A quick note from author of historical gay romance, Erastes:
It's a simple idea. If you have a gay historical book that you would like to swap for something you haven't read - be it electronic or paper, EMAIL ME (
erastes@erastes.com) with the details and I'll put up a post for you
It can be your own book, or simply one you have in your collection. Of course you are welcome to include more than one!
NOW. I'm NOT avocating file sharing here--but the Kindle allows one transfer of each book on your device, so it's perfectly legal and hopefully it will bring in more readers for you and for all of us -- and the readers will be able to discover things they might not have usually tried. Publishers will allow a certain amount of downloads too, so you could use those.
People who want that book will then answer the post with their own swap--or a selection of what you'd like to offer, and it will be up to the original poster to choose which one they'd like. Let me know, and I'll match up the swap.
It's like Noel Edmonds' swap shop. But gay. Oh. OK. That analogy doesn't really work, as that show was already extraordinarily gay.
Please please please join it--would be fun to make this an annual event--and it will certainly help people get hold of books they can't afford. You can swap as many books as you like--and don't renege, or you won't be allowed to play next time.