My title might be a bit hyperbolic, but stuff like this worries me. I love to read and I love reading on a kindle. This has been going on for a while, but it has now reached absurd levels.

  •  greenskye   ( @greenskye@beehaw.org ) 
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    121 year ago

    I mean, most of my reading comes from authors who are literally only on amazon. And they’re only on amazon because it’s impossible to make a living trying to sell your book anywhere else. Brandon Sanderson has brought attention to this issue.

    I’m supporting indie authors in a sub-genre that you literally can’t even find in a physical bookstore. I get that bookstores are hurting, but I had to make a choice between small time authors and small time book stores.

    • Assuming you mean the sub-genres popular on Royal Road, sufficient Patreon support helps keep authors off of Amazon.

      But that gets expensive fast if you support multiple authors, so that’s hard to do too.