No publishers or authors are paying me or supplying these books in exchange for free advertising. I want to be clear, too, that this is a personal project. It’s a win-win-win as far as I’m concerned since I get to put books I love into the hands of readers, signal boosting talented creators and spreading rainbow sparkle happily ever after joy at a time when a lot of us need to be dreaming of queer futures filled with hope rather than despair. The default mode of delivery is Kindle e-book delivered as a gift via Amazon if a reader doesn’t use the Kindle platform we work out an alternate method of delivery (I have learned a lot about how hard some platforms make it for you to buy e-books as a gift over the past four months!).Īs long as our household finances can support this effort, I plan to continue this project.Readers are limited to ONE title per week, but may make a request each week with no limit.

Copies are given out on a first come, first served basis to those who request a title via the request form.

Each Saturday, I post the weekly title on Twitter with the number of copies available (generally ~$25 worth has been my budget).

The giveaway has since turned into a weekly event as weeks have turned into months and we’re probably looking at a year and more of some measure of social distancing, quarantine, stress, and exhaustion. Cooper’s A Little Familiar novella as a way to bring good cheer to people struggling with isolation admidst social distancing and stay-at-home directives. On the first Saturday after Massachusetts declared a state of emergency due to COVID-19, in March 2020, I decided to give away twenty-five copies of R. I hope to pick it back up in some form in 2023.

Therefore, I’m putting this giveaway on hiatus through 2022. I’ve suspended a number of side projects, and although I tried to restart the Queer Joy Giveaway back in the fall it became clear that I just didn’t have enough reliable energy to select titles, post weekly on Saturdays, and keep up with fufilling title requests. Due to my ongoing treatment for cancer since March 2021, I’ve had to relearn the new limits of my energy.

The Craft of Love by E.E. Ottoman