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In some of my best Space Opera reads of 2022, I’ve noticed a recurring theme of searching for humanity above all, and I love it! I pick up Space Opera for a glimpse at future civilizations, and when I do, I long for the humanity our heroes find that encourages them to push past whatever […]

In 2023, we will have both free and 99-cent books in the same promotion. All free is limiting for many authors where 99 cents opens the door to far greater worlds. For those who aren’t aware, setting a book’s price to free can be challenging because not all book distributors will match that price. But […]

Since a huge swath of our members are already attending 20Books Vegas 2022 at Bally’s, from November 14-18, it’s during the show. Although it may seem like we’re not very active on here, we are active and moving the organization forward. We want to have more paid promotions and instead of the five-day Free promotions […]

Drop your first in series post-apoc titles into this promotion. If you’re in Kindle Unlimited, use your five free days. If you’re not and Amazon has price-matched to free, then use your books2read or other universal link. If not, then use a BookFunnel/Story Origin direct download (with email collection turned off). At the bottom of […]

I just discovered this group. I am uncertain of the etiquette and am searching the FAQ that I may learn the ways of the IASFA. Apologies if I run afoul of the rules; please chalk it up to the inept bumbling of an untrained padawan fresh off the Internet. I come to introduce myself. I […]

IASFA – Military Science Fiction Free Book Promotion, March 27-31Books that are free during that timeframe (could be KDP Select free days, could be permafree, could be direct download free) on the military science fiction theme. For IASFA members only – upload your book here and make sure you get the drop down menus correct, […]

Captain’s Log: The Expanding Universe 8 (TEU8) – Open Call. This is the eighth iteration of the TEU short story collections. I do one a year. Target is 20-25 stories. The cover is a Tom Edwards pre-made and that should give you an idea of what we’re looking at for content. Stories that would suit […]

IASFA – Many are called but few chosen. The IASFA Space Adventure Book Bundle from March 1-21, 2022By paid, I mean that we push this set for direct sale via BookFunnel and an equal share (minus 15% for BF and any PayPal fees) of the revenue is paid out to all participants. Open call for […]

IASFA – Promotions in 2022We’re going to go with both FREE and 99 cents in the monthly promotions without the additional listbuilding element (which we will do separately through paid advertising to get us over that 10k list hump – we will ask you to include language in your newsletters to ask folks to join […]

Media Kit for Participating Authors in the IASFA Free Book Promotion that runs from October 12-16. We strongly encourage participating authors to hit their list during this promotion and push the info below – you are more than welcome to copy/paste what we have or customize the promo language for your readership. The purpose of […]

Right now, we’re running the Science Fiction Romance Free Book Promotion – that is through August 14. We’ve hit our list and have asked participating authors to hit their lists with the promotion and everyone wins. That’s what the free book promotions are all about – build IASFA’s list and get extra focused eyeballs on […]

Media Kit for Participating Authors in the IASFA Free Book Promotion that runs from August 10-14. We strongly encourage participating authors to hit their list during this promotion and push the info below – you are more than welcome to copy/paste what we have or customize the promo language for your readership. The purpose of […]

For the New Release listing in last week’s newsletter, we had over 800 total clicks. That’s on all titles combined. I still call it a huge win because people are looking and these people are readers of your genre. Your cover and blurb must stand on their own to draw readers to your books. That’s […]

Looking good on the submissions. We’ll have a media kit pretty soon. If you have a title that fits and can make it free, then upload it here https://iasfa.org/draft-listing/. If you can’t get Amazon to price match to free, just put your title on BookFunnel and make sure that email collection is off and give […]

IASFA New Book Announcement – in each newsletter announcing the next round of free books as part of the monthly promotion. We will try running this announcement and see if we can get any traction. It’s for books published in the month since the last newsletter. There can be no overlap. The first newsletter with […]

Next up in the monthly free book promotions is Dark Fantasy from July 13-17. This isn’t Dark Romance but anything else that falls into the Dark Fantasy realm. If your book is in Kindle Unlimited, just use your five Free Promotion days in order to participate. If your book is permafree, then sign up. https://iasfa.org/book-entry-form/ […]

In the depths of space we’ll find the greatest mysteries, the most fantastic treasures, and things which shouldn’t be discovered. But discover them we will – all new Space Adventure bundle available for a limited time. Get all 17 books for only $7.99. https://20bookpacks.com/SpaceAdventure

Initial submissions for consideration are now closed. The deadline was yesterday and I do not accept late submissions. First 500 words have all been reviewed. I’m pretty sure I’ve gotten back with everyone. If I haven’t gotten back with you, then there’s a glitch in the matrix. If you were approved, then you would have […]