August Book Giveaway Contest

The Vampire Library has a new book giveaway contest running until August 20th. You could win Sophie Collins' fun vampire handbook How to Date a Vampire! Visit the contest page for full details:

http://www.vampirelibrary.com/giveaway-how-to-date/

Teen Vampire Series

Here are a dozen of the most popular current young adult vampire series (listed alphabetically, not ranked):

Blood Coven by Mari Mancusi

Blue Bloods by Melissa De La Cruz

The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod by Heather Brewer

Evernight by Claudia Gray

House of Night by P.C. and Kristen Cast

The Immortals by Alyson Noel

Morganville Vampires by Rachel Caine

Night World by L.J. Smith

The Twilight Saga by Stephenie Meyer

Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead

The Vampire Diaries by L.J. Smith

Vampire Kisses by Ellen Schreiber

Facebook page up

We've got our Facebook page up and running now! Check it out and become a fan if you're a Facebook user:

The Vampire Library on Facebook

Win Cirque Du Freak books 1-4

We have a book giveaway contest running for the rest of July -- you could win books 1-4 in the Cirque Du Freak (Saga of Darren Shan) series:

http://www.vampirelibrary.com/giveaway-cirque-du-freak/

Check it out and enter if you are interested in giving this series a try!

NEW - Upcoming Books List

A number of years ago I used to maintain an "Upcoming Books" list on my website which maxed out at about 4 books at a time. Now, in 2010, the list is MUCH larger :-)

http://www.vampirelibrary.com/upcoming-releases/

So far I've included all of the series that I know have new books coming out in the second half of the year. As I discover new upcoming books I will be sure to update the list.

If you are interested in following all of the latest vampire books and their release dates, be sure to join us on Twitter to receive tweets on new book release days!

Book Additions

Some new non-fiction additions this weekend:

Vampire Legends in Contemporary American Culture
From Demons to Dracula
The Everything Vampire Book
Vampire Forensics

And an anthology:

The Vampire Archives

New book additions

Four new books added tonight:

The Vampire Testaments series by Terence Taylor (2 books so far)
Boleyn: Tudor Vampire by Cinsearae S.
The Passage by Justin Cronin

You can always see the 25 most recent additions on the "Just Added" page.

Daily book links on my Twitter

If you're not yet following us on Twitter, give it a try!

http://twitter.com/vampirelibrary

I post a link to a new vampire book each day. Check out my feed to see the titles posted so far. I post everything from my own personal favourites to hot new series to must read non-fiction. Who knows, you may find some new blood for your collection ;-)

New site features

An overview of new features on the website:

* Over 200 new books added -- all series are up to date now!

* Powered by WordPress so it is fully searchable and makes use of tags and categories for organization

* The addition of graphics, or a "feature block" on the main page allows us to quickly let you know when there is a new author interview or book contest.

* The Fiction Guide section has been expanded, adding more books to each category, and new categories such as Urban Fiction

* New "You May Also Like..." feature that directly links you to related books that you may be interested in (I get a lot of requests from people who have read a certain book or series and are looking for suggestions, so I suspect this will help many people find new titles to read)

* Fiction series now list all books on one page for easier browsing

* Each book or series has a link to share it on Facebook

* We will be doing a book of the day post through our Twitter feed that will directly link you to a new book or series each day -- discover a new favourite author!

* This blog is new and I plan on blogging about book related news, my thoughts on the books I am reading and more

New site up this weekend

The new website is being launched this weekend! Keep checking the website for the new look and have a browse around to get a feel for the new layout and features. I have kept the core content of the site (the book lists) as identical as possible to the old site so that it is just as easy to use.

Did you know that The Vampire Library has been online for 12 years now!? I started the site in June of 1998 with a small selection of books and have been building it up over the years. Now we have over 1300 titles listed. With the new setup I plan on updating much more regularly than I have in the past, and we are looking forward to bringing you more interviews, giveaways and content than ever before.

Enjoy!

Welcome

Welcome to the official blog of The Vampire Library website (www.vampirelibrary.com)

We are currently in the process of revamping the website, giving it a new look as well as some added features that will help you discover new books and authors in the vampire genre. Books will have added tags for you to use as a reading guide, there is a "You may also like" feature and better options for searching. We will also be doing more featured content such as author interviews and book giveaways. And finally, there will be a lot of new book additions, getting us totally up to date on all of the current series and new titles.

You can also follow us on Twitter. Be sure to add us now, we will be doing a book of the day feature starting up when the new site is launched -- discover a new vampire book to read each day!