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patreon
I see that another indie author, this time Marc Alan Edelheit, author of the Stiger books, has gone the Patron route. He's taking a somewhat different approach than Glynn Stewart did. He's basically giving access to the author and various goodies rather than pre-release copies of the eBook.
I signed up as a patreon for both. For me, the point isn't to get goodies, it's to make it so my favorite writers can keep putting out books for me to read. As far as I can tell, the whole point of going the patron route is to have a steady, predictable revenue stream for the author. I suspect this makes up for the advances that publishers give writers.
These two are my two main indie authors. I suspect that one aspect that makes patreon viable for both is that both price their books in the paperback price range ($6 or so) making it more likely that their fans aren't just looking for cheap books and thus more willing to shell out $5 to $10 a month to help support them. Of course, both are also quite popular.
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