The READ THIS! BotM, New Book, & More!

Happy September!

And Happy Labor Day for those who celebrate. Happy End of Summer to everyone else in my hemisphere. 

I'm currently at DragonCon, but the wonders of the interwebs allow me to send this to you anyway. I know, all y'all feel lucky, right? Right?

No next set of cons recap yet - that'll happen once I'm back from Bouchercon and recovered from yet another round of two big cons back-to-back. 

But the next READ THIS! Book of the Month is here, so let's get to it, shall we? We shall!

P.S. I realize that I SAID that my SDCC and Gen Con updates were in the last newsletter...but they were not. Hey, I'm like a crazed wolverine in the short time between the two sets of two giant back-to-back cons. So ALL the recaps will be coming, most likely in the next newsletter. 

It's Alive! Book 9, aka Alien Collective, is available now from Ginger Blue Publishing! As per usual, it'll be easiest to go to Ginger Blue's website and choose your own adventure to get to the right version for you. Get your copy today from your distributor of choice!

Read Out Loud! Do you have your copy of the Touched by an Alien audiobook yet? If not, don't wait! Grab yours today and start your year right!

Speaking of Reading Out Loud... Graphic Audio has renewed the contract for The Legend of Belladonna, Part 1: Natural Born Outlaws, by moi writing as A.E. Stanton. If you haven't grabbed this fantastic audiobook, don't delay, grab it today!

READ THIS! A Book Club by Moi for All Y'all Welcome to READ THIS! A Book Club by Gini Koch. This is my chance to introduce you to some great authors that I love and know you will, too. Every month I'll spotlight a book and, even better...every month I'll host a live discussion with the author, that all y'all can join! I know, it's too happy to be true, but true it is!

September 2025 READ THIS! Selection

The READ THIS! Selection for September 2025 is:  Injustice Push Chronicles #2 by J.B. Garner Gini's Take: Second in the Push Chronicles series, this book picks up soon after Indomitable ends -- and races you right into more exciting superhero action. Only this time, there's more to deal with, and that more has serious fangs. About the Author: Talented topflight author and editor Jamie Beth “J. B.” Garner has written over twenty novels across multiple genres and edited hundreds more. She writes urban fantasy, epic fantasy with noir and romantacy, science fiction, LitRPG, and pro-wrestling epics, among other things, and is always out to entertain and amaze. Reach her at: https://www.jbgarnerwrites.com/aboutjbgarner

September 2025 READ THIS! Author Q&A

So, you've read the READ THIS! selection and you want to share what you thought with the author, hang out with them and Gini, and generally talk books for an hour. Well, guess what? You can! The third Thursday of every month will be READ THIS! Author Q&A time. The event will be held utilizing Discord, and the invitation to Gini's READ THIS! room will come out in the week prior to the chat. And that's not all! Near the end of each Q&A session, we'll be doing a raffle and one lucky winner will get a copy of the next month's READ THIS! selection! (You must be present in the Q&A to win. Physical book prizes will be U.S. only. Ebook prizes will be worldwide.)

September's READ THIS! author Q&A  featuring Author J.B. Garner will be on Thursday, September 18, 2024 from 9pm-10pm Eastern. Access to Discord is available worldwide, and everyone is invited to attend!

October's READ THIS! Selection   And Remember: One Lucky Q&A Participant can win it early!

The READ THIS! Selection for October 2025 is:  Ghosts of Black Bear Mountain By Marc Monroe

In case you missed it, the first 8 books in the Alien Series are now available from Ginger Blue Publishing in ebook, trade paperback, hardback, and trophy hardback!

Ginger Blue is trucking along and getting the Alien Series re-released just as fast as they can. The situation with how the hardbacks go out is still the same - you can get the new versions in ebook, trade paperback, hardback, and trophy hardback complete with a snazzy dust cover! The trophy hardback is from B&N.com only, as a reminder, and the regular hardback is from Amazon only. The searching via Amazon and B&N.com remains spotty, in no small part because those two distributors still have some mass market copies they're determined to sell. So, as suggested for Touched and Tango, and as recommended for every book coming through 16/Aliens Abroad, go to the Ginger Blue Releases page, click on the cover of your choosing, and choose which option or options you want. The links on GBP's website will take you to the right spots at B&N and Amazon to get the version you want. Confusing? Yes. Ultimately manageable? Sure. It's only adding a step to what you'd normally do. Now for the old reviews status. On B&N all the review seem to have stuck. Not so on  Amazon -- they were there for all and, suddenly, they were not. SO, Alien Tango, Alien in the Family, Alien in the House, and Alien Research do not have all their reviews connected to the new versions. We have no idea why. Yes, they may connect at a later date, we have no idea if that will or won't happen, and if they do connect, if they'll actually remain. SO, please review early and often on either site, but particularly on Amazon, since, as we well know, reviews matter, especially at Amazon, B&N, and Goodreads. So, officially, now the first eight books are live everywhere! Huzzah!

Con Season Is Almost Over My con season is just about done. Finishing up at DragonCon as you read this, and then it's off to Bouchercon and New Orleans and my last big con of the season! Bouchercon September 3-7 New Orleans, LA Saturday, September 6th 9:00-9:55 AM, Galerie 3, Panel: Humor - Laughter in the Midst of Chaos 10:00-10:25 AM, Acadia, Signing: immediately following  panel

So many bookie wookies, so much time to catch up on all of them while waiting for The Alien Collection, Aliens Like Us, Aliens Like Them, and the next READ THIS! selection. Check out my Bookstore for all the things!

That's it for today but, never fear, another Update, including the Discord Q&A chat invitation, will be arriving in a couple of weeks! In the meantime, stay safe and healthy, remember we're all in this together, be kind to one another, give love and support to all those who are on the front lines in any capacity, and let's be readers out there. Peace out, my li'l gangstas, and I'll catch you on the flip side! Love, Gini

The READ THIS! Author Q&A, New Books, My DragonCon Schedule, & More!

It's Almost DragonCon Time!

My local big con, DragonCon, begins next week, and it should be a great one. My schedule is here, and my fast recap of San Diego Comic-Con and Gen Con. And, then right after DragonCon ends, Bouchercon begins, and I'll be in New Orleans, solving mysteries and eating great food.

But before then, we have the READ THIS! Author Q&A which is, as always, gonna be a good one! 

So, let's get to it, shall we? We shall!

Live New Books! The Belters, Volume 1, a mosaic novel by moi writing as Anita Ensal, and A Bug's Life, Installment 3 of The Martian Alliance Chronicles, are out in world. And so is Book 8/Alien Research! Grab your copies today!

Con Season Continues Halfway through Con Season! These are (probably) your last two chances to see the me this year, so don't miss out! DragonCon August 28-September 1 Atlanta, GA Booth 2125 on the 2nd floor of the America's Mart is my "home base" so if you're looking for me, or my bookie wookies, at times that aren't listed, head there. Thursday, August 28 11:30pm-12:30am, Embassy CD Hyatt Panel - Reading Spice and Chuck Tingle: An Exploration of "How it is Done" Friday, August 29 10:00am-3:00pm, America's Mart Building 2, Floor 2, Booth 2125  SIGNING, SELLING, & HUGGING 4:00pm-5:00pm, America's Mart Building 2, Floor 2, Booth 1300 Signing bookie wookies with Noel Plaugher and J.B. Garner 5:30pm-7:00pm, America's Mart Building 2, Floor 2, Booth 2125 SIGNING, SELLING, & HUGGING 8:00pm-12:00am, International Ballroom, Hyatt Hotel Fantasy Gather Selling Event: Come for the bookie wookies, stay for the signatures! Saturday, August 30 11:00am-12:00pm, America's Mart Building 2, Floor 2, Booth 1300 Signing bookie wookies with David Boop 1:00pm-3:00pm, America's Mart Building 2, Floor 2, Booth 2125 SIGNING, SELLING, & HUGGING 4:00pm-5:00pm, Macon, Courtland Grand  Panel - Weird Wild West: The Mysteries of the Frontierland 5:30pm-6:30pm, Embassy EF Hyatt Panel - Working with Editors & Professional Readers 8:30pm-9:30pm, Embassy CD Hyatt Panel - Delphic Oracle Sunday, August 31 10:00am-11:00am, America's Mart Building 2, Floor 2, Booth 2125 SIGNING, SELLING, & HUGGING 11:30am-12:30pm, Embassy CD Hyatt Panel - Books that Changed the World 2:00pm-3:00pm, America's Mart Building 2, Floor 2, Booth 1300 Signing bookie wookies with Noel Plaugher and J.B. Garner 3:30pm-5:00pm, America's Mart Building 2, Floor 2, Booth 2125 SIGNING, SELLING, & HUGGING 5:30pm-6:30pm, Chastain G Westin Panel - It's the End of the World as We Know It 'n' I Feel Fine! Monday, September 1 10:00am-12:30pm, America's Mart Building 2, Floor 2, Booth 2125 SIGNING, SELLING, & HUGGING 1:00-2:00, Embassy EF Hyatt Panel -  Crafting or Re-Crafting Your Author Brand 2:30pm-15:00pm, America's Mart Building 2, Floor 2, Booth 2125 SIGNING, SELLING, & HUGGING Bouchercon September 3-7 New Orleans, LA Saturday, September 6th 9:00-9:55 AM, Galerie 3, Panel: Humor - Laughter in the Midst of Chaos 10:00-10:25 AM, Acadia, Signing: immediately following  panel

Speaking of Getting Bookie Wookies... All of these are available now from Ginger Blue Publishing and available at your preferred retailer. If you haven't grabbed these yet, now's the time!

Watch as it all gets real... What's the worth of one life?

You're invited to a party to die for! Welcome to the Belt...proceed with caution

The Jumping Game is on! Come for the scandal, stay for the explosions.

Welcome to Washington, check your Poofs at the door... The future looks utopian...until you look just a bit closer...

And baby makes...the bad guys rue the day they made Mama Kitty angry... Love, engagement, Poofs...and intergalactic war. What happens in Vegas doesn't stay in Vegas...

More Kitty, and don't miss the gators! The Book That Started It All is alive again! Meet Kitty...all over again!

My first book of movie and TV reviews, and, as I may have mentioned a few times, it's an Amazon #1 bestseller, too! (Hey, a girl likes to share the coolness when she can!) The re-release of the first book in The Martian Alliance Chronicles. Things aren't what they seem when Princess Olivia of Andromeda jumps aboard a spaceship to escape a loveless marriage.

A group of mystery-solving grandmothers, a daring granddaughter, a surf bum, homeless men, and a mysterious stranger all involved in a series of brutal murders in a sleepy seaside town... The re-release of my first humor collection, now with bonus funny! Despite what you may have heard or believe, all the stories are true...well, almost all...

The story of the Old West's most notorious female outlaw, the infamous Belladonna. Available in Hardback, trade paperback, and ebook. Read the story that started it all... Stacey Weir didn't mean to become an amateur sleuth. But when her adoptive father's accused of murder, there was only one thing for her to do...

Friends to lovers romantic suspense set in and around New Orleans, now with an (extended) epilogue! (Re-release.) Mosaic post-apocalyptic novel set in the far future that's reverted to Old West ways, where love, friends, and family are what get you through.

A collection of paranormal tales, with new bonus stories and an introduction from the author of BITE CLUB. (Re-release.) A collection of all my humorous SF/F/P (non-Alien series) stories, together in one place for the first time!

August 2025 READ THIS! Author Q&A

August's READ THIS! author Q&A with  Author E.S. Magill will be on Thursday, August 21, 2025 from 9pm-10pm Eastern. Access to Discord is available worldwide, and everyone is invited to attend! You do not need to be a Discord member/user to attend: Use this link https://discord.gg/GYpzD25JvW to go directly to the chat room! (You also don't need to have finished the book to join in the fun. We authors know that everyone reads at their own pace and we just want to hang out with you guys and have some good times!) Once in, you'll get to join in the fun of asking authors about their "process" and more. PLUS, one lucky winner will get September's READ THIS! selection for FREE! I know! It's too happy to be true! But true it is, so don't miss out! (You must be present in the chat to win. Physical copies U.S. only; ebook copies worldwide.)

August 2025 READ THIS! Selection

The READ THIS! Selection for August 2025 is:  Magica: Rise of the Cult by E.S. Magill Gini's Take: A different take on magic and how it works, in a fascinating contemporary setting, loaded with family drama and characters you'll root for. About the Author: E.S. Magill is a dark fiction and fantasy author, best known for the Magica series about a powerful witch protecting her family from supernatural threats. Her work includes published short stories and edited horror anthologies. Magill holds B.A. and M.A. degrees in English. Now a retired middle school English teacher, she spends her days working with her writing group Wily Writers. Magill is also a mental health advocate and nonfiction author. She currently lives in Phoenix with her also-retired husband. Visit www.esmagill.com for book info and to sign up for her newsletter.

September's READ THIS! Selection   And Remember: One Lucky Q&A Participant can win it early!

The READ THIS! Selection for September 2025 is:        Injustice Push Chronicles #2 By J.B. Garner

A Big-Little FYI... Due to all the things happening with the Alien Series and other things, Deck the Falls is going to be a little late. Sadly it's more than a little late now, but the end is near and I'm currently hoping for a September release. But Book 3 (Cruise the Falls) should be right back on schedule for March 2026. And, as soon as Deck the Falls is finalized, all y'all will, as always, be the first to know!

Read Out Loud! Do you have your copy of the Touched by an Alien audiobook yet? If not, don't wait! Grab yours today and start your year right!

Speaking of Reading Out Loud... Graphic Audio has renewed the contract for The Legend of Belladonna, Part 1: Natural Born Outlaws, by moi writing as A.E. Stanton. If you haven't grabbed this fantastic audiobook, don't delay, grab it today!

So many bookie wookies, so much time to catch up on all of them while waiting for The Alien Collection, Aliens Like Us, Aliens Like Them, and the next READ THIS! selection. Check out my Bookstore for all the things!

That's it for today, but, never fear, another Update, including details for the next READ THIS! selection, will be arriving in a couple of weeks! In the meantime, stay safe and healthy, remember we're all in this together, be kind to one another, give love and support to all those who are on the front lines in any capacity, hope this year continues to give all of you much joy and goodness, and let's be readers out there. Peace out, my li'l gangstas, and I'll catch all y'all on the flip side! Love, Gini