About

For Readers:

Queer Books Weekly is run by Dax Murray, a non-binary fantasy author and service dog handler. Each week, you can find books with LGBTQIA+ protagonists that are $5.99 or less! Once a month, we have a roundup of new releases and author spotlights!

We try to link to as many store fronts, retailers, and markets as possible. Not just Amazon, but we love Kobo, Itchio, Campfire, and more, too! If a book is available at your favorite store, we do our best to work with authors to make sure it's listing here has that store! We also love featuring on-going and completed serials, web novels, and even comics when possible.

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A Note on Generative AI: We do not knowingly accept works that used generative AI for the cover or the text. We ask all authors to confirm that they do not use genAI in the creation of their book, but we do not have the time to read/review each submission and have no reliable way to check other than potentially 'gut feelings.' If you believe a book was featured that does not adhere to this policy, please reach out privately and I will decide whether to discuss it with the author.

There is an unfortunate uptick in scammers selling genAI covers and claiming they were handrawn and authors being unable to tell, inadvertently leading to them using a genAI cover. There's also been an uptick in authentic cover artists falsely having their covers labeled as genAI despite them having documented proof via work-in-progress snapshots. I want no harassment of any authors featured here so please bring any concerns to me in private. I err on the side of trusting the authors to be honest.

A Note About Affiliate Links Some links on this site, specifically links to Kobo, Bookshop.org, and Amazon at this time, may be affiliate links. That means Queer Books Weekly does get a small commission when you purchase something from our page. This helps keep the site running and is invested back into improving what we can.

For Authors

If you are an author and want to promote your book, comic, serial, visual novel, etc, here, please see the scheduling page. Currently, promotion is free, but you can contribute $5 towards the running and maintenance of the site to have your book featured more prominently. Dax also features two books every other week in their personal newsletter. You can find the sign up for all of these on their calendly page.

In order to submit a book it must be:

  1. Your own original work, or you are an authorized representative of the author and have permission to submit their work on their behalf,
  2. No genAI was used in the writing of the book or the creation of the cover. (We understand if you find out later that your cover artist scammed you and lied about the use of genAI and you only found out later. Please inform us immediately and provide a non-AI cover when you have one.)
  3. A book with an LGBTIA+ protagonist or the work of non-fiction centers LGBTQIA+ people,
  4. Does not promote or condone hatred of others on the basis of race, disability, national origin, etc,
  5. Is regularly priced at $5.99 USD or less OR will be discounted to $5.99 or less on the day of promotion you are scheduling.

In the form, it will ask you for links. You can provide a universal book link (books2read, bookfunnel landing page, storyorigin landing page) or provide individual links. We accept links for all major retailers and many smaller ones, too. Basically, if you aren't linking to a pirate site, we're cool with it. Share your ScribbleHubs, share your free Patreon pages, share your Itchio and Campfire pages. This isn't an Amazon only or Amazon focused book promotion site! You can even share your free reader magnets if you want to drive newsletter sign-ups (just tell us in the submission!)

It is currently and always will be free to have your queer works shared in the weekly list and the monthly new releases page. It costs $5 for an author spotlight and $5 to have your book featured at the very top of the weekly list. This is to help cover the cost of the blog (hosting costs/domain name services, etc). I am a disabled author myself and have very limited funds. I try to provide the most services I can for others with few means without having to sacrifice groceries.

I encourage you to sign up for the weekly email, too, so you can see your book featured in your email box and check out the other awesome books.

Privacy

Queer Books Weekly does not collect reader data except what is provided for the purpose of sending the newsletter should a reader sign up to get those email messages. No tracking software or analytics software is used on this site.

If you are an author and at any point wish to have your books entries removed from the site, please email me at qbw@daxmurray.com. I shall remove all information as soon as possible.

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