Post by ZillaNovikov in If I pay for this does anything go to the authors, or just to tRaum books?

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The ebook should be free everywhere—though Amazon is janky enough that 1 person has paid for it, somehow.

The long version of the story is that tRaum Books published my fiction novella, Query. When Rachel & I wanted to re-release The Sad Bastard Cookbook so we could make the free e-book more accessible, we asked Rysz (who runs tRaum), if he could do the updated layout. For his sins, he agreed. (Never agree to do layout on a book with arrows pointing to bits of the text. I'm surprised Rysz is still friends with me after that experience.) We were looking for places besides just Amazon to post the free e-book, since Zon is mega janky and we hate it, but most book sites don't let you publish PDF. Rysz offered to host on his Itch platform. This is a story of tRaum Books, and Rysz specifically, being rad af to his authors.

That said, I really appreciate that you are looking out for authors vanderZwan—Rysz is a gift but not every publisher is as awesome as he is.

Lita1 year ago(+5)

That's so lovely! What a kind publisher 😊And thank you for working with him to get your ebook up on more platforms! I really appreciate that and I'm sure it really helps to spread your work too!

ZillaNovikov1 year ago(+5)

It does! I am BLOWN AWAY by the response here on itch - I'm so glad the book is here, so many people have found it through this site!

erikantgame1 year ago

I know Ko-fi allows you to publish PDFs and with free, PWYW, or set-cost options; they do take a 5% fee and there are processing fees on top of that, BUT one-off donations/tips on Ko-fi are always fee-free. So a little roundabout, but you could have a free PDF on their shopfront system, and folks could tip you through the one-off option.

Regardless, thanks for your work in putting out this awesome low-spoons resource, and thanks to tRaum for hosting it so kindly ♥

tRaum Books1 year ago(+6)

Hi Erik!! We deliberately decided to NOT have a tip function <3 (I could enable it on here as well) so that people can just download the book and not maybe feel a pressure to donate.:/ (Processing fees here too are quite reasonable, so if the authors DO ever change their mind and wish to enable the PWYW button, I can certainly do that! But until then, it's totally free). If someone wants to kindly support the writers, they can 1. purchase the print cookbook (on Amaz*n), or 2. buy Zilla Novikov's ebook for QUERY on this site <3 or 3. Rachel A. Rosen's eco-fantasy CASCADE (on various other sites). Thanks for looking out for the writers ;-; (They, and the illustrator, Marten Norr, are all great people <3)

ZillaNovikov1 year ago(+2)

What tRaum said! But thank you ... knowing the book helps people is what we did it for.

erikantgame1 year ago(+2)

I've passed the link around to a bunch of folks and the reaction is inevitably "oh thank f*ck" LOL. Part of its power lies in how non-judgmentally it's presented, really makes people feel seen and validated and not alone in ~The Struggle~. Thanks again for making it, and for making it kind ❤

ZillaNovikov1 year ago(+2)

erikantgame1 year ago(+2)

Fully agree, and y'all have clearly found a system that works for everyone. Tbh I think having it here on Itch is a great way to host it, both for reliability and for visibility. ❤

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