Category Archives: Young Adult

Smashwords’ End of Year 2022 Ebook Sale Is Underway!

Hey, book lovers! Today’s the day when e-book distributor Smashwords (and its parent company, Draft2Digital) launches its annual End of Year Sale, during which you can purchase thousands of digital books at special prices! It runs from December 15 to January 1, 2023—and … Continue reading

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DriveThru’s 2022 Halloween Sale Is On!

It’s time to celebrate the Spooky Season—with e-books and digital comics! E-book distributors DriveThru Comics and DriveThru Fiction—along with sister site DriveThru RPG—have  kicked off their annual Halloween sale, during which you can purchase thousands of horror-themed digital books and comics and roleplaying … Continue reading

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Happy Read a Book Day 2022!

Today is National Read a Book Day, which has been celebrated every September 6th since…well, nobody seems to know precisely when this “holiday” began, or who started it, but it’s a celebration of reading, so it’s all good, right? And if … Continue reading

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Happy Book Lovers Day 2022!

Hey, fans of reading! Today is Book Lovers Day, “an unofficial holiday observed to encourage bibliophiles to celebrated reading and literature” (according to Wikipedia) that’s celebrated every August 9th. And if you’re looking for the right book on this special day, … Continue reading

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Are You Ready for the Summer (Reading)?

Staycation? Vacation? Whether you’re on the road or just hanging at home, today is the official start of the summer season (which ends September 23), and that means summer reading. And you know what would make for perfect reading this … Continue reading

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SWC E-books Available for Libraries Through OverDrive

With the unofficial start of summer having arrived last week with the celebration of Memorial Day here in the U.S., the time has arrived for summer reading—and for many people, summer reading means visiting your local library (either in-person or … Continue reading

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Welcome to StarWarp Concepts!

In case you’re wondering who we are, StarWarp Concepts is a publisher of dark-fantasy and fantasy novels, comic books, and graphic novels that are available for sale in brick-and-mortar stores and through select online booksellers and distributors (as well as our … Continue reading

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Happy Small Business Saturday 2021!

Hey, shoppers! Sure, yesterday might have been Black Friday, the retail industry’s most notorious day of the year, and in two days you’ll have Cyber Monday, when the Internet shatters from the volume of online sales that will be flooding … Continue reading

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SWC E-Books Available for Libraries Through OverDrive

As a follow-up to my post last week on “Quality SWC E-books for the Discerning Librarian,” I recently became aware that on January 7th, industry magazine Publishers Weekly reported that OverDrive, the leading worldwide distributor of e-books for school and public libraries, saw … Continue reading

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A Belated Farewell to Publishing Giant Michael Z. Hobson

Even with the usefulness of the Internet, it’s sometimes difficult to keep up with events in the publishing industry. Which is why it came as such a surprise last week when I learned of the passing of Michael Z. Hobson on … Continue reading

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