The Books for Male Readers Sale -- A Labor of Love
The Male Reader Sale
The new Male Reader Book Club: Read, Friend, and Enter
Do men read?
Modern media tells us that they don’t. That mainly women buy books. But is that because of men’s reading habits? Or because of the books available?
I must admit, for some years, I bought into the claptrap, assuming girls preferred reading to boys. Then, one day, I sat down and thought…didn’t it used to be that basically only men read? Haven’t they read for millennia?
If they are not reading now, something is wrong!
My recent investigation of male readers on Twitter (X) resulted in a majority of respondents saying: Yes, I read, but mainly books I already own, because the modern stuff sucks.
Here were a couple of responses:
In addition, I discovered that while English language books seem geared towad women, bookstores in Asia are still carrying books for men in other languages, and they are selling perfectly well.
So, I came up with the idea of a Books for Male Reader Sale.
I know men who would like a good book. I know authors who write good books male readers (and the rest of us! ) might enjoy, who are not getting the exposure they deserve.
Why not bring them together?
The good folks at Based Book Sale offered to host it. So now it is live for all to see. My labor of love over these last six months…a sale for male readers by authors (not all men, though mainly) who write solid books that men—and quite a few gals, too—can enjoy.
So come! Buy! Read! Enjoy!
The Based Books for Male Readers Sale!
PS. I also came upon, by accident, the fact that some male readers seemed interested in a book club. When I mentioned this, a gentleman stepped forward to start one and a second gentleman recommended the name: Read, Friend, and Enter.
You can find this new book club here
Finally, I want to share the book of John A. Douglas. He was at the center of the firestorm that set off this whole issue, but could not include his book in the sale for technical reasons (related to how Amazon works)
It is the dying days of the Age of Adventures and the Orc Wars have ended.
The Crown Pantheon, authoritarian rulers of Allspire, slaughtered the marauding Orcs by the tens of thousands and returned peace to the continent of Evergrad. But among the many half-orc bastards left in the wake of the war, one was Prince Ragoth Brightsorn, son of the notorious Warlord Thorgoth and Seranna, Queen of Namaria, the sole human-ruled kingdom.
After seventeen years of isolation, Ragoth is cruelly forced out of his life of luxurious comfort and into exile on the eve of his royal Crowning before he can receive his gilded mark, the magic sigil that proves his royal birth. Unable to prove who he is or return home, he embarks on a quest to reach his father’s tribe, the Sunderfang, in the lawless wilds of Dreadmour.
But his venture is not taken alone. He earns the company of Cortland Lowhelm, a pugilistic human farmboy hellbent on finding a legend to fill, and Denith, a compassionate, if helpless, elvish goodwill worker. To ensure safe passage, they acquire the services of Val’Mora, a world-weary veteran adventurer down on her luck. Together, they cross the kingdoms of the Crown Pantheon with nefarious forces seemingly at every step.
The Black Crown is a coming-of-age epic fantasy packed to the brim with action & adventure, political intrigue, found family, vengeful dragons, dark abominations, and, most of all….ORCS!
“The Black Crown is a masterpiece of epic fantasy, delivering high intensity fun without neglecting the expectations of the genre.” – Katie Roome, Periapsis Press
A blistering debut, The Black Crown has everything you want in a hero's journey--dramatic world building, characters to root for, and twists that will keep you on the edge of your seat. -Jeffrey Speight, Author of the Archives of Evelium