We are independent media, and we depend on support from our community. Your support for the work we do here means that we can help you find more books to love.
Some of the easiest ways to support us are free, and all of them are easy!
If you ever want suggestions of ways to support us, this is the page for options.
Join Smart Bitches After Dark! Smart Bitches After Dark is our membership community! It’s only $9 a month or $90 a year, and you get exclusive content, recs, mayhem, and more!
Are you a longtime reader who fondly remembers old skool SBTB mayhem like Pregnesia and The Playboy Sheikh’s Virgin Stable Girl? Are you a newer and happily obsessed fan of romance whose body might maybe flash a little hot sometimes, and who wants to find a community that welcomes your enthusiasm and can perhaps help explain some of the genre’s history, including scandals of yore? Come deepen your fandom!
- Use our links when you shop! We love Bookshop, and Libro.fm, and so many wonderful places to get books and audiobooks. And if you use our Amazon affiliate links, especially if you’re after more comfy pajamas and cozy socks (we support these choices), anything you buy sends a portion of the purchase back to us at no extra cost to you.
- Contribute Directly! Buy us a Coffee by clicking on the coffee cup icon wherever you see it! It’s not an actual coffee or connected to a machine (wow, that’d be cool) but it’s an easy way to directly support our work. Even a small amount makes a big, big difference. Thank you!
- Join our Podcast Patreon! Love our podcast? Consider joining our podcast Patreon, where you’ll find bonus episodes, and a wonderful Discord community of podcast listeners.
- Tell folks about us! From book clubs to social media, you’re probably part of some lovely communities on- and offline. Please, tell folks about us! We love to welcome new readers!
- Become a sponsor! Are you an author or a publisher? We have plenty of opportunities from newsletters and social media to banner ads and podcast spots. Advertising with us is a great way to get a lot of eyes on your books and support SBTB at the same time. We can even help with design services.
Why do we need this support?
Staying in business in tough! When major media outlets are experiencing a terrible contraction with layoffs, eliminations, and shuttering of entire websites and communities, it affects us, too. As a small but feisty form of independent media, Smart Bitches Trashy Books has a robust community and a long (almost 20 years!) history.
But our costs remain – hosting, tech services and support, paying our staff of reviewers, and publishing new creative items to read and listen to, well, that all costs money. The same contractions that affect major media sites in terms of advertisement and indirect support also affect us. The short answer is: we are small and nimble, but we have costs to maintain operation, and more direct support is needed.
We offer a lot of opportunities for readers to find the books they love, including the BookFinder, Reviews, Hide Your Wallet, and more. We know that joy of finding a book that rocks your world. And we know how hard it is to find readers. We are real people with a real love of books (and podcasting) and we appreciate your time spent with us, and your support of our work!
Thank you so very much.
