Basically, take the amount of money you think your favorite author gets, halve it, and then halve it again, and you have a number that's probably a lot closer to their actual earnings from writing.
"But I don't think they make that much!"
Halve that. Halve it again.
09.03.2026 19:36
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When y'all buy from indie authors, it impacts us profoundly. Especially if it goes outside the circle of authors trading a few dollars back and forth amongst ourselves.
18.10.2025 22:07
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OUT NOW
A TIMELESS COLLECTION OF QUEER GOTHIC TALES
TORMENT
A GOTHIC ANTHOLOGY
CURATED BY
JUNIPER LAKE FITZGERALD
TORMENT: A GOTHIC ANTHOLOGY
A TIMELESS COLLECTION OF QUEER GOTHIC TALES
OUR CAVALIER CONSECRATE - DEMONAPOLOGIST
THE ROT BENEATH - MARAT EARENDEL
EMERGE - BAILEY ELIZABETH
OMEN - JUNIPER LAKE FITZGERALD
JUST LIKE OLD TIMES - TYLER ISAAC
ICHOR - ARTEMY MANDUS
DANCE MACABRE - T. L. MORGAN
NOTHING BUT THE BLOOD - TABITHA O'CONNELL
WHERE THE STARS HAVE NO REACH - BAY SHUFORD
BEST AND BRIGHTEST - W. PAYNE SILLAVAN
A BLOOM OF DAFFODILS - EZRA WREN
TORMENT: A GOTHIC ANTHOLOGY
π¦ RELEASE DAY! π¦
TORMENT: A GOTHIC ANTHOLOGY comes to you from a creative collaboration of authors
sharing gothic stories ranging
across the genre
from the horrific to the romantic.
OUT NOW!
#indiebooks #booksky ππ
10.03.2026 19:00
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Little under a week left to snag this Canadian book bundle! β¨
10.03.2026 18:04
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Countdown graphic that reads "8 months until release, The Howling Dark, November 9th, 2026." Background image is of a foggy, muddy countryside road.
An image prompting you to preorder and add THE HOWLING DARK to your Goodreads or StoryGraph to-read list, featuring a tiny peek of the final cover through a ripped tear in a cardboard covering.
8 months until Sylvain and Illia meet their ragtag rebel travel companions!
π Preorder/add to TBR here: thehowlingdark.carrd.co
09.03.2026 12:55
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They're so cuuute π₯Ί I love their big floppy sleeves
09.03.2026 23:02
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I feel like I only JUST posted the "9 months" countdown graphic π
09.03.2026 14:59
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Over the background of a medieval city, a pink box with a list of tropes and a cover of the book, The Need for Dandelions by Alex Larkspur
Trope list:
- MM Fantasy Romance
- Queer Normative World
- Flower Symbolism
- Sort of Enemies to Lovers
- Falling in love during a crisis
- Forced Proximity
- Fighting Government Corruption
- Oh. Oh.
Book Cover: Two men stand back to back surrounded by depictions of dandelions. The man angled to the front is Galen. He has tan skin, red hair, and hazel eyes. A large portion of his face is covered by a burn scar. He wears a yellow tunic and brown pants, along with a pink flower pendant. He lifts up one hand, and looks concerned. The other man, facing towards the back but looks over his shoulder, is Sasha. He has light brown hair, dark brown eyes, and stubble. He is wearing leather armor and green shirt and pants. He is holding a sword.
Coming out on March 31st, 2026, The Need for Dandelions is an MM Fantasy Romance about two men forced to work together despite their differences in the face of a crisis!
Cover by the amazing @nooskadraws.bsky.social !
Preorder Today! πΈβοΈ
Uni link: books2read.com/u/meYkPE
Itch: bit.ly/3N1RDWk
07.03.2026 22:51
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A graphic with a green floral wall background. At the bottom is a wood desktop. On top of the desk are a stack of old books on either side of the typewriter. The typewriter has a paper sticking out of it with black text reading βqueer book submissions openβ and a black line underneath it. At the top of the graphic is the Rainbow Crate and Rainbow After Dark logos. Under the logos it reads βCalling all authors!β in white text with a black outline. Under this it says βSubmit your book for consideration in RC or RAD through the link in our bio or on our website!β in gray text with a black outline.
π Calling all authors! We are looking for authors who want a special edition of their book included in Rainbow Crate, Rainbow After Dark, or as a special edition set!
We are especially looking for trans, nonbinary, aromantic, asexual, and intersectional stories. π§΅
09.03.2026 13:52
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Iβm up past my bedtime which is the perfect time to remind yall that my novella π CANDY APPLES π comes out in less than two weeks π
09.03.2026 00:53
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To cease anew
#art #illustration #tarot #solivaga #ocsky
10.12.2025 17:38
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Countdown graphic that reads "8 months until release, The Howling Dark, November 9th, 2026." Background image is of a foggy, muddy countryside road.
An image prompting you to preorder and add THE HOWLING DARK to your Goodreads or StoryGraph to-read list, featuring a tiny peek of the final cover through a ripped tear in a cardboard covering.
8 months until Sylvain and Illia meet their ragtag rebel travel companions!
π Preorder/add to TBR here: thehowlingdark.carrd.co
09.03.2026 12:55
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Dyke Knights! Now in colour!
09.03.2026 03:54
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Aw whaaat, that's so frustrating! Hope it doesn't take too long to build your audience back up on the new account π©
09.03.2026 12:35
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Iβm going to be on this account from now on ππ»
09.03.2026 08:40
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my mental health is returning from the war (winter)
09.03.2026 00:08
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extra daylight, my beloved
09.03.2026 00:06
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I am really, really looking forward to the next round of revisions. That's the part where I get to largely coast through the book tightening things up, prettying them up, and applying beta feedback. This current round, meanwhile, is doing a number on me lmao
09.03.2026 00:05
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THE END IS IN SIGHT π
09.03.2026 00:03
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I am so excited to become this fancy fucker, I love him
09.03.2026 00:02
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Oh lovely, sounds like a great way to spend a retreat! π
09.03.2026 00:02
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Also pouring one out for all my perma-dead OCs who didn't get to survive their stories lmao
08.03.2026 20:29
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β οΈ Iori: TOO MANY TIMES, many of which were because he put himself in a Situationβ’
β₯οΈ Ellen: Once (Illegal!!)
β¦οΈ Alexander: Yes, often, in the line of magical duty π«‘ ...and also that time he got kidnapped and tortured oop
β£οΈ Kyani: A couple times, but someone always came to the rescue (iykyk π₯Ήπ«)
08.03.2026 20:28
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Approximately 64 pages/19.8k words left to revise in this book ποΈπποΈ
08.03.2026 20:14
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His soft smile makes me so sjgshfsjgd π₯Ήπ₯Ήπ
07.03.2026 18:11
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A photograph, in burnt-orange colour tones, of a maple leaf with a heart-shaped hole forms the background of a square image. 19 book covers are arranged in a pyramid shape down the right-hand side and across the bottom. To the left, white text in an arc says "Hidden Gems!" Below that more white text reads: "19 books by Canadian authors you may never have heard of (but will totally wonder how your bookshelves lived without!)"
At the top of the pyramid of covers, to the right, it provides the date of the promo: March 1st to 15th, only on Itchi.io.
The books involved are as follows, from the top of the pyramid and then down, from left to right:
The Lion
The Erstwhile Tyler Kyle
The Dragon Next Door
River of Crows
Hope is the Thing with Feathers
The Clockwork Empire
Flesh and Bone
Goblin Girl
Moonshadow's Guardian
Your Blood and Bones
Winner Takes All
The Flaws of Gravity
Scrap Metal Angel
Destined to be Normal
Clipped
Bloody Spade
Baker Thief
Path of the Warrior
Prince Ewald the Brave
Who's up early and looking for something new to read this weekend? π #BookSky #reading #books
β‘οΈ itch.io/b/3524/hidde...
06.03.2026 11:47
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It hurts how much good our governments could be doing but they simply choose not to :')
07.03.2026 14:07
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I am starting to get the ulnar nerve tinglies and ouchies in my right arm, though, so I think I may have overdone the writing the past few days. Oops. Might need to take a few days off
07.03.2026 01:24
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He'll run back inside and see [redacted] and then he will [redacted] WITH THE [REDACTED] HE WAS GIVEN TO [REDACTED] FUCK YEAH
When the brainstorming is going just right π
07.03.2026 01:17
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A photograph, in burnt-orange colour tones, of a maple leaf with a heart-shaped hole forms the background of a square image. 19 book covers are arranged in a pyramid shape down the right-hand side and across the bottom. To the left, white text in an arc says "Hidden Gems!" Below that more white text reads: "19 books by Canadian authors you may never have heard of (but will totally wonder how your bookshelves lived without!)"
At the top of the pyramid of covers, to the right, it provides the date of the promo: March 1st to 15th, only on Itchi.io.
The books involved are as follows, from the top of the pyramid and then down, from left to right:
The Lion
The Erstwhile Tyler Kyle
The Dragon Next Door
River of Crows
Hope is the Thing with Feathers
The Clockwork Empire
Flesh and Bone
Goblin Girl
Moonshadow's Guardian
Your Blood and Bones
Winner Takes All
The Flaws of Gravity
Scrap Metal Angel
Destined to be Normal
Clipped
Bloody Spade
Baker Thief
Path of the Warrior
Prince Ewald the Brave
Please check out the Hidden Gems bundle, 19 books by Canadian authors including my very own Prince Ewald the Brave.
β‘οΈ itch.io/b/3524/hidde...
#reading #books #CanLit #BuyCanadian #BookSky
06.03.2026 23:02
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