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Okay okay so I may have some news…I’ve been waiting to shout about them and I can finally tell you all what’s coming in 2026 (scroll below!) In this newsletter we’ll chat about how to receive free books from publishers, baby’s first Halloween, & author interviews+2 giveaways. Let’s dive in!

Let’s chat about receiving free books

Thank you all for voting on this topic a few newsletters back! So how do I get free books for my book reviews? When I first started my bookstagram account I was going to the library for most of my books (& I still do for many). I started following authors and noting who their publishers were (If you’re not in the publishing world, authors can publish with multiple publishers). I started researching how to request books and found the following info:

• Some publishers want a certain follower count (I couldn’t work with Penguin until I had 5K followers…and that was just to get an invite to their influencer portal which doesn’t work great…and I still don’t …