I recently started using Book Notification (booknotification.com).
For me, the use case is simple: add a list of #authors I like, and they send me a weekly email with upcoming releases by those authors and a link to a personalised #book release calendar page.
I read a lot of #books, so I like what they're doing. Unfortunately there is a catch. Two, actually.
Firstly, they use an #accessibility overlay (Ally by Elementor). While it isn't personally bothersome for me (particularly given the fact that my primary interest is in the content they email out), I do fundamentally object to using a service that perpetuates the use of these tools however unmaliciously.
Secondly, the first time I visited the site after signing up, I'd been signed out and the backend had apparently forgotten my password. Services not handling authentication data and user sessions well is a development pet peeve of mine.
All of this to say: if this sounds appealing to you and you're not put off by the highlighted caveat and hiccup, it does seem to work well. But I'm also interested in recommendations of other services like this that will let me keep track of new book releases by authors I enjoy. Do you know of any?
(Please no Goodreads, Amazon, Audible, or the like.)
![A trans flag colour background, and an image of the cover of the book Gender Euphoria, accompany quotes from reviews of the book.
"Earlier in my life and transition, Gender Euphoria would be the book that I needed. It's a diverse collection of trans and non-binary perspectives that managed to be more positive than many "Trans Tauma Porn" collections out there, in that it shows the sunnier side of transition" - Chelsea Manning.
"Every page is a little present! A timely reminder of the value of trans lives, and the urgent need to improve the conditions in which we are made to live them" - Abigail Thorne.
"Gender Euphoria really up-ends the baked-in narrative about pain and unhappiness, Instead, these young writers look at life through the other end of the telescope and [...] find the things to rejoice about being set free from the shackles of gender conformity... This book will inspire you" - Christine Burns.](https://fedi.ml/photo/preview/640/377961 "A trans flag colour background, and an image of the cover of the book Gender Euphoria, accompany quotes from reviews of the book.
\"Earlier in my life and transition, Gender Euphoria would be the book that I needed. It's a diverse collection of trans and non-binary perspectives that managed to be more positive than many \"Trans Tauma Porn\" collections out there, in that it shows the sunnier side of transition\" - Chelsea Manning.
\"Every page is a little present! A timely reminder of the value of trans lives, and the urgent need to improve the conditions in which we are made to live them\" - Abigail Thorne.
\"Gender Euphoria really up-ends the baked-in narrative about pain and unhappiness, Instead, these young writers look at life through the other end of the telescope and [...] find the things to rejoice about being set free from the shackles of gender conformity... This book will inspire you\" - Christine Burns.")