Sofawolf Press Inc πŸ”œ BLFC

Sofawolf Press Inc πŸ”œ BLFC

@sofawolf.com

Ragtag bunch of miscreants celebrating over two decades of publishing outstanding anthropomorphic fiction. Currently working on something new! Stay tuned... ⏳

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We don't so much sell books, we champion great stories. Whether we published them or not, if we loved it, we want to make sure everyone knows about it and why. We need to do more of that. Just talk about stories we love and why.

It's so much fun sharing our adoration of @tkingfisher.com with her fans. Yeah we sell her books, but we voraciously READ her books too. She spans so many genres from YA to Fantasy to Horror to Romance. One of the reasons we love selling her books is because there is something for everyone.

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If you’re at MileHiCon, the Sofawolf table has some original Digger omnibuses, AND the original T-shirts! Limited quantities.

It's so much fun sharing our adoration of @tkingfisher.com with her fans. Yeah we sell her books, but we voraciously READ her books too. She spans so many genres from YA to Fantasy to Horror to Romance. One of the reasons we love selling her books is because there is something for everyone.

We’ve also got post-menopause lesbian shifter romance, werewolf/ghost urban mystery, cozy mystery, the Foxes in Love comic collections, sci-fi, short story collections, etc… Too much to describe! Come and see!

We will also be bringing along a selection of Furry titles from us and other publishers which we feel align well with T. Kingfisher's style. Also looking forward to talking with any authors or fellow publishers who just want to know more about the Furry genre / culture / community.

As shifter romance has started to become more and more popular, there is a lot more permeability to the genre fiction markets. This is great news as Furry has been doing this stuff for almost three decades. And we've gotten really good at it.

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Another day, another distracted doodle of a cinnamon roll. This time, Alexei from the Dangerous Spirits series finally catching a well-deserved break. #FurryLit #ForesterUniverse #DangerousSpirits

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Out of Position continues to occupy an unfair amount of my mental real estate. Ended up spending a whole meeting doodling that one scene in which Dev firmly established himself as the sweetest of cinnamon rolls. #FurryArt #ForesterUniverse #Dev&Lee #OutOfPosition #FurryLit

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🎧🐯🦊❀️🏈! The β€˜Tales of the Firebirds’ audiobook #Kickstarter starts Nov. 1st! We’re lining up some great narrators who are bringing the characters around Dev & Lee to life. We’ll spotlight each of Kyell’s story leading up to the launch. Follow the pre-launch so you don’t miss game time! #FurryLit

kickstarter.comComing soon: Tales of the Firebirds Audiobook β€” 12 Stories, 12 NarratorsReturn to the world of Out of Position with 12 stories brought to life by an incredible cast of narrators.

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Thanks to everybody that stopped by the @sofawolf.com booth at BLFC! Great chatting with folks, and hearing how Kyell's books impacted and influenced them. For those writers out there who picked up Writer Ways, keep writing! We wanna hear about your books at the next @goblfc.org, Oct. 28-31, 2027!

argyllproductions.comWriter Ways: A Helpful Guide to Novel Writingβ€œI sure wish I’d had something like this when I started out,” says author Kyell Gold. He’s put thirty years of lessons and experience into these pages so that you can benefit from…

We will have Silver Moon & Blood Moon (both excellent) at our @milehicon.bsky.social table. Also the amazing Cinrak the Dapper. Did you know the 22nd is International Wombat Day?

Queen of Swords Press@qospress.bsky.social

#Booksky #Fridayreads 4/? are quite low. So buying from us direct, website or book table, or from our indie partners is ideal. Look for our books at Sofawolf’s upcoming tables this month, for instance! You can also find our books at libraries! Check out Libby, Tolino, CloudLibrary and Hoopla…

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#Booksky Small Press thread 2/? colleagues didn’t or won’t get to see. We would love to start Year 11 strong so weβ€˜re looking at crowdfunding, etc. I am hard at work on the third werewolf novel in my series and hope to have updates soon. But in the meantime, we need some book sales now!

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#Booksky Real Small Press Talk for a minute here 1/?: we are currently at about 50% of 2025β€˜s sales and and I no longer have a tech job to pull us out of freefall, which means we’re depend on book sales, Patreon and Ko-fi. Our 10th birthday is coming up in January, a milestone many of our…

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Reminder you can get the Critically Acclaimed* indie novel, with magical realism and bi cheetah liars, Game of Life from @doppelfoxxpublishing.com with the discount code FURRYBOOKMONTH. #FurryLit #BookSky

πŸ“šπŸ¦Š FURRY BOOK MONTH is here! πŸ¦ŠπŸ“š And it's a better time than ever to catch up on reading and support our amazing furry authors! From now until Oct. 31st, products in our store can be purchased 15% off with the code FURRYBOOKMONTH - from eBooks to print and audiobooks! doppelfoxxpublishing.com

Was playing one of the slots last night here in Reno (of course the Werewolf one), and having done the marketing session earlier in the day it got me thinking... Machines like this exist to take your money in exchange for an enjoyable experience. That's what creators do too.

SofawolfOne πŸ”œ BLFC@sofawolfone.bsky.social

Oh come on! How do you expect me to resist playing this at least once… The pant and the wink…

Obviously the deck is stacked against you, but a lot of the same things apply to creator business, particularly around retention. - Reward early and often with small things - The longer they stay, give them chances at bigger ones - The more friends they bring, the faster they reach higher levels

This sort of thing is at play a lot in affiliate marketing programs with software companies, so it is not a new idea by any means. But think of ways that you could track and reward the behavior of people who are your best customers. We're definitely going to add this to our own to-do pile.

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Love this thread! The universal creator's curse is knowing so much about the technical aspects of creating that you devalue the ephemeral nature of your creations. The life you give your creation is what sells it. The quality of it is what brings people back.

Rabbit Hole Studios@jenpallante.bsky.social

Your art is not about how "good" it is (by which people typically mean skill with a pen). That's a thing but not as big as folks think. It's about how much life it has. That comes from you- and it's the same no matter your SKILL level. And people respond to that.

Marketing for Furry Creators @goblfc.org Today at Noon in Shasta I use a lot of dirty words like "customer profile" and "niche" and "marketing funnel" in an attempt to demystify the dark art of marketing for indie creators. Last night's After Dark Festival will seem tame comparatively. #BLFC

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Hi folks! I won’t be able to attend BLFC, as I was hit by a car while crossing a crosswalk the day I was supposed to leave :/ Thankfully my friends @coyotictrouble.com are helping me out and have some of my shirts available next to their table β€οΈβ€πŸ©Ή Swing by and check it out! Next to Coyotic Troubles!

The takeaway is that the days of simply being online is no longer enough to make a creative career possible. It is now a crowded market all using the same playbook. This is a big part of what I'll be covering in my Marketing for Furry Creators panel on Wednesday at BLFC (and afterwards online).

It doesn't mean you need a marketing department OR that you need to spend all your time building an audience rather than creating. But if you DO want to try to monetize your creative skills in any meaningful way you can no longer rely on your creations to sell themselves.

"The thing that worries me is that we're being pushed toward self-sufficiency at exactly the same time that it seems to be getting harder to build a sustainable independent career that isn’t dictated by the whims of tech companies and social media algorithms."

"We talk a lot about why people tend to gravitate towards the same knitting patterns, the same books, the same creators... it’s a natural consequence of there just being so many choices that we need something to help us decide, so we tend to focus on what is popular to narrow down our options."

I don’t think this is universally the case. There is a lot of promoting of Furry-made media within the community. There can definitely be more and we need to figure out ways to reach the community more effectively. People talk about what they know about.

Starlight Necromancer (Vae/Vaer)@starlightnecro.bsky.social

The furry community is really bad about promoting furry media that's actually made BY FURRIES and will instead exclusively promote childrens media that happens to have anthro characters There's furry books, comics, there used to be conlang projects Support your fellow artist if you want furry art

It’s something we are thinking a lot about, and not just for products we are directly involved with. The answer will come from all of us, but hopefully we can help facilitate and empower it.

I also feel like, while I get the "By Furries" part, there is room for welcoming and promoting creators (especially those from disadvantaged / marginalized communities) who are willing to embrace and respect the Furry community. Long way of saying we can embrace those who embrace us, too.

Our contract terms have ALWAYS been strictly pro-creator, with limited exclusivity terms, very specific usage rights, and all other rights being retained by the creator. Are there instances where we wish we had asked for more? Definitely! But we can always go back to the creators and ask for more.

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In light of some magazines pulling scummy things on creators lately, I’m doing a little thread on short story rights. I don't want anybody getting taken advantage of. Also, if you're new, this stuff can be confusing!