Smashwords will also remove bad reviews. I had someone give a brand new story a 1* and a shitty review. I emailed him because what he was complaining about was on Twitter. His beef, he literally didn't like me advertising my book. I copied the conversation and shared it with Smash. Score and review gone! I don't know what Amazon would do, but I suspect there'd be little cooperation. Many buying decisions are based on scores and reviews, so it would be crazy to allow the loonie toons here access.
I had someone drop a one star review on a book on SW a few months back, usually my reviews there are pretty good, but okay. I received another bomb the following month, and recognized the name. I'm sure you know you can click on them and see what they reviewed and the person only had four reviews in 6 years all one bombs, two for me two for another author and the review was "Literally trash, one star garbage" so I e-mailed them
I mentioned that before, a tip jar and we can put paypal or other method of payment link on our bio page
Yeah, Coker really sold out, because every advantage is for the D2D authors, there's nothing new for SW authors except a lot more competition, and despite their claims, D2D lives in mortal fear of amazon and I expect when the full integration happens they're going to stop accepting taboo, NC and other things SW has always done well with, even though they have the boxes to check on those to ensure it doesn't go anywhere its not supposed to.
Best to create a new pen name for stories you deem worthy, or those you deem to pron to being trolled. It can work.My initial reaction would be welcome. But then I realized I keep my pen names secret...With LW stories, I wouldn't want to give them a direct road into my retail sales.
Amazon, you got sell there, but you either hate um, or love um. I hate um! Still, I get a pair of shoes, a nice dress, or a nighty from my sales on the site ever so often.
Tipping would be nice, don't you think? Not that I'd earn any, but still if I did, I'd appreciate it.
I have a book that I co-authored on Smashwords, the co-author left, but assigned the rights to me before she did. Now they yanked the story from the premium catalog, and they want me to remove her name or have her rejoin to have it restored to all the stites.
I haven't changed my mind on these issues and Smashwords has fallen off a cliff for sales since the takeover. I already have three commercial pen names to promote and really don't need more.
If someone wanted to send you money through paypal they would be doing it from their account to yours, lit is not going to be a middle broker and handle money, so they wouldn't see it was coming from an erotica site.
All PayPal transactions are done directly. It’s just a warning. I have a lot of peers who have sold both written and spoken erotica peer to peer directly via PayPal without using a third party and have lost access to their account as well as their funds. If PayPal gets a whiff that what you’re exchanging funds for could be sexual in nature it’s their discernment only whether or not they shut down your account and they are unlikely to accept appeals. If authors want to use PayPal with each other understanding the risks, I think it’s fair to do so. However, Literotica as an erotic platform hosting a PayPal as a support button linked directly to the author’s erotic content page may very likely cause some issues.
Trust me, I know Paypal is a PIA. I just think in this instance the bigger issue would be people seeing each other's real names.
If I'm not mistaken doesn't Patreon go through PP or do they have their own service to deposit money to you?
No clue. I've never actually looked into it because it was never in the cards for me.
