Rainbow Crate
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🌈 We make pretty books for you. Every month! 🌈 Special, exclusive editions of lgbtqia+ books 🌈 Monthly regular subscription & quarterly spicy subscription!
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Joined January 2020
The Rainbow Crate team is pleased to reveal that our March 2025 theme is…. 😈 I KISSED A DEMON & I LIKED IT 😈. 🌈 Whether the new year brings new pursuits or second chances, we’ve got your literary needs covered here at Rainbow Crate!. Read on to learn more! 🧵
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ARE YOU READY FOR THE FOXHOLE COURT?. In collaboration with Nora Sakavic, Rainbow Crate is pleased to announce our long-anticipated special edition set of the All For The Game series!. All details will be in the thread, please read the WHOLE THREAD.
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🌈 Hey Reading Rainbows! We’re so excited to showcase the three amazing artists we have working on our All For the Game set in collaboration with Nora Sakavic (@norasakavic )! The set will be hardcover editions of all three books:
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You were so patient besties and for that I will reward you with: Naked Hardcover for The Foxhole Court!. If you spread this far and wide, I might be convinced to release another 👀. Preorder link below 👇. #AFTG #AndrewMinyard #TheFoxes
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One quick announcement:. We have terminated our relationship with the listed artist for our AFTG dust jackets due to unprofessional behavior that does not reflect our values. We will be announcing a replacement artist once we've found one (so if you have a fav, send them our way).
DETAILS:.- A gorgeous hardcover set of all three books.- OPEN PREORDERS in March 2024 (no limits).- $120 USD plus s&h.- Dust jacket art by @stopitsaya.- End page art by @ouijacine.- Hard case art by @llstarcasterll.- Printed edges.- New content written by Nora.- Plus more!
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🌈 Hey Reading Rainbows! We’re so excited to showcase the three amazing artists we have working on our All For the Game set in collaboration with Nora Sakavic (@norasakavic )! The set will be hardcover editions of all three books:
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Hey Besties! For anyone who bought our AFTG set, attention please!. Nora is the kindest human and decided to donate her entire payment for this series to charity. Please suggest queer and or trans charities you think we should consider donating to.
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🌈 Hey Reading Rainbows! We’re so excited to showcase the three amazing artists we have working on our All For the Game set in collaboration with Nora Sakavic (@norasakavic )! The set will be hardcover editions of all three books:
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Rainbow Crate would like to extend our deepest apologies to Mr. Andrew Minyard for listing him as a backliner instead of a goalie. He would like us to remind you that he is not a stick ball junkie who gets off on chasing a ball around a court like a dog.
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DETAILS:.- A gorgeous hardcover set of all three books.- OPEN PREORDERS in March 2024 (no limits).- $120 USD plus s&h.- Dust jacket art by @stopitsaya.- End page art by @ouijacine.- Hard case art by @llstarcasterll.- Printed edges.- New content written by Nora.- Plus more!
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Thank you, you were amazing! Have a good night now 💅. Artwork by @llStarCasterll. The naked cover will be a white case, full color illustration, plus orange and black foil on the text! This is underneath the dust jacket. Preorder link below 👇. #TheRavens #Riko #Andreil
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What if I leave this here…. More to come soon 👀👀👀👀 what could it be??
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🌈Hey Reading Rainbows! We’re back with a surprise last minute artist reveal for the May crate! All May book plates for The Sun & the Star will have exclusive art from @Velinxi as well as being digitally signed by @MarkDoesStuff and Rick Riordan!
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🌈 Hey Rainbow Readers! Happy Pride! We have several fun genre lists heading your way this month. All of these lists will feature between 10-20 books and all books on it will have under 5,000 Goodreads ratings, with a handful on each being under 1,000!
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Just a reminder that our dust jacket for The Sun and the Star glows in the dark! It works best if you have a UV light to shine on it! 😘
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🌈 Hey Rainbow Readers! Happy Pride! We have several fun genre lists heading your way this month. All of these lists will feature between 10-20 books and all books on it will have under 5,000 Goodreads ratings, with a handful on each being under 1,000!
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Are you ready for damnation!? . Artwork by @llStarCasterll. The naked cover will be a white case, full color illustration, plus orange and black foil on the text!. Preorder link below 👇. #NeilJosten #Wymack #Palmetto
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The covers go from day to dusk to night (sunshine, Abram, death) as the books get darker and highlight Neil's journey from being alone, to being part of a team, to being in this new and wonderfully stupid (Mary would be horrified!) bond with Andrew.
ARE YOU READY FOR THE FOXHOLE COURT?. In collaboration with Nora Sakavic, Rainbow Crate is pleased to announce our long-anticipated special edition set of the All For The Game series!. All details will be in the thread, please read the WHOLE THREAD.
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Surprise! It’s time to reveal the naked hardcover design of our exclusive All for the Game set in collaboration with Nora Sakavic. All orders placed by the end of the preorder period, will be signed! This is an open preorder with no limits. 🧵
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In collaboration with Nora Sakavic, Rainbow Crate is pleased to announce our long-anticipated special edition set of the All For The Game series! Preorders are now open!. Get yours here:
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We are sitting at about 3000 orders and are absolutely stunned by this response. Truly we thought 5000 was a pipe dream. We will see how many orders we get over the next couple days and choose a higher limit which we’ll also announce. All orders placed so far will be signed!.
- Author Letter.- Each book hand-signed by Nora.- Special, AFTG themed shipping box. The first 5,000 sets will be hand signed; any sets after this (if any) will be unsigned or will have a bookplate in place of the bound-in signature page.
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Rainbow Crate does not discriminate against individuals based on things they cannot change, including race, gender, identity, and country of origin. We were sent evidence of the artist in question making racist, ableist, and xenophobic remarks, and that is why we terminated our.
Some replies to our last tweets have gotten hateful and we do not want to enable the continuance, so we have closed replies. Our decision regarding AFTG jackets was based solely on the behavior of the artist involved. Thank you for understanding &.
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Thank you for your patience as we worked on a solution for the AFTG jacket errors. We want to apologize for the errors on the jackets. We understand that the errors are unacceptable and we are implementing a solution to keep this from happening in the future. 🧵
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Just a quick update that the sale is not ready yet. It is coming and you haven't missed it! We are waiting on some final artwork and as soon as everything is ready we will let you all know 🫶. If you're not on socials regularly, sign up for our email list:
In collaboration with @norasakavic, Rainbow Crate is pleased to announce our long-anticipated special edition set of the All For The Game series!
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🌈 Our first book this month is The Sun and the Star by @MarkDoesStuff and @rickriordan! We have completely redesigned the dust jacket with a very popular PJO fanartist, and trust us, this jacket is GORGEOUS and a total homage to fans of Nico and Will! Stay tuned for more info!
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I (co-owner) would like to personally add: thank you for bringing up your concerns last night and for your patience while we composed a statement. Co-owner and I were both indisposed last night, and it's now 7am for me. We've tried to be expedient while also being thorough.
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Surprise! You asked, we listened! We are excited to announce that we are extending our sale of these editions until April 1st 11:59 PM EDT!. In addition, we have also increased our limit of signed copies. Nora has very graciously agreed to sign more. More below!
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Surprise! We are excited to announce that all of our exclusive All For the Game editions will have their original paperback cover printed as a reversible dust jacket! 🧵. Note: This is a digital mock up and finished copies may differ slightly.
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HEY BESTIES!!! BIG NEWS: The AFTG sets have shipped from our printer and are almost to our packing center. We don’t have an exact ship date yet, but we expect to send them out within the next two weeks. 🧵
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Meant to come back last night but fell asleep 🫣. Anyway y’all bought about 6,400 sets during the preorder period. Yes there are still more left 😌.
It’s the final ~6 hours of our unlimited preorder! This post will have all the information you might want about this set! . We will close the unlimited preorder tonight at 11:59 PM EDT.🧵
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In collaboration with @norasakavic, Rainbow Crate is pleased to announce our long-anticipated special edition set of the All For The Game series!
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🌈 Hey Reading Rainbows! Happy Asexual Awareness Week! With the end of Ace week upon us we are back one more time to celebrate with twenty-eight asexual books! To all the Ace readers out there, we are wishing you a very happy day!
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Some replies to our last tweets have gotten hateful and we do not want to enable the continuance, so we have closed replies. Our decision regarding AFTG jackets was based solely on the behavior of the artist involved. Thank you for understanding &.
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-You’ve all been waiting for it! We will have our cover reveal and SALE DATE announcement for the All For the Game Set this Saturday, March 9th. Pre-orders DO NOT OPEN on this date, they will begin later this month.
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We ship internationally, don’t worry! If the post office can ship there, we can get the books to you. 🧡.
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psst…. they’re going to be matching hardcovers. tell your friends 🦊.
Something exciting in the works 🦊🦊🦊.
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Fellas is it gay to keep the iconic two chapter 14's??? (Asking bc we really lean into the gay over here).
@rainbowcrate i really wanna know if your hardcover all for the game version will have two chapters 14 too.
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🌈 Hey Rainbow Readers! Happy Pride! We have several fun genre lists heading your way this month. All of these lists will feature between 10-20 books and all books on it will have under 5,000 Goodreads ratings, with a handful on each being under 1,000!
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This is impressive.
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Hey friends! Just a heads up that we've gotten a HUGE influx of emails since the AFTG update went out last night, so please bear with us as we try to get through them! Or just me! Please bear with me I'm literally just a girl and there are so many emails 🥲 -jeni.
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UPDATE: we passed 5,000 orders!! Y’all are amazing. As a little treat, we have even more signed copies for anyone who hasn’t bought yet 😌💅.
Surprise! You asked, we listened! We are excited to announce that we are extending our sale of these editions until April 1st 11:59 PM EDT!. In addition, we have also increased our limit of signed copies. Nora has very graciously agreed to sign more. More below!
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We know special editions are a luxury for people, so we dropped this hint so anyone who wants them can save up. They’ll likely go on preorder early 2024 and there won’t be a limited amount. We will reveal the covers and edges (at least)during the announcement.
psst…. they’re going to be matching hardcovers. tell your friends 🦊.
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Good eye! These are in fact ravens 👀
@rainbowcrate i just HAVE to ask (because the attention to detail for these amazing editions is genuinely my favorite thing in the world)………. the birdies in the background………… those are ravens aren’t they………. 😭😭😭.
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He, in fact, only moves as needed to the left or right a few steps. Neil Josten is the fastest striker in the NCAA and sleeps with his racquet (we'd like to note that we can't confirm this, Mr. Minyard insisted we include it).
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🌈 AFTG Dust Jacket Replacements and Extra Set Updates!. Hello everyone, we have a new update on our AFTG sets. We have officially received word that our dust jackets have finished printing and are shipping to our center. 🧵
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Good morning, foxes 🐾.Keep an eye on our mailing list on December 7th!. Sign up here:
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🌈SURPRISE! We have updated the cover design of our exclusive All For the Game Set. Scroll through to see each cover individually! Production for this set has officially started. 🧵. Note: This is a digital mockup and finished copies may differ slightly.
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We also reached out to Allison Reynolds about listing her as a striker instead of a dealer. She did not return our calls.
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🌈 Hey Reading Rainbows! It’s time for our first artist reveal for the May Fight Like Hell crate! First up is Alessia (@Alessiatrunfio) who is designing the new cover for The Sun and The Star by @MarkDoesStuff and @RickRiordan!
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This will be an open preorder with no limits. Sets will ship in Fall 2024 with shipping date TBA at a later date. We ship internationally. Customers can buy as many sets as they want, however they must all be purchased separately. Sets cannot be shipped together in the same box.
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🌈 16 QUEER MUSLIM BOOKS!. Hello Rainbow Readers and Happy Ramadan! Ramadan is a month-long holiday and occurs during the ninth month of the Islamic calendar. To celebrate we have a list of queer books featuring Muslim MCs!
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- $119.99 USD plus s&h.- Dust jacket art by @unholy_rodeo.- End page art by @ouijacine.- Hard case art by @llstarcasterll.- Printed edges.- New, exclusive short story for each book.- Ribbon bookmarks.- Author Letter.- Each book hand-signed by Nora.- AFTG themed shipping box.
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Good morning! We passed the 4000 mark while I was asleep. But we are still under 5000. All orders thus far will be signed 🥳.
In collaboration with Nora Sakavic, Rainbow Crate is pleased to announce our long-anticipated special edition set of the All For The Game series! Preorders are now open!. Get yours here:
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We've been made aware of a serious situation regarding an author we've worked with in the past. We are devastated and upset by their deception and our hearts go out to authors and community affected by this. We ask for your patience as we put together a formal statement.
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Still haven't hit 5k so stop stressing if you're tryna order! Y'all don't be like Wymack okay we all know that man is 20 years older than his age because the monsters always stressin him out 😔.
Good morning! We passed the 4000 mark while I was asleep. But we are still under 5000. All orders thus far will be signed 🥳.
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What if I told you that tomorrow we are dropping some updated covers? (No art has been changed, only the cover design elements).
ARE YOU READY FOR THE FOXHOLE COURT?. In collaboration with Nora Sakavic, Rainbow Crate is pleased to announce our long-anticipated special edition set of the All For The Game series!. All details will be in the thread, please read the WHOLE THREAD.
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I (jeni) just want everyone to know that the entire team (incl Nora) has had an entire discussion about the 2 chapter 14's and ways to make sure people who aren't familiar with the books understand that this is actually on purpose and in fact, important 😌.
Fellas is it gay to keep the iconic two chapter 14's??? (Asking bc we really lean into the gay over here).
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Edge design to be revealed tomorrow, March 10th when the sale goes live at 9 AM EDT!. DETAILS:.- A gorgeous hardcover set of all three books.- OPEN PREORDERS begin on March 10th at 9 AM EDT!.- OPEN PREORDERS end on March 24th at 11:59 PM EDT!
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We've seen that there are already copies of AFTG up on sale sites and we just want to let everyone know - WE STILL HAVE SETS AVAILABLE! We took them down for now so we can ship them with the new dust jackets, but they'll be back up in the shop as soon as we get them!.
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Note: Cover layout and typography are not final. This is a digital mockup and finished copies may differ slightly. Thank you, you were amazing
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🌈 Here to introduce our first BOTM for May! 🎉. In May, we are featuring The Sun & the Star: a Nico diAngelo Adventure by Mark Oshiro (@MarkDoesStuff) and Rick Riordan (@rickriordan ). This book is perfect as a standalone and long time Percy Jackson fans!
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Okay but SERIOUSLY - we wanted to acknowledge with a little humor first whilst we discuss bc we love this lil fandom and it's lil humor. BUT we'll say more soon. 🧡.
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Some info about us, since we have a lot of new followers this month!.Rainbow Crate is an entirely Queer-owned and operated small business.❤️ We opened our doors in June last year because we loved book boxes but rarely saw queer characters represented in them (and often when boxes.
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🌈 AFTG Dust Jacket Replacements and Extra Set Updates!. Hello everyone, we have an update on our AFTG sets. First, we want to apologize once again for delays. 🧵
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We won't make you run a marathon for this one, but you'll have to wait a little longer. 1000 reposts on the linked thread will unlock you a special lil treat 💅
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🌈 Hello Rainbow Readers! We have good news! Due to unexpected demand we have been given the okay from the publisher to sell copies of The Sun and the Star with the exclusive dust jacket and book plate outside of the box! Full details in thread!
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🌈Hey Reading Rainbows! It’s time to continue our celebration of Bisexual Health Awareness Month. So here are 12 books and a little bit about them! Thanks to our staff for their recommendations. Are you an author with a bisexual book? Add your book onto this thread!
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Hello Rainbow Readers!. We have good news! Due to unexpected demand we have been given the okay from the publisher to do another run of The Sun and the Star with the exclusive dust jacket and book plate outside of the box! Details in the 🧵 read carefully!
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🌈 Happy Pride Month, we hope you’re ready, because this month is going to be PACKED with queer books!. What's COMING OUT (pun intended) in June? Which books are you excited for? Which books are you adding to your TBR? Any other queer June book releases you know of?
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Here are a bunch of details for the set for those that have been asking! The dust jacket artist was changed, but other than that all information is still current. 🧡.
In collaboration with @norasakavic, Rainbow Crate is pleased to announce our long-anticipated special edition set of the All For The Game series!
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Hey everyone! We just want to apologize again for the frustration and disappointment surrounding the dust jacket errors on the AFTG special editions. We want to let everyone know we're working on a solution now. We're a very small business and trying to work out logistics.
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It’s me again! With your nightly update that we are STILL under 5000 copies and everyone’s orders so far will be signed! . More importantly, news tomorrow regarding the set. See you on Tuesday 🫡.
In collaboration with Nora Sakavic, Rainbow Crate is pleased to announce our long-anticipated special edition set of the All For The Game series! Preorders are now open!. Get yours here:
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We are a very small queer-owned business and cannot do much to change the world, but we are trying to do what small things we can. We ask that you treat our employees kindly. Thank you.
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🌈 Hey Besties! HAPPY NEWS: Our All for the Game sets have begun shipping! Many of you have received tracking emails. If you have not yet, do not fear they are still being shipped out and we are processing some address holds on our end. 🧵
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With the time change happening in the US tonight; there are about 8.5 hours until sales OPEN. These will NOT sell out. You can sleep tonight and still get a set when you wake up tomorrow in whatever time zone you occupy 🥰. Yes we ship worldwide; FAQ:
Edge design to be revealed tomorrow, March 10th when the sale goes live at 9 AM EDT!. DETAILS:.- A gorgeous hardcover set of all three books.- OPEN PREORDERS begin on March 10th at 9 AM EDT!.- OPEN PREORDERS end on March 24th at 11:59 PM EDT!
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🌈 Happy Saturday Rainbow Readers! We have another list to share with you this weekend. This is a bit of a spin-off from our trope list. We are featuring 20 queer books that are about or involve mythology! . 📷: Thank you to @/Ferns.And.Fables on IG for the lovely photo!
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Just a reminder, over 7,000 sets of this just left our packing center. Please have some patience as they arrive. If you do not have tracking or it has not updated on ‼️OCTOBER 7TH‼️ then you can email our customer support team.
🌈 Hey Besties! HAPPY NEWS: Our All for the Game sets have begun shipping! Many of you have received tracking emails. If you have not yet, do not fear they are still being shipped out and we are processing some address holds on our end. 🧵
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Stopping by for another update that we do still have signed copies of AFTG sets! Preorder open until April 1st end of day!. Also y'all already saw them but will drop the "official" naked hardcover reveal tomorrow and not just quotes to torment you 🥰🫶.
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What if seven more people ordered 👀👀👀.
Surprise! You asked, we listened! We are excited to announce that we are extending our sale of these editions until April 1st 11:59 PM EDT!. In addition, we have also increased our limit of signed copies. Nora has very graciously agreed to sign more. More below!
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It’s Tuesday! Your news is coming in like 2-3 hours, but in the meantime we still have signed copies left 💅.
In collaboration with Nora Sakavic, Rainbow Crate is pleased to announce our long-anticipated special edition set of the All For The Game series! Preorders are now open!. Get yours here:
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Update for the night. We have not reached the 5000 limit yet! All orders that have been placed today are guaranteed to be signed.
In collaboration with Nora Sakavic, Rainbow Crate is pleased to announce our long-anticipated special edition set of the All For The Game series! Preorders are now open!. Get yours here:
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There are actually three of us in a trench coat, but one of us is an AFTG fic writing trash monster so that for sure helps 🥰.
Okay but what if there’s three of us stacked together in one trench coat 👀.
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Get ready for DAMNATION…. and stay tuned for more foxy reveals this winter! 🏒.
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🌈 Hey Rainbow Readers! Our next list is queer high/epic fantasy! This is for readers who loved books like The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon, The Jasmine Throne by Tashi Suri, and Girls of Paper & Fire by Natasha Ngan! 🧵
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Another day, another opportunity to tell you: we still have signed copies! 😌💅.
Surprise! You asked, we listened! We are excited to announce that we are extending our sale of these editions until April 1st 11:59 PM EDT!. In addition, we have also increased our limit of signed copies. Nora has very graciously agreed to sign more. More below!
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It’s the final ~6 hours of our unlimited preorder! This post will have all the information you might want about this set! . We will close the unlimited preorder tonight at 11:59 PM EDT.🧵
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🌈 Hey Reading Rainbows! It’s time for our fourth artist reveal for the August “Hot Blooded” Rainbow After Dark box! Next up is Arun (@bbybluemochi ) who has illustrated the cover for Contract Bound by Elle Mae (@mae_books )!
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✨🧡🧡ATTN ALL FOXHOLE COURT CREW🧡🧡✨.We aren't going to RT because the photos would spoil you, but we can direct you to @REDRAGEOUSED's feed if you'd like to see how our editions of AFTG came out!.
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We are pleased to reveal that our March 2024 theme is….😈 BE GAY, DO CRIME 😈. Read the 🧵 to find out about our two exclusive books this month!
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Owner here - My apologies for the omission. I truly believed this was implied. RC will never, ever work with Freydís Moon or any of their aliases again. What they have done to the queer book community is heinous and if they manage to hoodwink us in the future using a new 🧵.
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Probably less than an hour now 👀.
@rainbowcrate @minxyard Come onnn throw us a bone and give us an hour 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹.
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UNTIL TOMORROW you can order our special edition of The Sun and the Star by @rickriordan and @MarkDoesStuff, with cover by @AlessiaTrunfio and bookplate by @Velinxi here!:.
🌈 Hello Rainbow Readers! We have good news! Due to unexpected demand we have been given the okay from the publisher to sell copies of The Sun and the Star with the exclusive dust jacket and book plate outside of the box! Full details in thread!
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If you've emailed us the last two days, we're working on it! We've gotten a huge number of emails and we're but a tiny team of queers doing our best. Much like the foxes 🥰.
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I am very sorry for neglecting you here, but guess what!? . We still have signed copies available 🥰.
Surprise! You asked, we listened! We are excited to announce that we are extending our sale of these editions until April 1st 11:59 PM EDT!. In addition, we have also increased our limit of signed copies. Nora has very graciously agreed to sign more. More below!
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🌈 Hey Reading Rainbows! Today we are celebrating Autism Acceptance Month with a list of 20 queer autistic books. Queer autistics deserve to be seen and represented in literature and we hope this list helps you find some new favorites!. Thank you @shelf_blame for the lovely photo
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What's the queer book you wish you'd had when you were first discovering/learning about/accepting your queerness? OR what's the book you had if you were lucky enough to have it?.
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45 minutes until preorders OPEN!.
This will be an open preorder with no limits. Sets will ship in Fall 2024 with shipping date TBA at a later date. We ship internationally. Customers can buy as many sets as they want, however they must all be purchased separately. Sets cannot be shipped together in the same box.
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Happy Nonbinary Peoples’ Day!! 2023 has seen many releases featuring nonbinary MCs, including disabled nonbinary MCs and BIPOC nonbinary MCs. Books list in thread! 🧵
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