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Originally Posted by mr ploppy
£1 seems a lot to rake off for a site that doesn't have many titles available (and therefore won't attract many readers). What do you do that Smashwords don't do? It says "Once your book has been accepted" does that mean you vet titles before including them to weed out all the amateur crap? That would be something I would see as worth the commision if you built up a reputation of only accepting quality titles among readers.
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Mr P, many thanks for your comment. Much appreciated.
We're actually at the beginning stage of building membership and subsequently titles, hence our request for feedback. The commission price and the number of books aren't correlative: authors pay nothing unless they sell. And we're certainly not trying to compete with the Smashwords meatgrinder: what we offer is a pain-free method of uploading your work in different formats.
Ultimately, we follow the general wisdom that writers should spread their work around as many platforms as possible (of which IvaNovella would be one!) and we encourage our members to do the same.
Our aim is to attract good quality aspiring writers. I had a look at your blog and would hardly call the writing there amateur crap! We're simply looking at what writers and readers say they want and trying to fulfil this need. Some of these - as mentioned in my original post - include forums where authors can promote their own work, have banners, and show previews of their work.
Writers can also contribute articles with a linkback to their book.
Obviously, we can't offer the elusive pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, or a winning lottery ticket, although we'll try for other alternatives! We have a few things in the pipeline that we're currently working on, so it really does help to get feedback at the development stage. Thanks again for being the first to pitch in.
Jay