Not So Well Read

Y’all… May, June, and July is absolutely stacked with incredible fantasy/dark academia/romantasy releases. And, this is only the stack I’m fortunate enough to have a physical ARC of. There are like 8 more that I’m reading on my kindle right now.

Hope you all are taking lots of vacation days, because summer reading is going to be very, very time consuming this year. 

What release are you most excited about?

2025 Summer Fantasy Book Releases

Genre-focused indie bookstore owner with the personality of a border collie and the tastes of a victorian ghost.

Courtney Ulrich Smith

During this phase, we're reviewing manuscripts and deciding which book we want to publish. At the end of this phase, we offer an author a book deal.

Consideration

As the manuscript goes through several phases of editorial work, the cover and interior design takes place, while format decisions about paper stocks and printing treatments are made.

Editorial & Design

While the books are on press, the pre-order links go live and the marketing campaign ramps up with waves of review copy mailings to media and influencers.

Pre-order

The finished copies have released on the book's publication date. Go give it some love!

Published

bookshop

Courtney

I’m a genre-obsessed reader who has made books my entire life–literally, I own a independent bookstore and founded a non-profit book festival in my hometown. I believe that reading is meant to be fun and so there’s no such thing as a “guilty” pleasure read. I’m here to help folks find their next favorite book sans stigmas, expectations, or required reading.
