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We’re back with Part 2 of the Inimitable roster breakdown. We took the official summaries for the Love in Hell trilogy and Wanderer of Pages duology and gave them a reality check.
My personal favorite? "Enemies to lovers but one of them is an amphibian." 🐸
Cast your vote below: are you Team Millennial PR (majestic & sweeping) or Team Gen Z Social (straight to the point & slightly unhinged)?
𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐛 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐢𝐨! 🚀
#authorlife #behindthescenes #bookishhumor #writerlife #indiepublishing #readingcommunity
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Ever wonder what your favorite authors are Googling at 2 AM? 💻👀
We’re catching up with Chandra Arthur to see what life looks like between the pages:
✨ 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵: Officially signing Country Fried Church Girls.
✨ 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘚𝘱𝘰𝘵: Soaking up the energy in NYC for a Mother Mercy signing.
✨ 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘖𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯: Currently obsessed with Legends and Lattes.
✨ 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘵: Finding peace and quiet in her garden.
✨ 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴: "Taking a break" (and loving it).
✨ 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩: Investigating the phrase “burning a hole in my pocket”.
✨ 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯: Meeting friends and readers at book signings.
✨ 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦: Thinking about dusting off an old project for revisions.
𝑮𝒓𝒂𝒃 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒏𝒆𝒙𝒕 𝒇𝒂𝒗𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒊𝒏 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒃𝒊𝒐! 🚀
#authorlife #behindthescenes #indiepublishing #writerlife #readingcommunity #gardenlife #booksigning #writingcommunity
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Ever wonder what your favorite authors are Googling at 2 AM? 💻👀
We’re catching up with Chandra Arthur to see what life looks like between the pages:
✨ 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵: Officially signing Country Fried Church Girls.
✨ 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘚𝘱𝘰𝘵: Soaking up the energy in NYC for a Mother Mercy signing.
✨ 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘖𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯: Currently obsessed with Legends and Lattes.
✨ 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘵: Finding peace and quiet in her garden.
✨ 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴: "Taking a break" (and loving it).
✨ 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩: Investigating the phrase “burning a hole in my pocket”.
✨ 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯: Meeting friends and readers at book signings.
✨ 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦: Thinking about dusting off an old project for revisions.
𝑮𝒓𝒂𝒃 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒏𝒆𝒙𝒕 𝒇𝒂𝒗𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒊𝒏 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒃𝒊𝒐! 🚀
#authorlife #behindthescenes #indiepublishing #writerlife #readingcommunity #gardenlife #booksigning #writingcommunity
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𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐑 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐯𝐬. 𝐆𝐞𝐧 𝐙 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦: 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫? 🎤📖
We took the official, sweeping summaries for our favorite reads and gave them the timeline treatment. Swipe through the images to see the full breakdown!
Which team are you backing for your book recs: the dramatic Millennial PR descriptions or the unhinged Gen Z Social pitches? Drop your vote in the comments below! 👇
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𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐩 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠! 🚀✨
Life as an author is a wild mix of research rabbit holes and major milestones. Here is a quick look at what’s been on her desk lately:
𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭: Finishing, submitting, and signing 𝐂𝐅𝐂𝐆! 🖋️
𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐑𝐚𝐛𝐛𝐢𝐭 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐞: Researching the specific 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡. (Don't check her search history). 🫣
𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬: Juggling two projects—one is a total 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐮𝐦𝐩, the other is deep in 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡. 📖
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐞: Spinning clay at her local 𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐨. 🏺
𝐁𝐢𝐠 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬: A 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐥 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡 is coming soon! 🎥
From being spotted by followers in person to diving into queer Appalachian stories, the journey is just getting started.
👇 𝐇𝐢𝐭 𝐒𝐔𝐁𝐒𝐂𝐑𝐈𝐁𝐄 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 the journey, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬! ✨
#shorts #booktube #authorupdate #writinglife #indieauthor #inimitablebooks #behindthescenes
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What is your absolute favorite 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐲 trope? ⚔️✨ Let's talk about it in the comments!
There is nothing quite like the feeling of escaping reality and diving headfirst into a new 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐲 world. 🕯️📖 For anyone hunting down their next 𝟓-𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝, these latest 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 are built exactly for readers who want high stakes, deep magic, and truly 𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 universes. From dangerous portal journeys to massive epic adventures, the perfect escape is waiting for you.
𝐇𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐒𝐔𝐁𝐒𝐂𝐑𝐈𝐁𝐄 𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐜 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐬, 𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐩 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐰, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐭 www.inimitablebooks.com! 🚀
#booktube #fantasybooks #bookrecs #indiebooks #readingcommunity #mustread #inimitablebooks #fantasyreads
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Let's talk reading habits: Which 𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞 is officially ruining your sleep schedule this week? 💖 Let us know in the comments!
We all know that dangerous lie we tell ourselves—"I'll stop at the end of this chapter"—before suddenly seeing the clock hit 3 AM. 🥀✨ If you are ready for your next late-night obsession, we have exactly what you need.
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𝐇𝐢𝐭 𝐒𝐔𝐁𝐒𝐂𝐑𝐈𝐁𝐄 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐭 inimitable books! 🚀
#booktube #fairytaleromance #romancebooks #paranormalromance #indiebooks #mustread #inimitablebooks
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𝐒𝐄𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐓𝐎𝐃𝐀𝐘! 💥
The livestream release party for Thanks For Watching by @katecavanaugh is happening today at 2 PM ET!
Join us on Kate's YouTube channel as we celebrate launch day! We will be hosting a live Q&A, discussing the book, and having a blast with the community.
𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAVYn...
#booktube #thrillerbooks #livestream #bookrelease #mysterybooks
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From experiencing a massive, packed-out reader turnout at The Last Bookstore to hunting down exclusive May the 4th Star Wars merch at Disneyland, Becca C. Smith has been on an absolute whirlwind! 🏰🚀 If you have been wondering exactly what is inspiring her latest work-in-progress, it is time for a little life update.
Here is the latest from her world:
☕ Best Writing Spot: A new cafe near her called The Witch’s Cottage.
📺 Current Obsession: Hands down: Dungeon Crawler Carl!
✍️ WIP Status: So incredibly hyped!
🗡️ Weirdest Research: Googling exactly what episode Joffrey dies in Game of Thrones.
🥹 Favorite Moments: A massive turnout at The Last Bookstore in LA that felt like an episode of This is Your Life, plus a wonderful joint event in NY!
🚀 Up Next: Heading to San Diego Comic-Con in July! It’ll be the 19th anniversary of her first going and she can’t wait to be back with all her fellow nerds!
𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫 𝐮𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐜𝐚'𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬.𝐜𝐨𝐦!
#authortube #writingcommunity #booktube #inimitablebooks #amwriting
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Reading is Fun Week is here, but watching might be better!
The official livestream release for Kate Cavanaugh's locked-room mystery, Thanks For Watching, is happening right here on May 12! We cannot wait to celebrate this incredible launch with the community. Hit the notification bell on our upcoming live video so you don't miss a single second of the fun.
#booktube #authortube #livestream #mysterybooks #katecavanaugh #indiepublishing
𝐒𝐄𝐓 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐑 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐌𝐀𝐘 𝟏𝟐 𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄:
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