If Amazon changed its commission structure tomorrow, how much of your income would disappear? For most romance authors, the answer is most of it. Here’s the real problem — and what building a direct revenue stream actually looks like.
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The Author Shop: Why Your Online Store Should Live on Your Website, Not Someone Else’s Platform
When a reader buys your book through Amazon, Amazon owns the transaction and the data. When she buys your character dossier through your own shop, you own everything — the revenue, the customer relationship, and the ability to reach her again. Here’s why the author shop belongs on your website, what goes in it, and…
Your Itty-Bitty Bookstore: What Your Author Website Is Actually For — And the 7 Pages That Make It Work
Your author website is the only piece of online real estate you fully own. Here are the seven pages every romance author website needs — what each one is actually for, what makes each one work, and why the difference between owned infrastructure and rented platforms matters more now than it ever has.
