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Also consider how many audiobooks/books are now crowd sourced, and only available on 3rd party sites for the first 1-2 years, then available to kindle free and
by IronWolve 2y ago
Also consider how many audiobooks/books are now crowd sourced, and only available on 3rd party sites for the first 1-2 years, then available to kindle free and audible. Those numbers reflect in Amazon sales numbers.
- tomrod 2y agoI am unaware of this. Where can one find these audiobooks?
- IronWolve 2y agoMany books start out as a story to see if people like it on HFY, LitRPG or Royalroad type forums, then if people vote up, they start kickstart/patreon to write the series. Many new authors have started like that. Its also how some manga/anime are launched, content fans really want is turns into content. The comic book industry also used this model, thats why so many 3rd party publishers now.
- em-bee 2y agonathan lowell started publishing his books read by himself on podiobooks for free. that's where i discovered him myself. it seems he is doing pretty well now.
- pimlottc 2y agoI assume you mean crowdfunded, and not that the actual book content is crowdsourced?
- IronWolve 2y agoBoth, many new writers are publishing shorts, and if popular, then turned into paid content by kickstarter type funding. Many new writers have popped in the last 10 years due to the internet. Almost like podcasting, Podcasts are free, but then paid content can come out of it. Short stories to books, cartoons to comics, etc.