5 Ways To Discover New Books & Authors!

Today I share 5 ways to discover new books and/or authors! Hooray!
Also I have succumbed to peer pressure and started using goodreads! YAY GOODREADS! Find me here: / katytastic
And twitter! / kat_tastic

[@40jamieful]

I am watching this with my little homeschooler and we both adore you, Katytastic!

[@leannb2513]

I've added tons of book to my "want to read" list on Goodreads because you talked about them in your videos!

[@phoenix39]

I've had to do that. For future reference, I recommend packing half the box with books and the top half with clothes, so the boxes won't be so heavy.

[@IndianBooktuber]

Watching your video in 2016. you looked different then. hehe nice video as always! :)

[@dbzgtcrazy]

Second! Keep it real-tastic, enjoyin the vids still :) also: I am now doing NaNo TyMo...which is "try and write often but whenever the eff and however the eff much I want at whatever the eff pace I want!" Woo!

[@elllisgrey]

I just made a Goodreads account and I added you because you're like my favorite booktuber. So...yay!

[@MrsKcHilton]

Gosh, I been in bookstores browsing for hours also. An hour, is like 10 minutes, lol. I need an entire afternoon! I love Goodreads, yay! I find a ton of great books through Goodreads and KZbin.

[@PatrickMaberry]

Yes so many of us; Booktubers. It's fun to talk about books.

[@marifertorresg]

Yes! All but The Diviners and Along For The Ride were new to me. I'm adding The Black Jewels Trilogy and Ruby Red to my TBR! Oh, and another cool bookish website is smalldemons, check it out!

[@thesunwentred]

Dude you need to come to Portland, OR because we have Powells! The biggest independent bookstore in America that takes up two huge city blocks and has like a million staircases and a quadruple trillion books of every kind! Used and new, hardcover and paperback, all on the same shelf, open 365 days a year and staffed by knowledgeable and dedicated book lovers. Rare books, very new and very old, signed copies, first editions. Plus you can sell your old books back to them!

[@rachelpickler8544]

What about libraries and library site searches? I find that is one of my favorite ways to find new books and authors, especially if i'm not sure if I'll like it or not.

[@maraskywalkeriii]

Love your channel! You will surely encourage the love of books in all who cross your path. I am from Portland. Home of the infamous Powell's City of Books. Someone should start a channel that shows tours of Indie bookstores from across the U.S., and if possible from around the world. I would watch that channel. On my trip to England as a younger lass my favorite thing about this beautiful country was all their beautiful bookstores! I am rambling. Sorry. Love the channel. Keep the awesome vids

[@UnicornFashion]

At my independent bookstore they always recommend little known books. I always check out the books they have recommended. At indie bookstores the people who work there always help with recommending books :)

[@jkmacrunnel]

You are hilarious! lol I spend most of my time on Goodreads, although I'm trying to spend more time on here. I find a lot of indie or self published authors, and I've found some great books! Also blog tours--you can subscribe by email to certain newsletters of blog tour hosts, and you may find new books that way! I also added you on my Goodreads :)

[@Carffae]

We don't have a Starbucks or bookstore in my town so ya that sucks

[@AliceInWonderland942]

+Carly Davenport we don't either have starbucks and I was like; only 7 ?? What do you mean ''only'' ? Haha

[@ivey2459]

Me too, it takes about 40 to an hour to get to one.

[@therealkellinquann6914]

Carffee Carffee same but even in bigs towns they have like 2 that arent in stores

[@pnklmnade5]

I don't know how I got to your channel but i was so excited what I found :) I have put a ton of the books that you have read onto my library queue. I find new authors from word of mouth, amazon,simonandschuster, book clubs and bookish.com

[@ajpecanic]

Speaking of industry sources, it's a good idea to subscribe to the Publisher's Weekly email newsletter. They have a general one that's daily and a children's/YA one that's weekly, I believe.

[@thesunwentred]

YES IT IS EXACTLY LIKE THAT! But, be careful, you can get lost/lose hours in there! I know I have! My dad used to take me there every weekend and it has a super special place in my heart. Well, don't you want to sell back the books that you didn't like? Then you can have more money to buy more books?

[@LBM2255]

OMG i have known nothing about that awesome website (goodreads) thanks a ton katy i knew you're awesome :)

[@intesivec0re]

I like looking at your vlog your approach is informative but entertaining keep you the great work.

[@BooksandThings48]

please review The DUFF! it's an awesome book, you'll most likely love it!

[@ReginaCordoba]

New subscriber! Books are awesome! We love books!

[@fullmetallovr21]

just a question... Have you ever considered what it would be like to have to move, and pack and unpack all those books???

[@LuckyOwlVlog]

Love this!

[@aldagunnars5823]

you and ariel bisset are my favorite booktubers

[@MsLovelyyWeirdo]

Woah same :D

[@bettyjojoeharperre-imagina7322]

Omg! Ariel is awesome!!! Love her!

[@MandiLynnWrites]

I always use Amazon to find new books. Sadly I'm very prone to buying a book because the cover is pretty.

[@ConnectingAllTheDots]

Kat, for the nearest bookstore that OWNS good books I have to travel 1,5 hour, that's also the nearest place that has a Starbucks here...

[@felinedreamer1685]

Kat... you lucky the closest star-bucks to my town is 31km of distance. T-T and in my city there are only 3 bookstores, technically there are 4 but two are inside a shopping mall so yeah.

[@PatrickMaberry]

Agree, I have some friends that read but still books aren't the main topic.

[@QuillCafe]

Maybe it's the hidden lit hipster in me but I do preen a little inside when I find a book I love that isn't so well known.

[@chickwithanipod]

Sometimes I worry about how alike we are. I was literally just out for dinner and I was like "You know, I need more books." and my friend was just like "I don't, I really don't."

[@marifertorresg]

I actually just found your channel using 'book haul' :)

[@Emo_Squirtle]

Funny thing is...I DID look up a bookshelf tour because I was searching for books I could try shipping to my house via the free shipping from my Barnes&Noble membership, and low and behold a 40 minute bookshelf tour. -click-

[@MrRorosuri]

i love goodreads

[@thesunwentred]

Come hang out with me in real life at Powells! Books and friends irl! Plus, Portland is a really cool town. You should make a video about finding good deals on Amazon! Like where are these "bargain books" or special "4 for 3 paperback" sections? Hah! I peer pressured you in to using Goodreads again and now you love it lol! #DoubleShotKat Tell us what booktubers you like! How many books do you own?

[@PagesofaDeathNote]

I literally searched "book" and that's how I found your channel

[@therealkellinquann6914]

i have no starbucks where i live

[@96Bethlything]

I can never find the bargin book / 4 for 3 section :( i dont no if i just cant see it or the uk amzon doesnt have it.... :(

[@slsmith3233]

I go to a smaller bookstore called Bookworld!!

[@dendenfoxy]

how was the book incareceron? i tried to read it but i didnt like it at all

[@blondefyi]

you are so awesome I want to be your friend! I like the way you are always excited about everything! that's one of the reasons I subscribed to you! I am glad I subscribed I am a big fan of you and will stay a loyal subscriber forever go Kat she's #1!

[@tovaportmann]

I have a local indie bookstore I go there every week.

[@TheLadyAli]

That's what I think every time I watch one of her vids :)

[@Beccasawrus]

The online bookstore I use is usually Booktopia...

[@graceodacre827]

Have you read Struck by Lightning By: Chris Colfer?

[@thesunwentred]

COME OVER!!! ROAD TRIP!!! OMG WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR!? You should totally be sponsored by Amazon! That would be great for you :) [Although, I don't want you to sell out D:]

[@literaryprints]

Just subscribed. I love how crazy you are. :D I JUST THINK YOUR AWESOME, OKAY.

[@conscifi]

Read The Silver Linings Playbook it's addicting

[@AshtenArmstrong]

read anything by Richelle Mead get it, read it, love it.

[@SkiRacerMinnesota]

I always asked my English and History teachers.

[@rumple7232]

She's reading new moon!!!!!!

[@asksyealer]

We have 5 starbucks in the whole country -.- And we barely have good bookstores with English books (i prefer reading those instead of Dutch translations, i live in Belgium), so that sucks haha. The internet is very helpful though ;)

[@ThomasGiles]

Great video ^^

[@MrRorosuri]

on my wishlist since begin of 2012

[@lilarj97]

What about local libraries?

[@lovelacealizah1953]

RIFT and rise is a good read

[@aumi8050]

YOU HAVE 7 starbux!!! we only got 2 in the COUNTRY! and one is at the airport, like inside the airport! so really 7 is ALLOT!

[@ALaDyNaMeDD]

I love Thrift stores they have good books sometimes and variety of books other people decided to give away so bibliophiles like me could have more lol

[@pamelagonzalez3970]

There's only one actually bookstore in my city... Walmart and target don't count and we only have 3 Starbucks. And 2 don't count

[@lucyh6707]

I have nothing near me NOTHING

[@pamelagonzalez3970]

I am deeply sorry

[@k.oliver6286]

Don't forget bookcloseouts/bookoutlet.

[@jaspriyabhamra4383]

@thomas Gilles I'm watching and can't hear here I'm watching on iPad 2

[@brillosaurusrex]

I fund you by serching for a ruby red book talk :D

[@abbylamison2466]

Are there any books you have cried while reading?

[@SheRaconteurs]

Find book recommendations in the KZbin comments: Kat, read The Night Circus. There. :)

[@AnieNiusika]

We do not have Starbucks and only one bookshop where you can buy books in English. Internet is my saviour. I order books online and wait for like a month. :|

[@demerisal]

I prefer Shelfari to Goodreads.

[@girlfromhell19]

You look like Lily from How I Met Your Mother :-)

[@jaspriyabhamra4383]

Cool

[@tocute4words1]

Enjoyed your video. I'm a newly self-published author of four eBooks. Would love to connect.

[@ThomasGiles]

Is it me, or does this video's brightness to up and down throughout? @.@ I'm watching on iPad-- anyone else see this oddity?

[@rufeusvea916]

did someone ever tell you that you somehow looked like Allison Hannigan?

[@soundserotic3317]

Hey Katytastic, do you know of any booktubers who focus on the sexy romance stuff? I'm asking for a friend. :-)

[@sabrinadobrovits1308]

I find a lot of books from booktubers

[@hellsbloodyrose]

New york times put Hungergames under children's books... :/

[@nauzaak]

Whenever i luk at u i think of cats O.o ..... dont take tht as an insult though :D But ur eyes r really pretty n lyk a cat......

[@Liz-us8mf]

Can I add you on goodreads? I'm scared you'll like reject me. :O

[@SpandexTree]

You're adorable