Happy June!

Can you believe we are already in the 6th month of the year?

Friendly reminder to dust off your New Year's Resolution goals and reevaluate…(Also use whiteout if you have to cross out anything 😜)

We have two new Book Clubs on Bookum you should check out!

Goldmoufreads & 1 Year To Life!

Goldmoufread’s previous book was Jazz by Toni Morrison, and 1 Year To Life just read Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison.

Today's Table of Content:

• New Feature: Book Voting Polls

•  Book Creator Owned Bookstore Opens in Chicago

• All Publishing

This Week On Bookum:

Hosts, we are taking a load off your shoulders this week!

Introducing… Voting Polls! 

Host can now select up to 5 books and let their clubs decide on which book(s) to read next! 

The feature works like Tinder, just swipe right for yes, and left for no, then total votes will be calculated for the host to see the winning book! 

Additionally, host can poll and ask what time to set a club meeting. 

We are taking the guess work out of hosting and giving creators tools to run their clubs more smoothly! 

Start your book club & vote [or date😆] for your next book club pick!

(Feature launches on new update this week)! 

This Week in The Book World:

Chicago is known for 3 things: Deep Dish Pizza, Kanye West, and now… A BOOK CONTENT CREATOR owned Bookstore!

That's right, Courtney, aka @busyblackbookworm, recently had her Grand Opening of Call and Response Chi Bookstore.

Our team actually went to the Grand Opening and will send some photos below:

We are always going to shoutout book creators, especially ones that turn their passion into an independent bookstore!

Make sure to give the bookstore a visit when you are in Chicago, or shop online for your next book!

This Week in Publishing:

Usually… This section is all about talking about new books coming out but… dang it, we like to keep things interesting over here 😅

We have talked to 3 publishing experts (combined over 55+ years of experience) in the last 10 days about everything from hybrid publishing, book advances, AI books, and emerging trends in publishing (Hint: Romantasy is Boomin')

Would love for you to check them out and let us know what you think the future of Book Publishing will look like?

If you are a self-publishing author or interested in emerging genre trends in the book world, consider:

Dave Chesson (The Kindlepreneur - who's made over $424,000 from self-publishing)

If you want information on alternative publishing models, consider:

Brooke Warner, Founder of She Writes Press & SparkPress:


If you want the spill on all things Celebrity Memoirs, Traditional Publishing & Why Advances Don't Matter:

Kathleen Schmidt, KMSPR President and Writer of the Publishing Confidential:

Enjoy! (also, join our live nooks to ask our guest questions live on Bookum)

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Footnotes (Aka other articles we are reading and Bookum Content):

How James Patterson Finished Michael Crichton’s Eruption - https://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-james-patterson-completed-michael-crichtons-eruption/

The Stacks Conversation with Yahdon Israel -  https://www.thestackspodcast.com/2024/05/29/ep-321-no-name-in-the-street

She Writes Press (Brooke Warner’s Company) contest to offer two women authors publishing packages - https://shewritespress.com/equality-in-publishing/