Hi readers,
I've made the very difficult decision to remove Push from Wattpad.
To give those of you currently reading a little time, Push will be removed from Wattpad on Sunday, 15 December.
It's not a decision I make lightly. Push is by far my most read book here -- ever -- and I have no immediate plans for what happens next with it. What I never wanted to happen? Other people stealing my work, stripping away my creative control, and ripping off unsuspecting readers on dodgy PPC apps.
I never thought my Wattpad journey would end like this. I love this place. I love that we can hang out and chat about books. I love seeing new authors testing their wings. There are incredibly talented people here who I know we’re going to see amazing things from in years to come. I can't even tell you how disappointed I am that so many other writers have been impacted by these same thieves. Many of them have already said enough is enough, and I don't blame them. I spent more than a year of my life writing these characters, chatting with you all in the comments, loving the engagement. It feels so bl**dy tainted when someone else is out there pedalling my words for, quite frankly, predatory amounts of money, when that was never the intention.
There is so little protection for writers on Wattpad -- and, arguably, maybe anywhere in the digital era. Some may argue that I've already lost the battle because now my books are out there, they’re out there. Even if they’re right, that doesn’t MAKE it right.
I wanted to close out by thanking each and every one of you. Whether you read one word or literally the hundreds of thousands I’ve shared, it changed my life. I’m not going to stop writing. I’ve got a fire in my belly to tell all my crazy Aussie stories while I can -- it’ll just be shared somewhere other than Wattpad.
❤️Aubrey
