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peachfront, 10 months ago

@suzisteffen @bookstodon

Kobo Plus pays authors very little per read-- worse than Amazon KU-- so personally I prefer readers to buy books, not stream them (Hoopla's pay to indie authors is also very low)

I think the nearest private library substitute for Libby wouldn't be Kobo Plus, it would be Scribd -- also, while Scribd doesn't take all of my books, it pays VERY well per borrow

Personally, I continue to read books from Libby as well as Hoopla & private retailers

peachfront, 10 months ago

@smooz @lunalein @bookstodon

I think Stockholm romance would be much improved if, at the end, the heroine gunned down the alleged hero who abducted her instead of marrying him & begging him for babies

For some reason, I can't get into the spirit of things with that particular genre

peachfront, 10 months ago

@HLGEM @kimlockhartga @lunalein @bookstodon

IMO it's a genre thing, there are tons of novels of WW2 male experiences, but THESE books seem to be in the genre of women's fiction

women's fiction taking place during WW2 is still women's fiction, so it has to be marketed to that readership

(military fiction is often marketed to men)

I don't like these covers either- don't we have enough faceless women?- but apparently they've figured out that their readers respond to this kind of image

AdaraAstin, 11 months ago to audiobooks

Last Chance for Hedon Press Audiobooks

One of the publishers I narrate for, Hedon Press, has run afoul of Amazon / Audible. I just learned that 11 audiobooks I narrated are being taken down. (Yes, it's rotten.) I'm in talks with Audible, more on that as I know more.

The audiobooks are for the moment still for sale through Apple Books. If you want them, get them FAST before they're gone for good.

Links below!

@audiobooks @smutstodon @bookstodon @AudioFiction #Audiobook #Erotica #NSFW

peachfront, 10 months ago

@weirdwriter @BenAveling @bookstodon @AudioFiction @AdaraAstin

If Amazon/Audible decides to pull your audio book because the erotica is now in violation for reasons known only to Amazon-- there is nothing the author/publisher can do either

Ask me how I know...

In the old ACX royalty share deals, the author/publisher & narrator split the royalties evenly-- if Amazon/Audible removes the book, there are no more royalties to split 1/2

peachfront, 10 months ago

@weirdwriter @BenAveling @bookstodon @AudioFiction @AdaraAstin

In my case, the biggest sales of the audios were early in their release cycle, there was no way they were going to keep earning significant money for 7 years anyway so...

I just shrugged & moved on to something else

I realize not everyone can afford to do that 2/2

BonnettsBooks, 11 months ago to bookstodon

Closed today & tomorrow. Back on Saturday! Here's a bit of what I've been working on...

The "Dangerous Visions" series, created and edited by the late Harlan Ellison, is highly acclaimed in speculative fiction circles and includes short stories by some of the greatest names in fantasy & sci-fi history. The first was published in 1971, "Again..." in 1972, and a third, titled "Last Dangerous Visions" was planned for 1973, but remains unpublished to date, 50 years later.

#DaytonOhio @bookstodon

peachfront, 11 months ago

@TomMarcinko @BonnettsBooks @bookstodon

I have the first one but haven't revisited them in a while

Aye & Gomorrah (the last story) holds up + Delany's afterword makes me laugh just because people really did ask some stupid questions about other people's sexuality in the 1970s...

peachfront, 11 months ago

@TomMarcinko @BonnettsBooks @bookstodon

Thanks!!!

peachfront, 11 months ago

@TomMarcinko @BonnettsBooks @DarkMatterZine @bookstodon

oh, I loved that one!!!! I think I still have it floating around somewhere in the collection

peachfront, 11 months ago

@agt @bookstodon

It's my opinion eReaders are a tech whose time has passed because my Android Tablet (for reading) & phone (for audiobooks) do everything more & better ... I already tossed my old Kobo eReader, still have a couple of Kindles but hardly ever use them

Kindle's main advantage was its long battery life, an advantage that doesn't matter anymore because of small & more versatile power banks

peachfront, 11 months ago

@kusuriya @agt @bookstodon

Oh, I didn't consider that!

I don't read fiction outside, I visualize heavily & wouldn't immerse in either the outdoors OR the story if I did

As a birder, I use the phone plus Merlin Bird app which has not just field guide pix but also sound recordings. Or I use physical dead tree books that I can mark up & more easily flip through. Also it's more easy to pass around physical field guides in the field...

I found the Kindle was becoming dead weight on my trips

peachfront, 11 months ago

@eivind @theotherotherone @agt @bookstodon

My library seems to spread out the books I want over Hoopla, Cloud Library, and Libby, so yep... I need all the apps on my tablet & phone

peachfront, 11 months ago

@theotherotherone @agt @bookstodon

Libby is the app for Overdrive & it works great on both tablets & phones--

Some of the books I borrow are on audio & for me, I find it easier to use my phone to get them & send the audio to a bluetooth speaker...