{"id":2390,"date":"2016-12-28T15:41:11","date_gmt":"2016-12-28T20:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beydeckard.com\/blog\/?p=2390"},"modified":"2016-12-28T15:41:11","modified_gmt":"2016-12-28T20:41:11","slug":"all-romance-ebooks-is-taking-the-money-and-running","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/all-romance-ebooks-is-taking-the-money-and-running\/","title":{"rendered":"All Romance eBooks (ARe) is taking the money and running…"},"content":{"rendered":"

The gist is this:<\/p>\n

ARe is closing its doors as of midnight, December 31st. If you're an author who is owed money, ARe is only going to pay 10\u00a2 for every dollar owed. If you're a reader, your library will no longer be available to download after December 31. Readers are also reporting that their ARe \"eBook Bucks\" are frozen and unusable.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is not a drill. Get your content out of there now.<\/p>\n

As a consequence, I've thrown all my books back into Kindle Unlimited (as ARe was my only other reliable source for royalties).<\/p>\n

Fuck you, 2016. Fuck you straight to hell.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The gist is this: ARe is closing its doors as of midnight, December 31st. If you’re an author who is owed money, ARe is only going to pay 10\u00a2 for every dollar owed. If you’re a reader, your library will no longer be available to download after December 31. Readers are also reporting that their ARe “eBook Bucks” are frozen and unusable. This is not a drill. Get your content out of there now. As a consequence, I’ve thrown all my books back into Kindle Unlimited (as ARe was my only other reliable source for royalties). Fuck you, 2016. Fuck … <\/p>\n

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