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Continue reading →: Wash Day Diaries by Jamila Rowser and Robin SmithWash Day Diaries tells the story of four best friends—Kim, Tanisha, Davene, and Cookie—through five connected short story comics that follow these young women through the ups and downs of their daily lives in the Bronx. The book takes its title from the wash day experience shared by Black women everywhere,…
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Continue reading →: Ember Queen – Book ReviewEmber Queen by Laura Sebastian The thrilling conclusion to an epic fantasy about a throne cruelly stolen and a girl who must fight to take it back for her people. Princess Theodosia was a prisoner in her own country for a decade. Renamed the Ash Princess, she endured relentless abuse…
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Continue reading →: Lady Smoke Book ReviewLady Smoke by Laura Sebastian The Kaiser murdered Theodosia’s mother, the Fire Queen when Theo was only six. He took Theo’s country and kept her prisoner, crowning her Ash Princess–a pet to toy with and humiliate for ten long years. That era has ended. The Kaiser thought his prisoner weak…
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Continue reading →: Murdering Romance by Kendi Karimi- New Book Alert!Murdering Romance by Kendi Karimi Murdering Romance is a fictional story about one woman whose love for peanuts unknowingly sealed her fate, her missing father who had a lot to say about his absence in her life, and a little time to say it, then suddenly none at all, her…
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Continue reading →: Print on Demand – Book Publishing in KenyaQ. Should I Use Print on Demand for Book Publishing in Kenya? Answer: Yes. It is a reasonable and affordable way to print your books on a budget. Here is a scenario. If you have tried to publish a book in Kenya, chances are you have approached a large printing…
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Continue reading →: June Adventures and 2o22 so Far!June is a great month to reassess plans and ideas. 2022 has been a series of small and massive changes, from stocking up on cooking oil to learning how to seriously create TikTok vids, trying not to binge on Stranger Things on Netflix, and seriously failing, the ’80s were fun. …
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Continue reading →: What Information Goes on the Copyright Page of a book in Kenya?You have completed your book. You are now ready for publishing in our beautiful country of Kenya. You need a copyright page in both the e-Book and Printed Format. The copyright page is the second or third page depending on the items you have planned for the first pages. It…
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Continue reading →: 3 Popular Questions Asked about e-Books in KenyaQuestion 1: How do I create an e-Book in Kenya? Is it easy? A. This depends on the type of book you want to create. A book filled with prose like a story, or a non-fiction book with no graphs, tables, and pictures is easy. You only need Microsoft Word/Apple’s…
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Continue reading →: Ash PrincessAsh Princess by Laura Sebastian Theodosia was six when her country was invaded and her mother, the Fire Queen, was murdered before her eyes. On that day, the Kaiser took Theodosia’s family, her land, and her name. Theo was crowned Ash Princess–a title of shame to bear in her new…
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Continue reading →: Caraval – Book ReviewCaraval by Stephanie Garber Scarlett Dragna has never left the tiny island where she and her sister, Tella, live with their powerful, and cruel, father. Now Scarlett’s father has arranged a marriage for her, and Scarlett thinks her dreams of seeing Caraval—the faraway, once-a-year performance where the audience participates in…
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