Fuck audible. Go to your local library and see if they have Libby and Hoopla. Free ebooks and audiobooks.

Let's talk royalties...

Good morning! Who's ready for some infuriating numbers about audiobook sales?

In December I released His Secret Illuminations as an audiobook, after over six months of production that I paid for out of pocket. I released it on my website, through Findaway Voices, and on Audible. We're going to talk about the last one.

I just got my Audible earnings report and payout for the December sales of said audiobook. I sold 15 copies & made $186.98 in net sales. Sounds pretty good, right?

Hahahaha, it only sounds good. My actual royalties were $46.75. All the rest of that money went into Amazon's pockets.

I knew my Audible royalties would be pathetic going in, but I made the personal and political choice to do a non-exclusive release through Audible so I could sell my book elsewhere and do my tiny part to break their monopoly. (A non-exclusive release through Audible means I make 25% of the cover price in royalties instead of 40%.) I couldn't not release this book on Audible for the same reasons I couldn't not release the paperback and ebooks on Amazon: That's where people buy books. They own the market, and it sucks!

I understand why people buy through Audible, and I'm not blaming the consumer... But if those 15 sales had happened through my website? I would have made $348.45. Can you see what a difference that is for a self-published author who's working toward going full-time with writing? Can you see how that's better compensation for someone who has to do every single part of the process herself?

I would like to once again say, with my whole chest: Fuck Audible.

Anyway, here's my website if you want it: https://scarlettgaleauthor.com/shop

i think using real animatronics really enhanced the experience of the film. not just in the charming yet uncanny way freddy + friends robotically stomped around but also when they finally reveal springtrap at the end of the film. the way he lumbers in, hunched over. immediately recognizable as an animatronic but theres something Wrong. he's moving too fast, too lifelike. that has to be a person in a suit. he found you, mike.

it was really effective idk guys

If you can listen to romance novels on audiobook you should be recruited for the Navy SEALs. What is it like not to fear god or his punishments?

Im sure this plays great as an audiobook

red dead nerds y’all know this is coming out later this year right?? I’m reading a review copy right now in tandem with my current playthrough and it’s an A+ fixation addition

***edit to add that the audiobook is being narrated by Roger!!

emera infinity gauntlet

FUCK AUDIBLE

all my homies HATE AUDIBLE

USE A LIBRARY

THERES ALREADY A SERVICE THAT LETS YOU LISTEN TO AUDIOBOOKS (and! shockingly! ITS FREE)

fuck audible jeff has scammed ppl into paying ppl for a thing they probably already have access to 0/10

why do i have to sign up for an audible account to listen to one (1) audiobook. die

As a Furry Gregor hits different, good job!

adding this to my list of accolades tbh

David Dastmalchian Answers ‘Late Night With the Devil’ Burning Questions

additional work doodles on stolen printer paper ft. Jiang Cheng meeting various dog breeds

cuz I feel like it would be a hoot watching this guy react to the ecclectic variety of pooches the world has to offer

It messes me up so bad macaque can just smell wukong from far away. And it wasn't a throw away line cause he literally sniffs right before they meet the real wukong

WAIT… WAIT!!!!

YOU MOTHERFUCKER COME BACK HERE

i have not struggled to hold in a scream so hard in my life because hello???? macky did what now!?? CANONICALLY????

HOLD UP

ITS FUCKING AUDIBLE!!!! ANON I DID BELIEVE IT WAS A THROWAWAY LINE WHAT THE FUCK

HELP ME

Audible, I’m not entirely sure this was the right ad for this website

I get so shocked when Edwin swears. like, how does he even do that?

what the fuck😭