SELF-PUBLISHED AUTHOR FRIENDSThis *INSANE* email from Barnes & Noble WTF—no more than 100 books and they start deleting??—removing titles that don't meet minimum sales?
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SELF-PUBLISHED AUTHOR FRIENDS
This *INSANE* email from Barnes & Noble WTF
—no more than 100 books and they start deleting??
—removing titles that don't meet minimum sales?What the hell? I've been publishing since 2011... I have 145 titles.
AI deluge screwing us but still...it's war on indies.
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SELF-PUBLISHED AUTHOR FRIENDS
This *INSANE* email from Barnes & Noble WTF
—no more than 100 books and they start deleting??
—removing titles that don't meet minimum sales?What the hell? I've been publishing since 2011... I have 145 titles.
AI deluge screwing us but still...it's war on indies.
"sane people wouldn't publish more than 100 books."
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"sane people wouldn't publish more than 100 books."
writers: a notoriously sane bunch
self-published writers: writers but without the rules -
SELF-PUBLISHED AUTHOR FRIENDS
This *INSANE* email from Barnes & Noble WTF
—no more than 100 books and they start deleting??
—removing titles that don't meet minimum sales?What the hell? I've been publishing since 2011... I have 145 titles.
AI deluge screwing us but still...it's war on indies.
@susankayequinn It seems so self-contradictory to me. "You can only have 100 titles, if you try to have more than that we will delete titles. Also you better keep your sales up or we will also delete titles, causing your sales to drop, causing us to delete more titles."
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writers: a notoriously sane bunch
self-published writers: writers but without the rules@susankayequinn @mwl this really fucks with honest authors that actually have a lot of good output!
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@susankayequinn It seems so self-contradictory to me. "You can only have 100 titles, if you try to have more than that we will delete titles. Also you better keep your sales up or we will also delete titles, causing your sales to drop, causing us to delete more titles."
@kaidenshi
IT.IS.INSANEI halfway think this "new policy" was written by AI
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@susankayequinn @mwl this really fucks with honest authors that actually have a lot of good output!
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SELF-PUBLISHED AUTHOR FRIENDS
This *INSANE* email from Barnes & Noble WTF
—no more than 100 books and they start deleting??
—removing titles that don't meet minimum sales?What the hell? I've been publishing since 2011... I have 145 titles.
AI deluge screwing us but still...it's war on indies.
the injury of indie authors being shoved off platforms because AI is sucking up all the storage space after the insult of those very works being stolen by AI corps to feed their slop machine
(D2D and B&N both)
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SELF-PUBLISHED AUTHOR FRIENDS
This *INSANE* email from Barnes & Noble WTF
—no more than 100 books and they start deleting??
—removing titles that don't meet minimum sales?What the hell? I've been publishing since 2011... I have 145 titles.
AI deluge screwing us but still...it's war on indies.
@susankayequinn *sigh* And after I finally, after more than 10 years, got off my butt to load books on B&N. Not sure it's even worth the effort to continue if they're going to pull nonsense like this. >.>
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SELF-PUBLISHED AUTHOR FRIENDS
This *INSANE* email from Barnes & Noble WTF
—no more than 100 books and they start deleting??
—removing titles that don't meet minimum sales?What the hell? I've been publishing since 2011... I have 145 titles.
AI deluge screwing us but still...it's war on indies.
Well that's Asimov's catalog fecked right to the curb.
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the injury of indie authors being shoved off platforms because AI is sucking up all the storage space after the insult of those very works being stolen by AI corps to feed their slop machine
(D2D and B&N both)
@susankayequinn That frustration is very real for many indie authors right now
It raises serious questions about platform priorities, fair access, and how creative work is being used in the AI era. -
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Well that's Asimov's catalog fecked right to the curb.
@johntimaeus oh no it only applies to self-published authors! you know, the people who simultaneously don't count and account for a huge chunk of their ebook sales. Especially indies with over 100 titles!
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SELF-PUBLISHED AUTHOR FRIENDS
This *INSANE* email from Barnes & Noble WTF
—no more than 100 books and they start deleting??
—removing titles that don't meet minimum sales?What the hell? I've been publishing since 2011... I have 145 titles.
AI deluge screwing us but still...it's war on indies.
@susankayequinn What the, and I can't stress this enough, actual fuck?!
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the injury of indie authors being shoved off platforms because AI is sucking up all the storage space after the insult of those very works being stolen by AI corps to feed their slop machine
(D2D and B&N both)
@susankayequinn this is going to suck since I earn nowhere close to the $100 and I suck at marketing myself
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@susankayequinn this is going to suck since I earn nowhere close to the $100 and I suck at marketing myself
@MisWiredKE I am outraged so much about this -- both B&N and D2D but D2D literally built their entire business on indies but they're really no better than the average scammer out there now
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@kaidenshi B&N has also *always* been very biased against indies, and of course very corporate-driven. I was hoping they'd be a bulwark against Amazon but NOPE
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the injury of indie authors being shoved off platforms because AI is sucking up all the storage space after the insult of those very works being stolen by AI corps to feed their slop machine
(D2D and B&N both)
I just sent email to D2D about this. I find it especially galling that they are making those earning the least pay for those who make more money on their system.
Why not make it a subscription system if they need money so badly? That would be more honest.
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I just sent email to D2D about this. I find it especially galling that they are making those earning the least pay for those who make more money on their system.
Why not make it a subscription system if they need money so badly? That would be more honest.
@Firlefanz IDK about subscription (I loathe those generally) but you're right, it's very much punishing small authors, first-time authors, authors in lower-selling genres, etc. And it's just NUTS in terms of the longevity of their business as well. Sure, go ahead, absolutely STOP COLD any new authors from trying out this self-publishing thing to see if they can make a go of it and MAKE ALL YOUR FUTURE REVENUE. It's 100% corporate short-term bullshit mindset. They should be ashamed.
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@Firlefanz IDK about subscription (I loathe those generally) but you're right, it's very much punishing small authors, first-time authors, authors in lower-selling genres, etc. And it's just NUTS in terms of the longevity of their business as well. Sure, go ahead, absolutely STOP COLD any new authors from trying out this self-publishing thing to see if they can make a go of it and MAKE ALL YOUR FUTURE REVENUE. It's 100% corporate short-term bullshit mindset. They should be ashamed.
I agree.
They should be ASHAMED.
I use them for everything except Amazon and Google Play Store. I was so happy they finally finagled that contract with Bookshop.org.
And now this. It's so depressing.
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I agree.
They should be ASHAMED.
I use them for everything except Amazon and Google Play Store. I was so happy they finally finagled that contract with Bookshop.org.
And now this. It's so depressing.
@Firlefanz I *only* use them for Bookshop but if I was in your position, I would stop distributing your books through them (except for Bookshop) and go direct everywhere. And tell them. You're not going to support them with your sales if they're going to turn their backs on indies like this.
