2025-08-14T20:13:46Z https://yabu.me Ruby Jones https://yabu.me/npub1k3607t5s4zr9wk8dw40gmafhzmxq9mtlhxlpy98taqdkpz50rv6qulns88 https://files.smutlandia.com/accounts/avatars/000/000/102/original/b6adbde681c36f6b.png https://files.smutlandia.com/accounts/avatars/000/000/102/original/b6adbde681c36f6b.png https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsddx47xka20nw6cz8c2mpve7x2y5y2a0qvzjdkvgdfk8m5h454cdczyz68flewjz5gv46ca464ar04xutvcqhd07umuys5a05pkcy23udngwcqfe9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2xchwyla533jwj7cxavtdm5dscxgvlcjjlt47n5hd9wqt67dvpys6zdh59'>nevent1q…dh59</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>DO NOT confuse us with the limited number of options we have about who we work with.<br/><br/>You may not like it (I don&#39;t!) but most people just find it easier to go to a website they already know and trust. You telling people to boycott an indie author for publishing there is very unlikely to affect Amazon&#39;s business practices, which has much more to do with a lack of proper regulation (it should have been broken up!), and the fact that people get next day delivery, KU, and Prime video in one package. 2025-04-21T14:32:42Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2xchwyla533jwj7cxavtdm5dscxgvlcjjlt47n5hd9wqt67dvpyszyz68flewjz5gv46ca464ar04xutvcqhd07umuys5a05pkcy23udng9yr6jc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvvt5fyf9xz20yqswqws60vf4lp2n2cn00cw993x2pqhpykl9769qja4rnm'>nevent1q…4rnm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&gt;and by free shit, I mean the acres of free, unedited porn online, I mean fanfiction - some of which is excellent! But no creator can be compensated for - and I mean PIRATED BOOKS.<br/><br/>You know, the vast pirated archives that contained so much stuff that Facebook just downloaded it all from there because it would have cost too much to compensate the authors and get their permission.<br/><br/>This is known. It happens. On the radio today they said 3 million ppl in the UK alone pirate books. 3 million.&gt; 2025-04-21T14:28:56Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvvt5fyf9xz20yqswqws60vf4lp2n2cn00cw993x2pqhpykl9769qzyz68flewjz5gv46ca464ar04xutvcqhd07umuys5a05pkcy23udngqkmt7y In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsywucmrfah6qy46pp8w7vvlhwr0zxj6dhhc2pcdnrzn5az29fnkxslqve0z'>nevent1q…ve0z</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&gt;Yes, yes, I know some of you do but my sales figures make it clear. No sales through Amazon and not really more elsewhere.<br/><br/>It could just be me being too sick to promote as well as I could, BUT I see other writers saying the same.<br/><br/>The trouble with loudly declaring you won&#39;t support an author who sells only through Amazon (apart from the ableism) is that maybe YOU genuinely buy your one book a month from an indie source, but a whole bunch of other people jast swap to reading free shit instead&gt; 2025-04-21T14:24:49Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsywucmrfah6qy46pp8w7vvlhwr0zxj6dhhc2pcdnrzn5az29fnkxszyz68flewjz5gv46ca464ar04xutvcqhd07umuys5a05pkcy23udngc9wwsq People in the feed complaining about selling through Amazon and: LISTEN, I never liked doing it but when I first started out it was the easiest option and having a cognitive disability makes it Really Hard to research others.<br/><br/>I have, very slowly, been adding stuff via Draft2Digital, but it&#39;s REALLY HARD AND TIME CONSUMING, using precious energy &amp; time I could have spent on getting new books out.<br/><br/>And you know what? Since y&#39;all started boycotting Amazon I don&#39;t see you buying elsewhere instead&gt; 2025-04-21T14:21:39Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsztf44qg7klgf57f6npc86squeyal4vnl5wqpmxcx7slrec7adcjszyz68flewjz5gv46ca464ar04xutvcqhd07umuys5a05pkcy23udngrqgg7x The Smashwords sale ends soon, but there&#39;s still time to nab yourself a deal!<br/><br/>🐙Oviposition - free!<br/>🏛️Ruinous Attraction - 50% off! (Fantasy M/M erotic romance)<br/>🦾An Unexpected Attachment - 50% off! (SF M/M erotic <br/><br/><a href="https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/RubyJones6742">https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/RubyJones6742</a><br/><br/>#erotica #smut #romance #romancelandia #smashwords #sale #books 2024-12-31T14:22:09Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdadd8grz5mjandplr86y7rpzdx0754qnmzx98qvh0w7wvc637u9gzyz68flewjz5gv46ca464ar04xutvcqhd07umuys5a05pkcy23udngcyt7dj Amazon pre-orders really help ( <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Too-Hot-Handle-Android-Ardour-ebook/dp/B0DNJRKVBH">https://www.amazon.co.uk/Too-Hot-Handle-Android-Ardour-ebook/dp/B0DNJRKVBH</a> ) but you can also buy from Smashwords, Apple Books, and Kobo (<a href="https://books2read.com/u/mearBE">https://books2read.com/u/mearBE</a>)<br/><br/>THTH is an M/M sci-fi, human/android story. Evan is infected by a sex virus. Alone with Carter and trapped by a blizzard, the abrasive detective could help, but at what cost?<br/><br/>#books #erotica #romance #EroticRomance #MMRomance #LGBTQ+ #androids #robots <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1444n9hg6pvv26x5wxgjune33e0rja5vkf02rcelp4zt5nl2qxpaqv97858" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>smutstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1444…7858</span>)</a></span> #romancelandia<br/> <img src="https://files.smutlandia.com/media_attachments/files/113/630/096/330/164/383/original/4d2dc0eab2684635.jpg"> <br/> 2024-12-10T19:17:37Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsghvf3005vtx7umwuw6wmjyl3zcarneudvcvl605tf29zjqqw5d9qzyz68flewjz5gv46ca464ar04xutvcqhd07umuys5a05pkcy23udngmfrsve In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0p4s2g2y2e5krk8zpwvpu74n0gd9vwdkyvjlqdyp7p4nz45ku8vqfapal9'>nevent1q…pal9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>as someone on benefits who was unable to claim benefits she qualified for under the last labour government, I didn&#39;t.<br/><br/>Also, they were pretty anti-benefit and anti-disabled in the run up to the election as well.<br/><br/>Don&#39;t get me wrong, I&#39;m glad we have them and not the Tories, but I&#39;ve been managing my expectations. They&#39;re not as fascist as the Tories, but they&#39;re not really very socialist these days. 2024-11-24T17:34:16Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8z5sdk92uevkrnt7emjsy3zqwp9smadeam937waq38grsce9f55szyz68flewjz5gv46ca464ar04xutvcqhd07umuys5a05pkcy23udngdnv2ah In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrq06uzextkltpd0jztvhmfp7sk6wg2ygkx4v8hvfea0g6j7a64eq0cpw9u'>nevent1q…pw9u</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&gt;but it was worth doing. I bought Capital, but have not managed to read it.<br/><br/>At the moment I am reading Very Fine People, by <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1y7hqzxtext3t49mdg7u322ddxh3e25twnssymfulfsukctnzh7lsmm3tqs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>A.R. Moxon, Verified Duck 🦆</span> (<span class="italic">npub1y7h…3tqs</span>)</a></span> as I have long appreciated his social media threads and wanted to dig into get more of his thought. Also it&#39;s just cathartic to read someone else who went through the same freefall of the last few years and had the similar responses. 2024-09-28T08:24:19Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdk3f37kh49jrh0hhwwlqyrxdtgzg26tjszqwvvv0s860mhal8nhqzyz68flewjz5gv46ca464ar04xutvcqhd07umuys5a05pkcy23udngv0spru #WritersCoffeeClub 14: Do you read non-fiction, and if so, for pleasure, research or both? <br/><br/>Both. The chronic illness makes it hard for me to read at all, which means I pick up and put down a lit of things, fiction and non-fiction. But the last couple of years I have read more NF because it tends to be easier to consume - I need to place less trust in the author to hit my sweet spots. But also because stopping work made me feel like I needed to make good use of my time, reading works i had&gt; 2024-09-28T08:16:22Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsylqhgku4nke54y0z7tcscjeqlay3uxugjkg6j7rgwzmkn8xnsrvczyz68flewjz5gv46ca464ar04xutvcqhd07umuys5a05pkcy23udngl4jya9 A summary of the bullshit survey Draft2Digital just sent out on whether we would like to sell our rights to LLMs, a link to the form, notes on how they try to trick you into saying you&#39;d be OK with some LLM training, and advice on the browser to use to complete: <a href="https://www.tumblr.com/rhube/760006203055161344?source=share">https://www.tumblr.com/rhube/760006203055161344?source=share</a><br/><br/>#Draft2Digital #D2D #selfpublishing #indie #publishing #writing #writingcommunity 2024-08-27T22:44:18Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszrk7gm5nw0vk2h7x0faz4yma2ef9knhkc9klkmzekqlfpf9ywnjgzyz68flewjz5gv46ca464ar04xutvcqhd07umuys5a05pkcy23udngxyelss In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqd20nlavdz6lxxknpzxszzn2mq643gknnw3zp8nwxmgye26099uc38rpyv'>nevent1q…rpyv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>yeah, that&#39;s an instant back button when I see that. 2024-08-03T06:11:55Z