Bookstore Romance Day by @SatinRussell #RomanceGems

Have you heard? There’s a new holiday for romance readers to celebrate. This August 17th will be the first annual Bookstore Romance Day.

What is Bookstore Romance Day, you ask? Well, I’m here to tell you!

According to their official website, Bookstore Romance Day is “designed to give independent bookstores an opportunity to celebrate Romance fiction—its books, readers, and writers—and to strengthen the relationships between bookstores and the Romance community.”

Isn’t that a worthy cause? As a self-published author, I have to say I’ve always been surprised by how many indie bookstores don’t even keep a romance section in their stores.

There are so many romance authors who are either hybrid or independently published that it seems like a natural relationship, especially since it provides opportunities for community outreach in the form of author signings and book release parties.

Apparently, quite a few others feel the same way. In fact, there are bookstores all across the country who are hosting official events. You can find an interactive map of locations here: https://bookstoreromanceday.org/participating-bookstores/

What’s even better is that there are quite a few Romance Gems authors who will be participating this year. If you’re in the area, I encourage you to check out any of these events.

1. Satin Russell at Harvard Book Store in Cambridge, MA.
2. Peggy Jaeger at Toadstool Bookstore in Keene, NH
3. Kari Lemor at Bookery Bookstore in Manchester, NH
4. Elsa Kurt at That Book Store in Wethersfield, CT.
5. Lucinda Race at The Bookloft in Great Barrington, MA.

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Fresh Prints of Romance by @BonnieEdwards #RomanceGems

 I wrote this post in early January before we left for our Winter Break in sunny Portugal, so it might seem a little...um...dated. But so be it, there’s only so much brain power to go around when you’re juggling packing, planning, arranging housesitting, and more for two months away. But here we are and I STILL want to share this post because of the pretties...

One day early in December,  my daughter suggested that I could sell some copies of print books at the reception desk of the clinic she owns. "Christmas movies from Hallmark are all the rage with my clients. I thought they might also enjoy your Christmas books."

YAY! Yippee! I thought. "I'll get right on that," I said.

I'm a little late receiving these, but here they are, my three Christmas stories: Not-So-Blue Christmas, Invitation to Christmas, and One Crazy Christmas. All in print and so pretty! As much as I love reading on my Kindle, there is still something wonderful about seeing my work on the printed page.

See the series on Amazon exclusively.

It may be too late to sell any of these in the real world, but I'll have them ready for next Christmas's shopping season. In the meantime, I'll bask in the glow of knowing my daughter wants to help and support me in this crazy endeavour called writing.

This year, I'm hoping to get a lot more followers on BookBub, a site for readers and writers to share their love of books. I'm one quarter and a bit of the way to my target of 1000 readers following me there. So if you’ve never poked around Bookbub here’s a chance to follow me and see what it’s about.

https://www.bookbub.com/authors/bonnie-edwards

And here’s where I remind you that time is running out on our fabulous  Comment & Win and Rafflecopter for the month of February.

To be entered in Comment & Win, all you have to do is read the post of the day—or any post you may have missed. Then leave a comment with your email address written out. That means like Mary at yahoo dot com. (Don't leave your email as a "hot link" or web crawlers will harvest it and flood your Inbox.) The more comments you make; the greater your chance of winning.

The Romance Gems also have a Grand Opening Rafflecopter! Be sure and enter the Rafflecopter for a chance to win a Kindle Fire and Ebook Gift Bundles.