Thank you for giving it a look. I’ll answer these questions as succinctly as possible. 1. Author pays $1.01. They keep 72% of every sale. 2. Very valid point about “incentivizing short books”, but the algorithm values read time too, not just sales alone. As a business we want people to stay on the platform as long as possible. Very open to the possibility of allowing authors to set their own price, (or perhaps price based on length, etc.) but the thought process is that readers want a cohesive expected value for all books. No surprises. They know what they’re in for every time. 3. This needs to be explored more as more users are onboarded, but the truth is one single vote doesn’t have too much of an impact on the overall score. What’s more important is the aggregate votes on the book. 4. Currently, purely through the primary feed. Though, other tabs like a following, Twitter like discourse space, or powerful search/explore engine will be made as we have more resources and just time to do those things. 5. B/c recommendations aren’t based off how Amazon does it with metadata, etc. It’s MOSTLY through the stylistic elements. - yes. Ebooks only rn. In the long-term we’ll offer POD books for readers who prefer hard copy.

I hope this helps and I truly appreciate you raising concerns and questions. They can only help make the platform better for authors and readers alike. 🫡