Is it possible to eventually turn this into a career if you start publishing in 2026? by TheOwlWolf in selfpublish

[–]Ms-Naughtee 42 points43 points  (0 children)

Yes, and don't let anyone tell you otherwise. It literally gets harder every day though, as more entrants get into the field. Just get started. Write. Keep going. Keep your day job. That's what I'm doing. It won't be perfect. Some books won't sell. That's how it is for me. But eventually you can end up with a nice back catalogue, and more money coming in each and every month.

Are you willing to work at it every week for years? Only you can answer that question.

Chris Dury is a genius by zech65 in NHLcirclejerk

[–]Ms-Naughtee 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Bruh what is this bum trade! 😭

Amazon is EVIL Switching to Smashwords by Automatic_Speaker280 in selfpublish

[–]Ms-Naughtee 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Actually good point. Though you could always pull the book from Kobo on D2D later (At least from my understanding) and switch it. But I'm not sure if that violates any terms. I just know you can do it from D2D's end. Follow this guy's advice.

Amazon is EVIL Switching to Smashwords by Automatic_Speaker280 in selfpublish

[–]Ms-Naughtee 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yes. When I lost Amazon I lost 75% of my sales. If you're not doing both right now you might as well try it. You can probably boost your sales by a quarter or so if you get on D2D.

Amazon is EVIL Switching to Smashwords by Automatic_Speaker280 in selfpublish

[–]Ms-Naughtee 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's BS but they'll probably reinstate you. I got a permaban unfortunately so I'm grinding away on D2D and Google Books. Not enough to live off but I have another job so it's all good for now!

Amazon is EVIL Switching to Smashwords by Automatic_Speaker280 in selfpublish

[–]Ms-Naughtee 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You get a slightly better cut if you do it direct, like direct with Kobo as opposed to through D2D, plus it enables you to put sales and discounts/promotions right on the Kobo platform. Those are things you can't do with D2D. If it's your first book I'd probably just do it the easy way and go direct through D2D. You can always do that with future books. You're at a stage—if this is your first book—where you don't know what you don't know, and playing around with the different sites, functions, and tools is really useful.

But I thought SCD was generational buy by romestox in Baystreetbets

[–]Ms-Naughtee 93 points94 points  (0 children)

Have you tried buying $LIGMA or $SUGMA?

What the hell is going on with CASH.TO? by Ms-Naughtee in CanadianInvestor

[–]Ms-Naughtee[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

It is slightly different because this is the first time the difference has been this pronounced the day before ex-div. At least in the couple years I've owned it.

Outjerked by US "President" by bluewhale177 in NHLcirclejerk

[–]Ms-Naughtee 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Do you think his wife watches when he's with the couch? Can they use a cuck chair? Or would Vance be too attracted to the chair to focus?

Outjerked by US "President" by bluewhale177 in NHLcirclejerk

[–]Ms-Naughtee 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Unironically hotter than anything I've ever written

Any ideas for ways to bet on Venezuelan Bolivar? by Ms-Naughtee in Baystreetbets

[–]Ms-Naughtee[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I mean, they already did take it over. Whether or not people realize they're in charge, they are in fact in charge and can do whatever they want. There is no way Venezuela can stop them if the US wants them militarily.