Smashwords has fallen to what's being called the Pornocaust. Thankfully none of my stories there violate the new TOS. I should also note that unlike BookStrand, which seems to deride its indie authors (calling them "disgusting" for posting stories involving incest and dubcon and werewolves/bestiality), Mark Coker, the founder of SmashWords, is genuinely supportive and is only cutting out these erotica books because PayPal is twisting his arm.
We really need a different payment system. PayPal's actions are quite upsetting.
So far Amazon is the only distribution company that I can go through now without TOO much worry over what subjects I can or can't write. Sadly, this means that I won't be able to openly publish "His Little Brother" as I wanted earlier, so here's the deal. I'll release "His Little Brother" on KDP select on Amazon (it's the only way I can put it out for free), and I promise I'll work on a new free story later that'll meet the standards of SmashWords and AllRomanceEbooks, K guys?
I really do apologize over this whole debacle, but it's out of my control. I'm gonna make the best of what I have here, however. I'm also looking at different venues, and I feel like I'm going to have to use stock images for book covers now. While I really love the art that PockyRum makes for me, it doesn't seem like they're selling as well as other books are. I'll keep the art for a few of the books however, but expect some replacements.
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