As the year draws to a close, we pause not just to look back, but to celebrate. Indies United has grown brighter, fuller, and more alive than ever before and it’s all thanks to the voices, stories, and creative sparks that make our community shine. ✨ New Authors, New Books This year, we welcomed fresh voices into our fold, each one adding their own magic to our shelves. From debut releases to seasoned storytellers, our gallery has expanded into a living library of imagination

The Greatest Gift You Can Give an Author This Holiday Season The holidays are a season of giving, of warmth, of connection, of small gestures that ripple outward. For authors, the most meaningful gift doesn’t come wrapped in paper or tied with ribbon. It comes in words: a book review. When you take a few minutes to share your thoughts about a book you’ve read, you’re giving an author something priceless: Visibility : Reviews help books shine brighter in crowded marketplaces,

A Portal for Readers and Dreamers Every so often, a doorway opens, not the kind you find in your hallway, but the kind that hums with possibility. Inkrealm is that doorway. It’s our new VR book world, a place where stories don’t just sit on shelves, they breathe, shimmer, and invite you to wander inside. Inkrealm is more than a gallery. It’s a sanctuary for book lovers, a playful labyrinth where you can: Wander through the book gallery : Discover new releases as they arrive,

Forget paradoxes. Forget machines. Behind the Now bends time in ways you’ve never seen. Amy’s Bookshelf Reviews has chosen Bob Freeman’s Behind the Now  as its Book of the Month , spotlighting a novel that reimagines time travel with fresh originality and haunting resonance. In Behind the Now , Freeman invites readers to step beyond the familiar tropes of time machines and paradoxes. Instead of revisiting the past to undo history, protagonist José discovers that crossing the

A Month of Tiny Tales, Genre Cheer, and Holiday Whimsy Hello, dear readers! It’s me, Quibble, your ever-curious literary sidekick, back with a snow-dusted scarf and a heart full of stories. December has arrived, and I’m positively twinkling with excitement. The cocoa is hot, the books are stacked, and I’ve got glitter in my binding. This month? It’s all about short stories, festive reads, and a genre spotlight that sparkles with magic: Fantasy! December is National Short Stor

By the end of November, Ron Kinscherf will have visited nearly 750 children and gifted around 400 books this year, each one a doorway to imagination, creativity, and possibility. Whether he's speaking to wide-eyed kindergarteners or thoughtful middle schoolers, Ron tailors each visit to meet young minds where they are. For the youngest groups, he explores the magic of storytelling: how ideas take shape, how illustrations breathe life into characters, and how adjectives add sp