What is Stuff Your Kindle Day 2024? How to get thousands of e-books for free

As fall is here’ several new Stuff Your Kindle events have been announced where people can take advantage and fill up their e-library completely for free.

If you’ve spent any time on BookTok lately, you might have heard people talk about Stuff Your Kindle Day, where you’ll be able to get hundreds, if not thousands of e-books for free on Amazon, or wherever else you get your e-books.

Although it might sound too good to be true, it’s actually an event that has been going on for almost a decade. Created by author Zoe York, it encourages authors to make their books free for one day only as a way to promote their work while also benefitting readers who get to stock up their e-libraries with new books.

Here’s everything you need to know about Stuff Your Kindle Day and how you can find some great books for free.

What is Stuff Your Kindle Day?

Stuff Your Kindle Day was created in 2014 by romance author Zoe York who has been working with self-published authors to make their books free to buy for all readers for one day.

While it started with only Amazon making their e-books free, it has now grown to include other e-readers and e-book stores, including the Kobo store, Barnes & Noble e-book store, Apple Book store, and Google Play store.

The indie romance author event has been happening four times a year for the past 10 years, and several other websites have since taken up the opportunity to create similar events for different genres.

While Stuff Your Kindle Day is primarily for romance titles, some non-fiction (and non-romance) titles are also included.

So whatever book genres you’re into, you’re bound to find a Stuff Your Kindle Day that suits your interests.

When is Stuff Your Kindle Day 2024?

While York hasn’t revealed the next dates for her Stuff Your Kindle events, several other Stuff Your Kindle days have been announced by different organizations and publishers to go ahead at the end of 2024 and early 2025.

If you want to participate and find your next reads for free, you can find offers from the following sites:

• November 15: Cinnamon Roll Romance books
• November 15-16: Stuff Your Earbuds for free audiobooks
• December 1-24: A virtual e-book advent calendar by FaRo
• December 27: Dark Mode Books offering dark romance, dark fantasy, and horror ebooks
• January 23, 2025: Cosy Mystery book blast
• January 28, 2025 – Romance Book Blast by Romance Book Lovers

You won’t need a Kindle to participate in the offers, as they now apply to a variety of different e-readers.

If you’re waiting for York’s official Stuff Your Kindle day to come back, it is recommended to head to York’s website and sign up for their newsletter which is where the dates will be announced as they are not revealed until a few days before.

These aren’t the only book events that have happened recently. October started with a bang to get readers ready for Halloween and the cozy reading season. Horror Smith Publishing started off on October 3 with their Terrify Your Tablet event, which was filled with horror and thriller books.

Fantasy fans were next, as Stuff With Fantasy offered three days of free fantasy books between October 18-20. Mystery fans were next, as Cozy Mystery Book Blast offered lots of free cozy mystery books on October 24, just as the name suggests.

On October 26, Witchy Bookworms had everything you needed for your witch-inspired book needs, while Romance Book Lovers had a romance-themed Stuff Your Kindle event on October 27.

In the meantime, make sure to stay up to date on BookTok, as users will be eager to announce any news about the next time free e-books will be available to download.

How does it work?

The e-books will be available to buy for free on Amazon the day of each Stuff your Kindle day.

In order to find the free books, you can go to the specific website for each genre, where all the free books available will be listed along with a blurb of what it’s about, so you can find exactly what you’re looking for. Each book will then have a link that guides you to the listing on Amazon where you’re able to buy the book for $0.00.

You can also go directly to Amazon and filter the books by price to find the free books directly on the website. While it does have Kindle in the name it’s actually applicable across all e-readers including Kobo, Apple Books, and Google Play.

You don’t need to have an Amazon Prime account or a Kindle Unlimited account to participate in Stuff You Kindle Day. All you’ll need is a standard Amazon account and either a reading tablet or a device with the free Kindle app and you’re good to go.

If you do have a Kindle Unlimited account, make sure you actually buy the books and not get them through Kindle Unlimited, as that means they’ll only be available to you for 20 days. If you buy them, you get to keep them permanently.

Do you need a Kindle to take part in Stuff Your Kindle Day?

No, you do not need to own a Kindle to take advantage of the amazing offers. On the Romance Bookworms website, the offers will be categorized according to what reading device you might have, including Apple and Android phones and devices. From there, you will be able to see what books are offered for free for each device.

Will there be any bestsellers available?

The specific books that will be free for Stuff Your Kindle Day are kept secret until the day of, but in the past, only self-published authors have participated in the event.

However, organizer Zoe York, who is a best-selling romance author, does make her own books free the day of her Stuff Your Kindle days, so you’ll never know what other authors might decide to participate.

Have any books already been made available for free?

Although Stuff Your Kindle Days only last for a day, some authors do decide to make their books free a few days before the actual event, and keep the promotion going a few days after the Stuff Your Kindle event.

To find free books, head over to Amazon’s Kindle section to see if you can find any hidden deals.