can I Start My Practice If I Don't Have Tools Or Books?

How Do I Organize My Study Materials?

How Do I Contact A Deity?

How Do I Worship My Deity If I Can't Have An Altar?

Tips On Working With Deities And Spirits (here be upg)

My Intuitive Spark Feels Low - How Do I Get It Back?

I'm In A Slump - How Do I Get Out Of It?

I've Reached A Stopping Point - What Do I Do Next?

My Candle Is Flickering - Does It Mean Something Bad?

How Do I Make A Magic Circle For Spellcasting?

What Happens If I Get Interrupted While Casting A Spell?

Do I Need To Maintain Positive Vibes For My Spells To Work?

What Should I Do If I REALLY Want To Hex Someone?

How Do I Know / What Do I Do If I've Been Hexed?

How Do I Become More Skilled And More Powerful?

How Do I Know When I'm Ready For The Next Step In My Practice?

Additional Tips For Developing Your Practice

Witchcraft Exercise - Quantifying Your Craft

Witchcraft Exercise - Dig Through The Ditches

Witchcraft Exercise - The Book of Lessons

Witchcraft Exercise - Home Brews

Tips on How to Visualize and Construct Basic Wards

Practicing Your Warding Technique

Cleansing Before Warding / Warding A Shared Space

Refreshing / Patching Existing Wards

Non-Appropriative Herbs for Smoke-Cleansing

Smokeless Cleansing / Other Methods

Recommended Reading & Book Suggestions

[manuelbs2017]

Al final de mi destino: la novela de nuestra existencia.

https://books2read.com/u/b6VzPA

[stefisdoingthings]

gamw ton sidhrodromo pou mas xrewkophse hashtag cancel trikouphs

[alouestriendenouveau]

« Rupture, sirop d’érable et joyeux Noël ! », ma romcom de Noël

Mon dernier livre en format papier est sorti il y a désormais plus d’un an. Et je travaille actuellement sur deux projets, un nouvel essai et un album jeunesse. Mais j’ai également expérimenté tout récemment quelque chose de nouveau pour moi : publier une fiction, et sur une plateforme de streaming.

La fiction en question, je l’ai écrite l'an dernier, alors que j’avais envie de m’essayer à un nouveau genre littéraire. J’ai beaucoup de tendresse pour les téléfilms un peu nuls de Noël où tout se finit toujours bien et qui amènent un peu de légèreté à nos vies, et j’avais aussi très envie d’ancrer une histoire à Calgary, où nous avons vécu il y a 9 ans.

J’avais les éléments de base : une romance feel good qui se situe à la période de Noël, l’Ouest Canadien, et un personnage principal féminin badass. Je voulais aussi que mon histoire soit féministe et inclusive. Ça a donné l’histoire de Junon, Française proche de la cinquantaine qui quitte son boulot et son mari toxique pour partir s’installer à 8 000 km de chez elle.

J’ai pris beaucoup de plaisir à écrire ce récit, mais mes travers étant ce qu’ils sont, je suis quelqu’un de très synthétique qui ne se perd pas dans des longueurs à n’en plus finir. Mon histoire était donc assez courte, trop courte pour prétendre s’appeler un roman. Mais trop longue pour être une nouvelle !

J’ai finalement trouvé chaussure à mon pied pour ce format singulier : Vivlio Stories, une application de lecture en streaming. Pour 3,99 euros par mois, les abonnés lisent sur leur tablette, liseuse ou téléphone des histoires en tout genre, sous forme de séries découpées en chapitres. Comme s’ils regardaient une série, qu’elle soit romantique, feel-good ou à suspense, mais à l’écrit.

« Rupture, sirop d’érable et joyeux Noël ! » est donc désormais disponible à la lecture sur l’appli, et sortira en ebook dans 3 mois. Vous y suivrez les premiers pas de Junon dans son nouveau pays, à la recherche d’indépendance et de renaissance dans tous les domaines de sa vie. À lire sous un plaid, avec un chocolat chaud !

Edit : Le livre est désormais disponible à la vente en ebook !

[queerromancerecs]

Non Amazon book resources

Look, I know Amazon is a sensitive topic. It has been allowed to dominate the market, and for indie writers, it is a huge (if not their main) source of income. Personally, as an indie writer, I have tried to always keep my work available elsewhere (because you can't trust Amazon not to screw you over, I mean just look at Audible. For those who don't know, Audible royally fucks over authors, and the narrators don't do that great either). But even for me, the loss of Amazon sales would highly affect my ability to keep going without getting another job or three. So I get it. Nonetheless, they cannot be trusted not to drop queer writers and readers, so it's best to have alternatives now.

If you are a reader or an indie author looking for different platforms to buy and/or sell books, even if only to start branching out a little, here is a list.

I doubt it's comprehensive. Feel free to reblog with more.

Kobo and Kobo Plus -Kobo is the biggest online 'Zon alternative. Kobo Plus is sort of like KU. On either one, you get points for buying books and can use the points to get more books. Works for ebook and audiobooks. (And, if you have a non-Kindle ereader, it works for Kobo but it also works for like, fanfiction. I'm just saying. I got a refurbished Kobo a while ago and it's lovely.)

Bookshop.org -print as well as ebooks (authors, make sure you click "expanded distribution" on your bookselling platform of choice if you want your stuff for sale with Bookshop--which also benefits local bookstores!)

Smashwords/Draft2Digital - mostly ebooks but D2D does have a print option

Itch.io - ebook only (but gives a larger chunk of profits to authors than 'Zon does. Authors take note.)

Rainbow Crate -special edition print queer books. (I know there was some controversy with them but I am out of touch and don't know what it was, and most people who use them seem happy with them??? but if you know other queer/romance book crate services, lemme know)

The Ripped Bodice -brick and mortar stores but you can also shop online

Check out your local bookstores---many will order print copies for you if you request them

The authors' websites if they do direct sales

Barnes & Noble- yeah, it's a corporation and they are not great either, but it's not Amazon and sometimes a well-meaning relative gets you a gift card. And, for the moment, they do in fact sell queer romance and queer fiction. I know because I just used a gift card to get a paperback of The Prince and the Assassin. lol

Powell's Books- Portland's famous book store sells new and used books (and you can browse the stock online) --print only. They sell queer romance as well. I got a copy of Drag Me Up by RM Virtues there. That's not super relevant, but I was pleased :)

New link: Queer Books Weekly-- free and affordable books with queer protagonists

Tubby & Coos Bookshop: curates pocket bookstores featuring underrepresented voices

And from user @bobthebenevolentpirate (thank you!)

Giovanni's Room in Philadelphia was founded in 1973 and is “The Oldest & Very Best LGBTQ & Feminist Bookstore in the Country.” They ship to US addresses, but you can also email them about international shipping. The people who run it are lovely humans and have started providing harm reduction supplies/info to people to respond to the needs of the community! They deserve all the support

Also consider library books!

And for those in America--you can use library apps to read books. Yes, the authors still get paid! Libby is a big one. You can get audiobooks too, AND it can connect you with the Queer Liberation Library.

Also there is Hoopla - digital content

In Europe, I know there is Vivlio, which is French and I believe sells ereaders and also ebooks.

[phoebe-woods]

A dazzling estate haunted by an old ghost. Arthurian stained glass and a zodiac floor stained with blood. The shadowy specter of assault. And a Flyers season about to become the stuff of legend...

Becca Bamburg, local ghost blogger, is determined to get inside the haunted Slaughterbridge estate and uncover more about the spirit that has walked its halls for one hundred years. When she learns that the rundown property is being restored by the newest owners of the Philadelphia Flyers, it feels like kismet. She has a connection to the Flyers through her childhood friend, Nate Bellamy, the young generational talent that might lead the team to glory.

What she doesn’t know is that Nate sees this as his chance to finally win Becca’s affection—and that he’s enlisted the help of charming and newly-traded Dillon Fowler, a former number-one draft pick who’s learned to let go of his own dreams. Dillon, acquired to be Nate’s right-hand man, is ready to help him both on and off the ice, even while he tracks a mystery of his own.

And the deeper Becca digs into Slaughterbridge, the closer she gets to the rotten secret that haunts Slaughterbridge just like its ghost…

Lancelot in November is the latest book in Phoebe Woods’s hockey-verse, following King of Cups.

Cover by @redbelles

Available in ebook now via all major retailers - paperback coming soon. | Amazon | Apple | Barnes & Noble | Smashwords | Kobo | Fable | Vivlio

I’m also on Goodreads! And see here for the Spotify playlist for the book.

[starsambrosia]

This would be great for when I write a booklet for one of my decks! And for making one maybe.

The Tarot Deciphered

These notes on Tarot, Tarot meaning, Tarot symbolism were given to me years ago by @chaotic-hypnotic-erotic. They're concise and also focus on traditional meanings and interpretation. They can be helpful even for the most intuitive of readers.

[starsambrosia]

I started to reread this book called Psychic spellcraft by Shawn Robbins and Leena Greenway. This i found interesting. She's talking about rephrasing your questions for an intuitive answer, but i may use this method for pendulums and tarot, too. I thought it might be helpfull so heres what she said in summary.

Using the phrase, "should i?" Leaves the easy answer of "why not?" Ie "should i get this job" whereas if you phrase it like "will this job make me happy" "is this person honest" "will they make me happy" etc

you're less likely to be lead down the wrong path, and you'll be able to stay on target easier with what you need or want.

-Prince

[wanderingsimsfinds]

WanderingSims Fave CC - Living Room

1 - Epiphany Sims34 - 4t3 Sims-KKB Live Wall Mounted Television

2, 5 - Martassimsbook - MXIMS Sony KDL50W800B Wall TV Small & Large

3, 9, 11 - Kale House - MXIMS Conversions (Sony KD44XD7005 A TV, IKEA Tujsig Bench, IKEA Bys TV Unit)

4 - HydrangeaChainsaw - Daisy’s Living Room Minimalist TV Rack

6 - over-waxedbanister - Slox Dimanche Living Coffeetable

7 - HydrangeaChainsaw - Comfy Living Tavolo Coffee Table

8 - SimplyStyling - Suza Jada Hall Sideboard 01

10 - HydrangeaChainsaw - Hotaru Set Hallway Console Table

12 - wondymoon - Zirconium Shelf Unit (TSR)

13-14 - Martassimsbook - Sunday-sims x Raventons Oken Set (Display Cabinet, Clay Island)

15 - Martassimsbook - heurrs Aulum Sideboard

16 - over-waxedbanister - SKAGERAK Vivlio Shelf System

17 - Martassimsbook - 4t3 novvvas Kirsal Set Pt. 2 Shelf

18 - HydrangeaChainsaw - Ajisai Set 5 Tier Wire Shelf

I personally use 12 & 16 for extra storage/pantry space in kitchens

[emmettkane]

Ghost Bricks is Coming!

Cover art by Jerome Timinski

Out around The Rockies and too many disasters deep, three young scavengers have become fast friends amid a dangerous and uncaring world.

Tiberius Casella, street-smart and confident, leads the gang from one job to the next with just a grin and a prayer.

Sloan Schaffer, a sharpshooter with a too-quick trigger finger, keeps the worst foes at bay.

And Asher Davis, caring, quiet, and tough as an ox, might just be the glue that holds the whole gang together.

The bond they've formed, however, has yet to face it's ultimate test. What happens when a father's gift turns out to be a curse? What happens when a greater evil turns its eye on the group? How can three kids with nothing but luck on their side hold it together against the odds?

Ghost Bricks (volume 1) is done after two long and chaotic years of work! It all started as a strange dream (literally, I had a dream about it) and now it's real!

It will be available for purchase on August 31st, (THAT'S ONLY FOUR DAYS AWAY) and preorders are already available!

It'll be up for grabs basically everywhere you can think, including my ko-fi!

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This link will remain up-to-date with all the places that it's available besides Ko-fi

You can currently pre-order on Apple Books, Barnes and Noble, Rakuten Kobo, Fable, Smashwords, Everand, OverDrive, Odilo, Gardners, Baker & Taylor, Cloud Library, Tolino, Thalia, and Vivlio

[stochastique-blog]

Usefull Stuff

Hello everyone!!

Today I am reviewing A Torch Against the Night by Sabaa Tahir which is the second book in The Ember In the Ashes series. It is a YA fantasy book that was published in 2016.

The book continues with Laia and Elias’s stories and picks up with them journeying across the Empire to fulfill Elias’s promise of helping Laia break her brother Darin out of Kauf prison and all of the problems that they face along the way.

I don’t know why I haven’t picked up this series earlier. The second book in the series was even better than the first one. It was more action packed and full of emotions. I love the characters and their development. We continue to learn more about the world and its fantastical beings and that is amazing. I also liked the unexpected plot twist and I cannot wait to read the next book.

Rating: 5 Stars *** Check out my full review on my blog Book Notes by Athina through the link in my bio *** This gorgeous Mug topper is from Whimsy Mug Topsies by @canxdancexreads . Use my code BOOKNOTES10 to save.

Until Friday there is a sale with no code needed. *** #ATorchAgainstTheNight #AEITA #SabaaTahir #review #bookreview #blogpost #booklove #readingisfundamental #bookstagrammers #readingcommunity #bookstagrammer #bookishlife #bookobsessed #readersofinsta #bookstagramit #bookrecommendations #greekbookstagram #instavivlio #vivlio #diavazo #eucitesc #mybookfeatures #bdstars  #booknotes_athina (at Káto Zákros, Lasithi, Greece) https://www.instagram.com/p/CSMcbJFoNz1/?utm_medium=tumblr

[joshualunacreations]

A few weeks ago, I shared the cover art I worked on for my partner’s paranormal romance book, Love in the Occult Traumatic. The first review is in, and it’s five stars! 🎉🥳 I’m so proud and excited for Alexis’ debut. Please show her some love and support by buying a copy of the book from the retailer of your choice through this universal link: https://books2read.com/love-in-the-occult-traumatic (includes Amazon, Kobo, Apple, Google Play, B&N, Vivlio, Tolino, Smashwords, etc.)

[girleboy]

in a bunch of europe an ereader called vivlio is sold in like chain bookshops and this threw me so hard coming face to face with it in a casa del libro. i love ereaders i know so many ereaders and i have a particular fascination with ereaders that have partnerships with chain bookshops and i'd never heard of vivlio

[stochastique-blog]

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Hello everyone & Happy Friday!! Tell me a book that you wanted to read sooner than you did.

For me is The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon, which I wanted ot read since it came out but I was intimidated by its size. However , I recently started it and I want to have finished it soon enough so I can read its prequel A Day of Fallen Night that sits on my ARC pile. *** #ThePrioryOfTheOrangeTree #TheRootsOfChaos #SamanthaShannon #currentlyreading #bigbook #fantasyfriday

Challenges: #courtofreadingjan23 #allthebooksjan23 #OnceUponABook2023 - #FictionFriday #tbrsandcoffee23

#fantasyreader #fantasybook #bookaddict #bookcommunity #readingismagic #bookblogger #bookreviewer #greekbookstagram #instavivlio #vivlio #diavazo #eucitesc #mybookfeatures #over30sbookstagram #bookstamums #booknotes_athina (at Sitia , Crête) https://www.instagram.com/p/CnpWox9rqiv/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=