You can stay on top of every new book release, deal, and author announcement without visiting a single website every day. A scheduled search tool can do it for you and send the results straight to your inbox.
The Problem With Keeping Up With Books
Being a reader is great. Keeping up with new releases is exhausting.
You follow ten authors. You have a wishlist. You want to catch pre-order deals. But unless you check Goodreads, publisher sites, Amazon, and author newsletters every week, things slip through. Books come out and you find out three months later.
Most people just forget. Or they over-subscribe to newsletters and stop reading them.
What You Actually Want to Know
Before setting up any alert, it helps to think about what matters to you. Here are the most common things readers want to track:
- New releases from specific authors
- Books in a series you're following
- Price drops on your wishlist
- Review roundups for a genre (fantasy, sci-fi, romance, thriller, etc.)
- Upcoming adaptations, like a book being turned into a film or TV show
- Signed edition or limited print announcements
You probably do not need all of these. Pick two or three that matter most.
How to Set Up an Automatic Book Tracker
This is where AIDular comes in. It lets you describe what you want to track in plain English, then searches the web on a schedule and emails you a clean report. You do not need to know anything technical.
Here is a concrete example of what you might type in:
"Find new book releases and announcements from authors Brandon Sanderson, Talia Hibbert, and Holly Black. Include any pre-order deals or limited editions. Weekly report."
AIDular takes that, runs the search every week, and sends you a summary with sources. You read it in two minutes and you're done.
A Few More Prompts You Could Use
If you want to track a genre instead of specific authors, try something like:
"Find newly announced or recently released dark romance novels. Include any that are getting strong early reviews. Weekly."
Or for price tracking:
"Find price drops or Kindle deals on popular fantasy and sci-fi books this week."
You can be as specific or as broad as you like. The more detail you give, the more useful the report.
Why This Works Better Than Newsletters
Author newsletters are great, but you end up with a crowded inbox and you still miss things. RSS feeds (a way to subscribe to website updates) require setup and a separate app. Social media means scrolling past a hundred unrelated posts to find one announcement.
A scheduled report is different. It searches the web fresh each time, pulls only what you asked for, and arrives on the day you chose. One email, one read, done.
AIDular's Lite plan is free, which means you can try this without paying anything.
Tips for Getting the Best Results
- Be specific with names. "New books by Colleen Hoover" works better than "popular fiction."
- Add context. If you want only books in a series, say so. "Books in the Stormlight Archive series by Brandon Sanderson" is clear.
- Pick the right frequency. Most publishers announce books weeks or months ahead, so weekly is usually enough. Monthly works fine too if you read slowly.
- Check the first report and adjust. If you're getting too much or too little, just update your prompt.
Start Tracking Your Reading List Today
If you read even a few books a year, missing a release from a favorite author is genuinely annoying. It does not have to happen.
Head to aidular.com, describe what you want to track, and pick your schedule. Your first report will arrive without you having to do anything else.