#IndieBooksLoveFest !

First came #Fahrenbruary ,courtesy of Mart@LaughingGravy71 and ThatMattKeyes@It’s an Indie Book Blog….

Then , incoming, is #Orentober courtesy of Kelly @kellyvandamme and Danielle @book_obsessed1…

Wrapping around those two beauties, like the best sandwich you ever had,full of exciting ingredients, is an intended year round indie book love fest!

As Mart pointed out, when Orentober was announced, there are a whole 10 other months which could be used to promote indie publishers.

So with that in mind, indie publishers were contacted, carrier pigeons were dispatched, telgraphs were composed, you name it, we tried it! And so far,in less than one week, 2 excellent publishers have chucked their hat in with this crazy scheme! That leaves 8 months to fill so if any Indie Publishers out there want to reach out and claim a month, please get in touch!

I know you’ll have some questions, so I’ll do my best to answer them forthwith-

• Is it ambitious?
• Yes. It has the potential to go wrong BUT you gain nothing unless you are prepared to give it all you got! And literally EVERYTHING is being thrown at this project
• What’s the plan then?
• Each month, from August onwards,will have a totally independent promotion focussing on one publisher at a time. A snappy hashtag, a cheeky visual and off we go!
• Will I get free books?
• No, the idea is to be inclusive all the way,however, and that includes catering for all budgets. Indies have a tiny marketing budget, they have limited stock to send out and they need people buying their books. However, as the whole idea of the #IndieBooksLoveFest is to be inclusive , at the beginning of the month you will find a massive list of books by that publisher, which you can print out and take to your nearest library. Book publishers and authors make money when a library buys in books, so this will not only be a focus on book promotion, but accessibility and ethcial book buying too! Something for everyone!
• Can I join in?
• Please, yes and absolutely! If you have read any books from the featured publisher, reviewed them anywhere, please share using the featured hashtag. If you have a book budget or a birthday,or other special occasion, and you fancy buying a book, share it on your instagram, tag the author, tag the publisher,share the book love, use the specific monthly hashtag-it’s basically going to be one big party! One month at a time!
• I’m a bookblogger, can I be part of this?
• It’s completely democratic so the entire focus is sharing the book love and promoting indies. At the end of this mad and crazy scheme, in August 2020, I’d love to feature a blogger a day right here,  so if you’d like to be one of those, drop me a line! As August is 31 days long, the first 31 to reply will be the ones featured, but any replies after that will go towards another bookblogger feature. This includes bookstagrammers,bloggers, readers of any and every stripe, booktubers… anyone and everyone. It’s basically A HUGE BOOK LOVE IN!!!

In the words of Aragorn, from Lord Of The Rings (the movie)-