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Author FAQ

Q. What is the Cozy the Day Away Sale?

A. It’s a one-day sale that happens a couple of times a year, specifically for the cozy fantasy genre.

Q. Is it just cozy fantasy books?

A. It’s cozy fantasy and cozy fantasy “adjacent”. Content warnings will be how you guide the reader to determine what’s comfortable for their reading.

Q. Will there be a cozy adjacent category?

A. Yes, there is going to be a “cozy adjacent” category. Cozy mysteries have been an established subgenre for some time within Mystery/Thriller, but I recognize that there is some overlap. Only you can determine if your book falls into cozy fantasy. 

Q. Is this the same format as Stuff Your Kindle?

A. Not really. Stuff Your Kindle has a few limitations.

1) it is for Kindle Unlimited books only on Amazon
 2) it is only for the romance genre.

Cozy the Day Away is for ebooks, paperback books, hardcover books, AND audiobooks. Authors may list their books outside of Amazon, opening up all kinds of distributors and formats. We ask the authors to drop the price as low as you can without taking a loss and advertise what the savings are, ie, 25%, 50%, free, $1.00, et cetera. The idea of the sale is to generate a volume of readers finding us in one place or at one time, making it easier for them to find other cozy authors.

Q. What are the sale dates for 2025?

A. The dates are:

  • May 16th 
  • October 10-12th (a 3-day event to coincide with HearthCon)

Q. How does it work?

A. There is a 3-step process to join the Cozy the Day Away Sale as an author…

  1. Complete this form
  2. The CDAS moderators will be notified the form has been filled out, they will conduct the screening process. If you are approved, they will create your author account within a week
  3. After the author account has been created, the author receives an email to set up a secure password

A. …and a 3-step process to have your book/series in the sale.

  1. The author accesses and manages their books, then submits them for moderator approval
  2. CDAS moderators will approve books with complete information only
  3. All books are set to “Private” status by moderators until the night before the sale, then they are set to “Public” for 24 hours
    You can look at your book/series listings before the sale date by logging in and following the steps in the “How do I edit a book I’ve already submitted?” video demo below.

Q. How do I submit a book or series?

A. Complete the Submit a Book form here. (You can also make one listing per series, if you’d like to submit several books as a group and link to them in the Description section.)

Q. What price am I supposed to mark my books at?

A. That’s up to you. We are not making our authors commit to free or a penny or a dollar. We encourage at LEAST a 25% drop in price to attract as many readers as possible. After all, it’s for one special event. But the amount of the discount is what you can comfortably handle without taking a loss.

Reminder: YOU would be responsible for setting up your sale prices and where. I’m in charge of the list, see. Not your individual marketing, your file formats, where you list them, et cetera. Choose the one link you are listing wisely, as you want them to be directed to your author website, your Draft2Digital page, your Goodreads author page, or somewhere else. 

Q. How do I edit a book I’ve already submitted?

Found a typo? Need to change your sale date? Just edit your the details of your existing listing and save. Our moderators will be notified that your book listing needs review, so they can mark it as ready for the next sale. Edits are accepted up to 24 hours before a sale begins. Edits made the day of the sale are accepted, but an additional email will need to be sent to info@promisepress.org in order for the moderators to re-approve the listing.

Q. Will my links be tested before the sale date?

A. Authors will be responsible for testing their own hyperlinks. 

Q. What will the site look like on the sale date?

The site will look quiet in between sales, but on the day of the event, every book tagged with that date will be displayed. Here’s a preview of what it will look like and how to use categories:

Q. Once I opt-in to one sale date, does that lock me in for the rest of the year? Or lock in one book/series?

A. Certainly not. Once you’re approved to have an author account, you will be able to enter and remove different books in different sales. This will all be related to what tags you use in your book’s entry.

Q. AI-generated content is on the rise. What are the policies and values of this event as it relates to computer-generated text and images?

The Cozy the Day Away values, as it pertains to AI and the intersection with self-published books participating in the sale, is as follows:

  1. Cozy the Day Away does not allow AI-generated OR pirated long-form written content, whether that’s books, novellas, short stories, scripts, or screenplays. 
  1. Cozy the Day Away does acknowledge that some short forms of content is created by authors such as marketing tag lines, synopsis sentences, or back jacket book descriptions. This is considered the author’s decision.
  2. Cozy the Day Away does not police book cover imagery as this is the author’s decision, and the reader’s decision whether or not to buy.
  3. Cozy the Day Away has employed a human graphic designer to create the logo by hand for the ongoing sale. This artist is not using AI-generated imagery.
  4. Cozy the Day Away does acknowledge that when creating marketing materials such as videos or still images, we will do our best to research original artists and credit them for their photography, designs, memes, songs, illustrations, paintings, and other such art, but also acknowledge that some AI-generated imagery may still slip into these posts.

Q. I see on the Submit a Book form that you ask me about my personal diversity. Do I have to answer that?

A. Some readers only want to read books by authors who are of a particular diversity. This is a category that is searchable on the day of a sale, but we consider it the right of the author to keep their diversity private if they wish, so it is your decision whether or not you want to select that category.

Author diversity that is disclosed to the public does not contain details, simply listed as “Diverse Authors.” The Cozy the Day Away sale diverse categories, for books and authors, are recognized as:

Body positivity rep
Cultural diversity rep
Global Majority rep
LGBTQIA+ /Gender/Sexuality rep
Mental disabilities rep
Neurodiversity rep
Physical disabilities rep
Religious diversity rep

Q. It sounds great, but I don’t want to/can’t participate in the next sale date. How do I remove myself from the sale?

A. If you do not want to be on the next sale, simply remove that category from your book’s profile and it will not be listed on the next sale date. The book will remain in your author profile so you won’t have to duplicate its information later.

Q. Do I need to join the Cozy the Day Away Discord to take part in a sale?

A. It’s not a requirement for authors to join the Discord channel, but it’s where readers and authors can interact about the sale. Most spaces on the Internet are reader-only or author-only, and this group is built to share space with both.
https://discord.gg/Zbvch8vtzZ

Q. Sounds amazing, I’m in! What do I do first?

A. Fill out the form here.

Q. Are there any promotional graphics for the sale I can use in my newsletter/on social media?

A. Authors are encouraged to use the CDAS logo and make their own graphics. We prefer not to refer to the sale as “Stuff Your Kindle” as this is misleading, but more of a group flash sale.

Best practice in the past has been to include the estimated # of books in the sale, the types of formats (ebook, print, audio), the date of the sale, and the hashtag #cozythedayaway

Q. What link should I use to promote the sale in my newsletters/social media?

A. www.cozyfantasysale.promisepress.org

Q. I have feedback/a suggestion for the next sale. Where can I send it?

A. You can contact us at info@promisepress.org

Q. I have another question that isn’t answered here. Where can I ask it?

A. You can contact us at info@promisepress.org  or post it in the Discord server at 

https://discord.gg/Zbvch8vtzZ

If you ever need to contact the Cozy the Day Away organizers or moderators, you can email us at info@promisepress.org