You’re here because of one thing: you love books.
I’m here because I love writing books.
We’re a match made in heaven. But to make sure we maintain a happy relationship, I have to continue to find new and interesting ways to get stories into your hands.
Last year, I launched Patreon and Ream subscription services. I am planning to continue to add to those services with more stories, more bonus material, and new merch.
This year, I’ve had several readers say that they don’t want to purchase from Amazon and would prefer to purchase directly from me. So…(drumroll, please)…
I am launching my own shop!
I know, probably not a huge shock.
When I launch the shop, it will have a small selection of ebooks and some of my paperbacks.
After I’m confident that everything is running smoothly, I will add the rest of my paperbacks and my hardbacks as well as merch. I’m already scouting out interesting merch items and hiring artists.
There are some big questions that go along with shop:
Will I be able to pre-order new books from your shop?
YES! I am planning to include pre-orders in my shop and those books will have an earlier release date than Amazon as incentive to buy from me. Since the pre-order for The Bargain is already up on Amazon, I’m not going to mess with that one. I am planning to start my pre-orders with book 2, The Complication, which will be posted next month.
The proposed release schedule would be:
May 16 – Patreon & Ream subs get their copy
May 23 – Pre-Orders from my store sent out
May 30 – Book releases on Amazon
Pretty nifty, right?
Since you’re opening your own shop, does this mean you’re pulling books from Kindle Unlimted (KU)?
Yes and no.
On average , 50% – 65% of my royalties come from KU, so I wouldn’t be able to survive if I left KU completely. I also recognize that KU is the only way a lot of my readers can afford to read books and I don’t want to abandon them.
That being said, I am in the process of moving the Exit Strategy series from KU. The newest book of the series, Accidental Lover, is over three years old. Some of the books are more than five years old. It’s time to let people who don’t use KU have a chance to meet G Love and Justin. Accidental Lover has already left KU and the other books will be rolling out in April and May. As they leave KU, I will move them wide — Kobo, Kobo+, Barnes & Noble, Apple, Smashwords, libraries, etc — and put them in my shop.
My Ice & Snow Christmas Collection is already wide and in my shop.
After Exit Strategy comes out, I don’t have any immediate plans to take out anything else. The next oldest is Lords of Discord, but I’m not ready to move that one yet.
I don’t live in the US. Will you ship internationally?
Eventually.
The scariest thing about opening a shop is making sure the taxes are handled correctly.
When the store launches, I will ship physical books only within the US. The next step is to add Australia, because that country has a lovely high threshold for taxes that I will probably never, ever meet. I hope to add Europe after that, but the rules have become complicated in the last year and I gotta make sure I get this right.
I will send out regular updates when new things are added to the store and when new shipping zones open up.
Is the shop open now?!?!?
No. But I am soooooooo close. I have just one more thing to tackle – taxes. I also have to test the order for print books and need to locate a guinea pig or two to test for me.
My goal is to have shop live before The Bargain releases on April 11. I will make an announcement in my newsletter and online when it goes live.
Is there anyway I can get an ebook copy The Bargain without buying it on Amazon?
Right now, the only option I have is for you to subscribe to Patreon or Ream at the Sky’s Sammich Shop tier or higher. Those subscribers get an advanced ebook copy. But if you subscribe to Patreon or Ream, you’ll also be able to start reading the book now and get access to a bunch of other stories.
How will your ebooks be delivered? Can I still read them on my kindle?
I will be using bookfunnel for my delivery method. You will be able to read the ebook in the bookfunnel app or send the ebooks to your kindle. I’ve actually been using bookfunnel for my free stories for a few months now. If you want to test out how it would work on something free, grab any of my free stories here.
I think this covers the basics at least. There will be more information coming when the store launches and as I add new items.