Small Presses Doesn't Mean Less Great
This happens quite a lot in the book community: People only read the really popular books or the ones on the bestseller list. They say "There is no *inserts trope*" "I want more *inserts trope*!!" in asks in Tumblr or in tweets. They say they read diversity but only read the ones on the New York Times list (I'm not saying they're bad because some of them are actually great but they're not the only ones out there!). I get that the books from the Big 5 are the ones who get the most publicity and they have a reach to lots of places/people. But I don't like that people disregard books from small presses thinking they're bad BECAUSE they're from small presses, like they're not good enough.
So I wanted to make a post about my love for books that are not from the big publishing houses out there, but actually from the small presses that don't get a lot of hype/talk/publicity in the book community. I tell you this: Support them! Support them by buying their books, by talking about them in social media, with your friends, with the person you meet at the bookstore!
INTERLUDE PRESS
INTERLUDE PRESS
• Definitely, Maybe, Yours (Sucre Coeur #1) by Lissa Reed
• Not Your Sidekick by C.B. Lee
• 100 Days by Mimsy Hale
• Hold by Rachel Davidson Leigh
HARMONY INK PRESS
• Marian by Ella Lyons*
• Unicorn Tracks by Julia Ember
• Here's to You, Zeb Pike by Johanna Parkhurst
• We Awaken by Calista Lynne
SKY PONY PRESS
• Tone Deaf by Olivia Rivers
• Timekeeper by Tara Sim*
• Beyond the Red by Ava Jae
• Fear the Drowning Deep by Sarah Glenn Marsh
• Liars and Losers Like Us by Ami Allen-Vath
• Spin the Sky by Jill MacKenzie*
RIPTIDE PUBLISHING
• Roller Girl by Vanessa North
• Hotline by Quinn Anderson*
• Finding Your Feet by Cass Lennox
• Assassins: Discord by Erica Cameron
• Counterbalance by Aidan Wayne
TU BOOKS
• Perfect Liars by Kimberly Reid
• Ink and Ashes by Valynne E. Maetani
• Summer of the Mariposas by Guadalupe Garcia McCall
• Diverse Energies edited by Tobias S. Buckell, Joe Monti
BOLD STROKES BOOKS
• Soul to Keep by Rebekah Weatherspoon
• Gravity by Juliann Rich*
• Miss Match by Fiona Riley
• Freshman Year by AnnaMeekee Hesik
• Taste by Kris Bryant
• Treasure by Rebekah Weatherspoon
And more!!
• The Princess Affair by Nell Stark
• Waiting in the Wings by Melissa Brayden
• A Place to Rest by Erin Dutton
FLUX
• The Abyss Surrounds Us by Emily Skrutskie
• How Many Letters Are in Goodbye? by Yvonne Cassidy
• Leaving Paradise by Simone Elkeles
• Riptide by Lindsey Scheibe
JOLLY FISH PRESS
• Tokens and Omens by Jeri Baird
• Jerkbait by Mia Siegert
• Consider by Kristy Acevedo
• Dreamless by Jenniffer Wardell
DIVERSION BOOKS
• Luck on the Line by Zoraida Córdova
• Between Here and Gone by Barbara Ferrer
• Semi-Scripted by Amanda Heger*
• Dreadnought by April Daniels*
• Shuttergirl by C.D. Reiss
YLVA PUBLISHING
• Here's The Thing by Emily O'Beirne
• Heart Trouble by Jae
• Shattered by Lee Winter*
• The Set Piece by Catherine Lane
*hasn't released yet
italic titles are the ones I've already read
1 comments
I like this post. I know I am guilty of reading books predominantly from large publishers and that's simply because they are more well known and more easily available. A lot of my impulse bought books are those on the shelves in my local book shop and supermarket and they are going to be books from big publishers. Smaller publishers are the ones whose books I buy on Kindle and I just don't buy as many of those books as I used to. I want to try and be better and you've featured a few books I love so I'll definitely have to check out a few more and give them a chance.
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