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Check out our music page. I've added two new playlists! 

Please feel free to leave comments with ideas for more playlists.

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Update:

For those of you who have been asking about MSB's return: the blog WILL be back online soon; most probably next week. However, there will be some changes that we will inform you about soon!

Best,

Mandy

Owner/Admin of MSB

 

HIATUS

Dear visitors,

The last few weeks have been rather difficult for my team and I. Real Life has kept us all extremely busy - so busy in fact, that we've hardly had enough time to write and/or edit reviews. At the moment, we are unable keep our posting schedule of about one fanfic recommendation a day, which is why I have made the hard decision to put Ms. Swan's Bookstore on temporary hiatus.

All of us will use the coming four weeks to recharge our batteries and collect brilliantly written and exciting new stories that will be waiting for you once we're back.

I hope that you understand that this decision hasn't come easily but I truly feel like it's the right thing to do at this very moment. I created Ms. Swan's Bookstore because I enjoy reading B/E stories and wanted to tell people about those I found particularly interesting. It was - and still is - supposed to be fun, yet the minute you have to force yourself writing reviews or making banners knowing that you should actually work on something more important it stops being fun. That's not what should happen and not what I want to happen. Hopefully, the hiatus will give us all the time we need to recharge our batteries.

Thank you for understanding and see you all very soon!

All the best,

Mandy

Owner/Admin of MSB

P.S. Before we leave you, we'd like to call your attention to a charity that is supported by our lovely banner maker Mina Rivera. It's called Fandom Gives and you can go check it out here!

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Dear visitors,

Due to staff shortage over the holidays as well as some technical problems, Ms. Swan's Bookstore will go on hiatus until Wednesday, April 23rd. The whole team wishes you Happy Easter and hopes you all have a wonderful and fun-filled time with your loved ones!

See you all next week!

Happy reading,

Mandy

Owner/Admin of MSB

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Dear Visitors,

it is my absolute pleasure to introduce our newest reviewer to you: Gabby! From now on, she will post reviews of her most favorite fanfictions on Ms. Swan's Bookstore! Don't miss her first rec which will be posted in less than 20 minutes! Stick around!!

Welcome on board, Gabby!!!

All the best,

Mandy

Owner/Admin of MSB

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Dear visitors,

My team and I would like to use this post to wish you all a merry Christmas! Wherever you are, we hope your loved ones are by your side and you can spend some peaceful and pleasant days together. We would also like to thank all of you for your on-going support - without you Ms. Swan's Bookstore wouldn't be nearly as big as it is today! And for that, the whole team is immensely grateful!

And of course, what would Christmas be without a gift? Or four? Just like last year, MSB spared neither trouble nor expense and made these wonderful calendars for you. May they accompany you through a blessed and happy year 2014. Pick the calendar(s) of your choice and click on the link below them to download all 12 months. We recommend printing the pages on photo paper - this way you get the best results!

Robert Pattinson Calendar 2014 - Click here to download

Kristen Stewart Calendar 2014 - Click here to download

Robsten Calendar 2014 - Click here to download

Bella/Edward Calendar 2014 - Click here to download

With today's fanfiction, all members of Ms. Swan's Bookstore go on a few days of well-deserved vacation. We will be back with new stories full of angst, fluff, lemons, and suspense in the new year. Expect the next recommendation on New Year's Day!

All the best and happy holidays!

Mandy

Admin/Owner of MSB 

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Dear Visitors,

it is my absolute pleasure to introduce our newest reviewer to you: Susan! From now on, she will post reviews of her most favorite fanfictions on Ms. Swan's Bookstore! Don't miss her first rec which will be posted in less than 20 minutes! Stick around!!

Welcome to the team, Susan!!!

All the best,
Mandy
Owner/Admin of MSB

Posted by Anonymous

Thanks to all of you, who have voted - again a tight race this time! We had the first tie in the history of MSB! ;-) Here are your three favorite fanfictions of October:

1st Place

"Bold Gestures" by SexyLexiCullen

2nd Place

"The Cullen Legacy" by pattyrose

"In Pursuit" by Sarge's Girls

3rd Place

"Glycerine" by Livie79

The team of Ms. Swan's Bookstore congratulates
all three winners!!! You've managed to write amazing stories!

From tonight on you will be able to vote for your favorite story of November!

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AND THE WINNERS ARE...

Dear visitors

Finally, the results of the Dior Rob TwiFic Contest are in and Ms Swan's Bookstore is proud to announce that the entry of our lovely graphic artist Mina Rivera, "Let It Burn", won 3rd Place in Public and Judges Voting! The whole team congratulates her as well as the rest of the winners wholeheartedly!

 

All winning entries are listed here, so make sure to read them! :D

Best,

Mandy

Owner/Admin of MSB

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The voting has ended and the results are in! Ms. Swan's Bookstore was voted 3rd place as "Favorite Fic Rec Site"! The whole team would like to thank everyone who voted for us - we can't even put into words how happy we are! :D

Out graphic artists time_lights and Mina Rivera have also won TwiFic Fandom Awards! Congratulations! We are so proud of you, girls!

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Dear visitors,

It fills us with great pride to hear that Ms. Swan's Bookstore was nominated for a TwiFic Fandom Award! We are in the race for "Favorite Fic Rec Site". To be nominated with the other amazing rec blogs and websites like Fictionators and A Different Forest is an immense honor and we can't even begin to tell you how happy and grateful we are!

Our wonderful Elena a.k.a typokween has also been nominated with her story "The Slowest Burn" in the category "Favorite Drop Everything Fic"! Congratulations and we'll vote for you until our fingers hurt! ;-)

Jamie Arkin a.k.a 2DrunkUnicorns has been nominated as "Favorite Newbie Author", together with cosmogirl7481! Congrats!!

Mina Rivera has been nominated as "Favourite Fangirl"! You go, girl! :-)

Finally, our graphic artists Mina Rivera, Jaime Arkin, and time_lights are nominated as "Favorite Da Vinci". All three have more than deserved their nomination and the whole team of MSB wishes them the best of luck!

If you want to vote for us, Elena, Jaime, Mina and/or time_lights, please visit twificfandomawards.blogspot.com!

Voting has closed!

Best,

Mandy

Owner/Admin of MSB

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Thanks to all of you, who have voted! We had a clear winner this time! Here are your three favorite fanfictions of September:

"Because of a Boy" by cutestkidsmom

"Faking It" by spangly9

"Rm w/a Vu" by AngelGoddess1981

The team of Ms. Swan's Bookstore congratulates
all three winners!!!

From tonight on you will be able to vote for your favorite story of October!

Posted by Anonymous Dear visitors,

A couple of days ago, fanfiction.net asked flagfic to "disable FLAG's support for those sites" (ff.net and fictionpress). That means for those of you who read stories on their kindles, nooks, or ipads that suddenly things are a lot more complicated than before. Here are three (and a half) ways to still download fanfictions to your tablets:

#1) Download Fanfiction Downloader (http://fanfictiondownloader.net/). Make sure to download the latest version, which you'll find on the English (!) website! If you have an older version, you won't be able to download the stories but only the chapter titles! Should that happen, go back to the website and click on "download" on the left hand side. There, you will find the newest version of the program!

#2) This plugin brings to functionality of Fanfiction Downloader to calibre! Download calibre (http://calibre-ebook.com/) and install it! If you previously installed the plugin ("FanFictionDownloaderCalibrePlugin") manually, and it's version 1.0.3 or older, you'll need to uninstall it first. Your preferences will be saved. You will need to download the plugin - you'll do so by opening calibre and clicking on "Preferences" (see screencap 1). Click on "get plugins to enhance calibre" - > "Fanfiction Downloader" -> Install. Now decide where you want the plugin to appear on your userface, many want it to be on their main toolbar. Restart calibre. If the FanFictionDL button doesn't appear (see screencap 2), you may need to go to "Preferences" -> "Toolbar" and add it. Click the FanFictionDL button. A dialog will open prompting you for URL(s) to download. As a convenience, the contents of the clipboard will already be copied in. You can then choose your prefered format (see screencap 3), what you want to happen if you already have a copy of that story, and whether the story metadata (title, author, tags, etc) should be updated if it's not a new story. Once you downloaded the story, click on "Save to Disk" (see screencap 2). The story will be saved in the folder you determined when installing calibre!

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#3) Story Master This program is very similar to flagfic.com but it takes a while until you get your converted story as it is sent to you via email.


#3.5) Some programs out there apparently enable you to still download the fics as pdfs. If you need to have epub or mobi files, simply go to http://www.online-convert.com/ and convert your pdf into the format you need! It might not look nice in the end, but you can read the story anyway. Unfortunately fanfiction.net disabled the copy/paste function but thanks to some of our (amazing!) visitors we can tell you that it still is possible to save the story that way. Chrome users can use Tampermonkey, and Firefox user can use Greasemonkey and RightToClick (this website might also be useful), and those of you who have an android phone shouldn't have problems as well!

Also, check if the author has published their story on another platform like "Twilighted". Because that website, for example, still allows you to use flagfic!

I hope this will work for many of you. If not, just let us know!

Best,
Mandy
Admin/Owner of MSB

P.S.: For more information, please visit slyprentice's website, who lists a number of good sources and tools with regards to fanfiction downloads and conversions!

Posted by Anonymous

Dear visitors,

It is my absolute pleasure and honor to announce that Ms. Swan's Bookstore has yet another new graphic artist! I'm sure many of you know her wonderful artworks: time_lights! Don't miss the first banner she made for MSB! The review belonging to it will be posted shortly, so stick around!

It's wonderful that you joined us! Bienvenue dans notre équipe!

All the best,

Mandy

Owner/Admin of MSB

Posted by Anonymous

Dear visitors,

I'd like to introduce our two new reviewers to you: Ana & Mel! From now on, they will post reviews of their most favorite fanfictions on Ms. Swan's Bookstore! Don't miss their first rec which will be posted in less than 20 min! Stick around!

Welcome to the team, Ana & Mel!

Best,

Mandy

Owner/Admin of MSB

 

Posted by Anonymous Thanks to all of you, who have voted! It was a tight race this time, let me tell you! These have been your three favorite fanfictions of August:

"No Ordinary Proposal" by twilover76

"Ruthless People" by JAnnMcCole*

 "Love, Life, & Madame Esme" by Mina Rivera

The team of Ms. Swan's Bookstore congratulates
all three winners!!!

From tonight on you will be able to vote for your favorite story of September!

*The story was pulled as the author intends to publish it!

Posted by Anonymous

Dear visitors,

It is my absolute pleasure and honor to announce that Ms. Swan's Bookstore has a new graphic artist! I'm sure you all know her from a number of other blogs she's involved with, Jaime Arkin! Don't miss the first banner she made for MSB - the recommendation belonging to it will be posted shortly, so stick around!

Jaime, it's wonderful to have you in the team! Welcome on board, hun!

All the best,

Mandy

Owner/Admin of MSB

Posted by Anonymous Dear visitors,

As many of you know, there are Twilight authors out there who decide on publishing their well written and successful fanfictions - the most popular examples being E. L. James' "50 Shades of Grey" a.k.a. "Master of the Universe" and "Beautful Bastard" a.k.a. "The Office" by Christina Lauren!

A lot of time and effort is needed to turn a fanfiction into an original story and Ms. Swan's Bookstore would like to do its part in making sure all of that hard work pays off. Thus, from now on, each month, MSB will present you with a newly published book written by a former TwiFic author! We'll give you a summary of the story, some information about the author, and links to social networks or interesting websites. Make sure to check it out - who knows, maybe you'll find your new favorite book!

In September we'd like to introduce you to Christia A. C. Gucker's novel "Pacifically You"! Click on the photo to learn more about this exciting story!

Best,
Mandy
Owner/Admin of MSB

Posted by Anonymous

Thanks to all of you, who have voted! So many wonderful stories to choose from, and these have been your three favorite fanfictions of July:

 "Salacious" by cutestkidsmom

 "Wips" by Cris

 "The Slowest Burn" by typokween

The team of Ms. Swan's Bookstore congratulates
all three winners!!!

From tonight on you will be able to vote for your favorite story of August!

Posted by Anonymous

Dear visitors,

Thanks to you and your crazy reading habits Ms. Swan's Bookstore is growing daily! :-) That said, our team gets bigger and bigger and it is my pleasure to introduce you to our latest additions: Bethany and Mina! The two lovely ladies are graphic artists and will, from now on, help us out with some of the story banners! Check out their profiles on our About Us page to find out more about them!

Welcome on board, girls!

All the best and happy reading!

Mandy

Owner/Admin of MSB

 

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