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 how it connects to the rest of your ecosystem.
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.
