Hey Everyone.
I've spent the day asking various people for advice - a lot of which boiled down to 'know your worth'. Which, yes, I should and plan on doing. But I also want to make sure I'm being fair to you guys too.
On the 1st of May this year I plan on starting a subscription service over on Inkitt. Until then, all my books are available to read in their current state. I am taking a short-ish hiatus until then to get some things set up behind the scenes.
Any One-Shots and anthologies I have will be staying free. Any short story less than 15,000 words will be free. The short stories I'm going to offer will either be stand-alone self contained mini reads (around 10 chapter long maybe), or they will be related to a fuller novel of mine that will now only be available with a subscription.
As an example, I am halfway through writing a short story about the begging of Erica and Alex's relationship. Any fans of Checkmate will recognise those two names and hopefully feel excited for some new content. Now when I say short, please remember this can be up to 15,000 words, so still a couple hours of reading completely for free.
So how do I manage books like Checkmate or His Lady's Maid for example?
Unfortunately, they will be going to my subscribers. And anyone who does subscribe will have an exclusive chapter not seen anywhere else. For people who can't afford or don't want to subscribe, I will be releasing my novels as physical books and/or Kindle E-books. These books will also have bonus content to differentiate it from the Inkitt version and will be priced fairly.
I understand this might be disappointing to some people. But with the piracy issue and the fact I want to turn this into a living, I have to make these decisions. Hopefully you can understand and continue supporting me.
Let me know if you have any questions. Give me your thoughts.
Much love, as always,
Lisa