Fatthorishot:
Hey all. I’ve been working on several stories and I’d like to try to hustle them a bit. I’m wondering what folks tend to make as earning authors versus self publishing on Amazon or Patreon etc. any thoughts?
I do both. I haven’t published anything on KDP in a while but I still get a couple reads a day. The money from Kindle Unlimited takes a long time to add up. I’m planning on publishing some of my feedist works and going wide (lol) on SW, Amazon and paywalling it here. There are advantages to being the walled garden of Amazon, but a lot of drawbacks too. They can inactivate or ban your account and finding out why is very difficult.
The big advantage is that if you publish under KU, as a new/unknown author the risk for the reader of trying your stuff is minimal. They pay a monthly subscription and it’s easy to check out your stuff even if you’re an unknown quantity.
The subscriptions here on FF are bigger payouts individually, but fewer over the course of the month, in my very recent and limited experience.
