Stuff Your Kindle Day has been trending and for good reason. It’s the day you get to stock up on literally thousands of free e-books all in one place, sorted by your favourite book retailer and romance sub-genres. (And btw, if you aren’t a romance reader but you checked out this author-organized event anyway, hi!!! I’ll give a shout out here to our friends at the Cozy Mystery Book Club, who organize a similar event for mystery books)
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When does Stuff Your Kindle Day take place?
The dates for 2024 HAVE NOT been announced. When Stuff Your Kindle Day will take place in 2024 is a heavily guarded secret. Join our free reader alert email service to be the first to know what we are planning for 2024.
In 2023, Stuff Your Kindle took place 4 times (March 31, June 30, September 20, and December 27.)
Is this only for Kindle users?
Not at all. If you prefer to read ebooks on a Nook or Kobo e-reader, or if you use the Kobo, Apple Books, or Google Play apps to read ebooks, we have “Stuff Your E-Reader” pages for those stores, too! You can browse the thousands of FREE BOOKS being offered for any major e-reader platform.
If you are new to reading ebooks, you will need an Amazon account. You can download the Kindle App on any device to access the free books. (And same for Kobo! Shout out to our Canadian readers!) If you prefer Apple or Google Play, you probably already have an ebook app on your phone or tablet and you might not even know it!
How long do I have to read the books once I download them?
That’s the best part. Once the books are on your Kindle or the Kindle App they are yours forever.
I have Kindle Unlimited.. can I still participate and “Stuff My Kindle” with more than 20 books?
Absolutely and this is such a great question so we explain it better in this blog post. Check it out for the differences between the Kindle store, the Kindle app, and Kindle Unlimited. The good news is, they all work together, and the short answer is, yes you can stuff your Kindle—and keep those books forever!—without using any of your twenty “Kindle Unlimited” borrow slots.
Can I just go to Amazon and search for free books? Why do I start with the links at romancebookworms.com on #StuffYourKindleDay
This indie romance author event is something we have been doing for almost 10 years. We are authors AND readers. This is a labor of love and we want you to have the best experience possible. Here’s a few amazing reasons to browse our lists instead of just zooming straight to a retailer:
1. We include categories the retailers don't! If you just want erotic romance, we have section for that. Young adult that is actually young adult, and not jammed with other books that don't apply? We've got that, too. And books by authors of colour, with protagonists of colour? We asked all those authors to tag themselves, and in addition to their books being listed in the relevant genre list, we've also popped those books onto their own list. (Is that three reasons in one? YOU BET!)
2. There are DIFFERENT BOOKS free on different retailers! If you start with our website, you can check out more than one retailer. Personally, I use them all. 👀 #bookhoarder #sorrynotsorry
3. All books included in OUR lists are submitted by indie authors who contribute to lifting up this community event. This is a labour of love, a celebration of reading, and an amazing opportunity to find a new-to-you author who will keep sharing free reads for years to come.
Wait this has been going on for 10 years? How did it start?
Yup! Time flies when you are reading free e-books. Stuff Your Kindle Day was created 10 years ago when Zoe York was a relatively new author. She had been writing full-time for 6 months and saying YES to all promo opportunities. When those ran out, she created her own.
It was Boxing Day 2014, the day after Christmas. The pitch was simple: here's a list of ebooks that are FREE right now. Put them all on your Kindle and do nothing but read for a few days.
In that first promo, there were 35 authors, two books each. It grew and grew. An overnight success that took 9 years :)
As you wait for the 2024 Stuff Your Kindle Days to be announced, subscription services provide a budget-friendly way to satisfy your literary cravings. Whether you're team Kindle, Apple, or Kobo, we’ve got you covered with reading-for-cheap hacks. We will keep you posted on the latest updates here on the blog, and also via our reader news email alert.
Happy reading!