22 Comments
User's avatar
Mica Merrill Rice's avatar

I love this idea! I also appreciate the time and energy it likely took to do this to support authors and readers alike. Bravo! 🙌🏽

Expand full comment
Mark Armstrong's avatar

It was great to hear the catalogue includes the book covers. Always a huge factor in deciding whether to buy a book, and it's puzzling to me that covers seem to be getting more and more generic. In many cases, it's a missed opportunity. It'll be interesting to see which authors are taking full advantage of their cover as a marketing tool.

Expand full comment
Kimolisa Mings's avatar

I love this idea, I think I will do the same for Caribbean romance. Thank you for sharing

Expand full comment
Kathleen Schmidt's avatar

Great idea!

Expand full comment
Alisa Kennedy Jones's avatar

This is fantastic! Can't wait to share with our readers on The Empress!

Expand full comment
Kate Monnin's avatar

I'm thrilled to hear about a Substack author book catalog!

Expand full comment
Andrea Ezerins's avatar

What a great idea! Thanks for sharing this with your tribe. I love Ali and am currently reading her latest. Her lack of publicity didn't impact me.

Expand full comment
Shelley Burbank's avatar

Love this idea. Kudos to them. Also to you for doing a digital spring cleaning. I deleted FB and Insta from my phone a few months ago, and it’s pretty amazing how I really don’t miss it or the constant feeling like my life is only good if I’m creating selfies and posting pics of charcuterie boards and/or what I’m doing every day. (Of course my Substack use has gone up, so I’m keeping an eye on that.)

Expand full comment
Jane Friedman's avatar

Thank you for mentioning the increasingly toxic environment on Threads when it comes to publishing. I was starting to wonder if it was a problem with how I've been curating my feed!

Expand full comment
Sally Ekus's avatar

Love this so much!! I’d love to do one for cookbooks in my free time. Ha!

Expand full comment
Kathleen Schmidt's avatar

I have! I posted it here in Notes.

Expand full comment
Evelyn Skye's avatar

Andi and Kirthana are so clever! The perfect model of talented writers and savvy businesspeople.

Expand full comment
Kristin Fellows's avatar

Terrific, thanks Kathleen!

Expand full comment
Hazel's avatar

It's really exciting to hear more stuff like this popping up onto Substack! I've also been building a Book Catalog as well, though it functions a bit differently than the one made in Canva. But wow, is this cool!

Expand full comment
Kirthana Ramisetti's avatar

Thank you for chatting with us and sharing the catalog! (I also enjoyed Sirens, btw!)

Expand full comment
Kathleen Schmidt's avatar

We just watched the first episode. It’s intriguing. Plus, I love anything cultish!

Expand full comment
Steve Radlauer's avatar

Hey! Here are two more Substackers with a book:

https://exasperatedmedia.com

Expand full comment
Kathleen Schmidt's avatar

I'm not the one putting together the catalog!

Expand full comment
AmeliaLeeSheldon's avatar

Thank you for this news - it is uplifting! I hope to see you at the US Book Show!

Expand full comment