I love to know when my favorite authors have a new book coming out as far in advance as possible. This advance notice is incredibly helpful so that I can either pre-order the book, place it on hold in the library, or request it from NetGalley. With my list of authors growing longer and longer I needed an easier way to track their new releases. Last summer I scoured the internet and found two very helpful web sites. I made a post highlighting these web sites called Discussion Post: Tracking Upcoming Releases From Your Favorite Authors. I have faithfully used one of the sites within this post (Author Alerts) every week. Unfortunately they have had a difficult time with their affiliate Amazon and will more than likely have to shut down. So once again I went on a hunt for another way to track new releases.
I have found a fabulous app called TellMeWhen that will not only track soon to be released books, but also audio books, music, and videos.
It is really easy to use:
- Enter the author you wish to track
- Click monitor
- And that’s it, it will remember all the authors you wish to track
Note: I know this app is available for the iPhone, but I do not know if is available on Android.
My author list has grown quicker than I had thought possible since starting my blog. It is a fantastic problem to have – I will never be without a great book to read!
How do you keep track of new releases by your favorite authors?
Let’s get social…
I haven’t had any notifications from Author Alerts in ages. I just assumed it wasn’t working anymore.
I try to keep track, rather badly, via other bloggers and twitter mostly.
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It’s them, not you! It’s really hard to stay on top on things, isn’t it?!
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It is! But I’ve managed so far, I suppose. As long as I don’t miss any Karin Slaughter books, it’s all good! 😄
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Speaking of Karin Slaughter, I’m 70% through Blindsighted. I’m really enjoying it and look forward to seeing where this series is going to go.
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Woohoo! This pleases me enormously! Can’t wait to read your review! xx
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What a great app what a shame there’s no android alternative yet. I use Goodreads and Twitter to keep an eye on new releases.
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Goodreads is a great resource, but I find that the more books an author has the more tedious it gets.
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Just read a post from another blogger who was saying she has to put the app (or a similar) one onto her phone. Going to investigate now. Thanks.
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Yes, that is true. You can only use it on the phone.
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Just added it to my phone. Just have to get started on actually using it now.
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Yay! Let me know what you think once you get going with it 😊
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Will do.
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Will do!
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Thank you!! I’m going to check this out.
I usually get alerts from Amazon and Goodreads when favorite authors are releasing new books.
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Should you decide to use it, I’d love to know what you think.
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I already downloaded it and started adding authors names. ☺️
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This is interesting! I follow a few authors on Amazon and you get an alert when there’s a new novel coming, other than that, also Goodreads, Twitter, newsletters and other bloggers.
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All great resources! I was looking for one stop shopping to try and save time. More time = more reading 🙂
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Going to check this out 🙂 Thank you!
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You’re welcome!
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Thanks, Tina! I’m going to give it a shot! xx
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Excellent! I’d love to know what you think of it.
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Just downloaded the app, thank you!
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You’re welcome! I hope it works for you.
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Wow sounds great thank you!!!
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Thanks for letting us know about this Tina! Sounds like a great way to keep track of favourite authors! 😁
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I think so too! I have high hopes it will work well for me 🙂
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