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- 1 Q. What is the Cozy the Day Away Sale?
- 2 Q. Is it just cozy fantasy books?
- 3 Q. What are the sale dates for 2025?
- 4 Q. Is this the same as Stuff Your Kindle?
- 5 Q. I can see the books have many diversity categories, but what is the author diversity category?
- 6 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?
- 7 Q. Okay, I’m interested. How do I get notified about a sale before it happens?
- 8 Q. What if I don’t want to sign up for the newsletter?
- 9 Q. How do I access the list of participating authors on the sale date?
- 10 Q. Can I share the sale with others?
- 11 Q. This looks like a ton of hard work by a staff of just a few humans in late-stage capitalism by someone who is running 3 businesses and only stays afloat with cinnamon rolls and strong black tea, how can I support the Cozy Sale team?
Q. What is the Cozy the Day Away Sale?
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?
It’s cozy fantasy and cozy fantasy “adjacent”. Content warnings will be your best guide to determine what’s comfortable for reading.
Q. What are the sale dates for 2025?
The dates are:
- May 16th
- October 10-12th (a 3-day event to coincide with HearthCon)
Q. Is this the same as Stuff Your Kindle?
Not really. Stuff Your Kindle has a few limitations. 1) it is for Kindle Unlimited books only on Amazon and 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, including the library! Lastly, while the books aren’t free, they are deeply discounted! We even have a “$1.00 or free” category for the bargain hunters. 🙂
We recognize that readers often like to support authors of a certain representation, but this is the author’s choice to share or not. If an author has checked that they have diversity, this could be any of the following categories:
- Physical disability rep
- Mental disability rep
- LGTBQIA+/Gender/Sexual diversity rep
- Global Majority rep
- Neurodiverse rep
- Religious diversity rep
- Cultural rep
- Body positivity
For the sake of authors’ privacy and safety, they do not have to specify which of the above representation they may be, only that they fall into one of these categories. This way the author’s privacy is safeguarded but the readers who seek diversity can find what they are looking for.
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, are as follows:
- 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.
- 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 and the reader’s decision whether or not to buy.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 acknowledges that some AI-generated imagery may still slip into these posts.
Q. Okay, I’m interested. How do I get notified about a sale before it happens?
Sign up for the www.promisepress.org newsletter and you’ll be sent two reminders: 1 month and 3 days prior to a sale date.
That’s totally your choice, but then you’ll have to remember the dates on your own. 🙂
On a sale date, the list of participating authors will be made public on www.cozyfantasysale.promisepress.org that date at midnight CDT. They will be sorted by subcategory and author diversity. There are also categories for book format and books that are listed for under $1.00.
Of course! We highly encourage using the hashtag #cozythedayaway to show off your amazing bounty.
Q. This looks like a ton of hard work by a staff of just a few humans in late-stage capitalism by someone who is running 3 businesses and only stays afloat with cinnamon rolls and strong black tea, how can I support the Cozy Sale team?
Here’s our donation information:
If you ever need to contact the Cozy the Day Away organizers or moderators, you can email us at info@promisepress.org