Audible’s new proposed royalty structure is a slap in the face to authors, readers who care about them, and exactly opposite of what they promised Brandon Sanderson barely a year ago.
It is an attempt to seize a monopoly by punishing authors until they agree to exclusivity, which would drive Audible’s competitors out of the market.
It’s all good, I can see now that it was more tongue-in-cheek, I think all those years on reddit just trained me to be defensive online. Plus I like having an excuse to explain myself.
I’ll admit I only made it partway through The Dragon Reborn before falling off, which is a shame because it was my dad’s favorite book series.
I do love a lot of Sanderson’s stuff. Do you have a favorite book/series? I just finished Isles of the Emberdark and I like the way everything is starting to connect to one another so casually while still having standalone stories!
I literally just finished Isles of the Emberdark today. Loved how Cosmere-aware it felt. Got me excited about the eventual endgame of the Cosmere.
Stormlight Archive has replaced The Wheel of Time as my favorite series, I think. WoT will always have a soft spot in my heart as my first massive hard-magic-system fantasy epic, though.
Which is your favorite?
Hey, I realize it’s been two months, sorry I dropped off the face of the Earth.
The first three Stormlight books are definitely my favorite. They were my first Sanderson books, and I was in a dark place when I started them, so Kaladin’s mental health struggles and Dalinar’s coming to terms with his past struck really close to home.
Wheel of Time was my dad’s favorite series of all time, though he did like the Sanderson books I recommended to him. I’ve only read the first two (and barely started the third), I should finish the series someday. I didn’t enjoy but really appreciated how unnerving Egwene’s time with the Seanchan was.