As part of the fallout from the ongoing itch.io debacle, I decided to finally get around to setting up a direct ebook sale option for my books. What does that mean? It means there’s an option to buy them without being attached to any particular ebook store. Input the payment info, download the book as an epub or PDF (or a slight side trip for epub, PDF or MOBI), be on your way. You’ll also get an email receipt with a link to re-download them if you lose them. (Or just ask me.)
This will work best if you’re comfortable with side-loading books onto your ereader or app of choice, which is not everyone’s cup of tea. It’s just an option for those who are already used to that. They’re still available everywhere they used to be.
Getting into inside baseball: I decided to go with Lemon Squeezy as the processor, because they handle VAT and other taxes. In all likelihood, I’m not going to hit the minimum sales threshold to have to file sales taxes any time soon, but I’m willing to go with the option that removes the need to worry about it ever. Thanks to indie author Dax Murray for their detailed breakdown of direct-ebook-sales options, which also includes a summary of the itch.io situation.
Other small notes from this update:
The Healers series is still not available on Hoopla, but the Therapist series is. No idea why. They are both available on Libby (OverDrive on the author end) as well as some other library-based reading apps.
I’ve changed the banner background for the Therapist series (seen in the pinned blog post on this front page as well as on the sales pages). I don’t know for sure, but I was starting to worry that the stock image of the library/bookshelf smelled like AI. I hadn’t thought so when I first purchased that stock image, but at second/third/millionth look…ehhhh. It’s easy enough to swap in another one.