Let's be real: switching publishing platforms feels like a risk. You've built your author career somewhere else, your books are already live, you have a routine. Why rock the boat?
Here's why: Read with Pride is offering your first 3 months completely free from sales fees. That's not a promo discount. That's not a trial with strings attached. That's three full months where the only deduction from your sales is the standard card transaction fee from payment processors. Everything else? Yours.
If you've been on the fence about leaving platforms like Amazon KDP or other mainstream retailers, this is your sign. This is your risk-free window to test what better royalties for writers actually looks like.
The Math That Changes Everything
Let's break down what "first 3 months free" actually means for you as an author.
On most platforms, you're giving away 30-70% of every sale. Amazon KDP takes 30% if you're exclusive with them, and up to 65% if you're wide. Traditional retailers? Even worse. You're used to seeing a fraction of your book's price hit your account weeks or months later.
At Read with Pride, our standard author rate is 85%+ royalties after the small platform fee. But for your first three months? You skip even that platform fee. You pay only the unavoidable card processing fee (usually 2-3%, depending on the payment processor and the customer's location).
That means on a $4.99 ebook sale, you're keeping roughly $4.85. Not $3.49. Not $1.75. $4.85.
Do that math across 50 sales. Across 200 sales. Across your entire backlist if you're migrating a catalogue. The numbers add up fast.
Why This Offer Exists
You might be wondering: why would Read with Pride give away three months of revenue?
Simple. We're confident. We know that once LGBTQ+ authors experience what it's like to publish on a platform that actually values their work: one that doesn't shadowban queer content, doesn't force them into content restrictions, and pays them what they're worth: they won't want to leave.
This isn't a gimmick. It's an investment in you. We'd rather prove our value through your success than lock you into a contract and hope you tolerate us.
Three months gives you time to:
- Migrate your backlist and see how your books perform with a built-in queer audience
- Launch a new release and compare the earnings to your old platform
- Test our marketing tools, analytics, and author dashboard
- Build relationships with readers who are actively seeking LGBTQ+ books
- Decide if this is the long-term home your writing deserves
Perfect Timing for Backlist Migration
If you've been writing MM romance, gay fiction, or any queer content for years, you probably have a backlist sitting on other platforms earning… not much. Maybe a trickle of sales. Maybe buried under algorithm changes. Maybe flagged for being "too explicit" despite following every guideline.
Switching to Read with Pride with your backlist during this 3-month window is a no-brainer.
Here's what backlist migration looks like:
- Upload your existing titles to Read with Pride
- Keep them live on your other platforms (we don't demand exclusivity)
- Promote the Read with Pride links to your newsletter, social media, or reader groups
- Watch your royalty rate jump from 35-70% to 97%+ for three months
You're not burning bridges. You're testing a new revenue stream. And if your readers prefer buying directly from an LGBTQ publishing platform where they know their money supports queer authors? You've just future-proofed your income.
Perfect Timing for New Releases
Launching a new book in 2026? This offer is basically a golden ticket.
Instead of handing 30-65% of your launch earnings to Amazon or another retailer, you're keeping almost everything. Launch months are critical: that's when you'll see your highest sales volume, your most engaged readers, and your best opportunity for reviews and word-of-mouth.
Why give a massive cut of that to a corporation that doesn't care about queer voices?
With Read with Pride, your launch month earnings stay in your pocket. Use that money to:
- Invest in professional editing for your next book
- Commission custom cover art
- Run targeted ads to queer reader communities
- Actually pay your rent (wild concept, we know)
And because we offer daily payouts, you're not waiting 60 days to see that money. You can reinvest in your career immediately.
What "Only Card Transaction Fees" Really Means
Let's clarify what you're actually paying during these three months.
When a reader buys your book, their payment is processed by a third-party payment gateway (Stripe, PayPal, etc.). Those companies charge a small fee: typically 2.9% + $0.30 per transaction in most regions. That fee is unavoidable. It's the cost of doing business online, and every platform pays it.
Read with Pride isn't pocketing that fee. It goes directly to the payment processor. What we're waiving is our platform fee: the small percentage we normally take to maintain the site, fund marketing efforts, and keep the lights on.
So if a reader buys your $4.99 ebook:
- Payment processing fee: ~$0.15
- Read with Pride platform fee: $0.00 (waived for 3 months)
- Your cut: $4.84
Compare that to Amazon KDP:
- Amazon's cut: $1.50-$3.25 depending on your enrollment
- Your cut: $1.74-$3.49
The difference is staggering. And it compounds with every single sale.
The Hidden Benefits of Author Migration
Switching platforms isn't just about money (though, let's be honest, the money is a huge part of it). It's about freedom.
When you publish on Read with Pride, you're joining an LGBTQ publishing platform that:
- Doesn't censor your content. Write the steamy scenes. Write the authentic queer experiences. No "adult content" flags that kill your discoverability.
- Gives you real data. You own your reader information (with their consent). You can build your email list. You can see what's working.
- Puts you in front of the right audience. Our readers aren't casually stumbling onto your book between a cookbook and a self-help guide. They came here specifically for gay romance books, MM novels, and queer fiction.
- Respects your creative control. No algorithm deciding your book isn't "mainstream" enough. No category restrictions that force you to mislabel your work.
This is what author migration should feel like: moving from a platform that tolerates you to one that celebrates you.
The "What If It Doesn't Work Out?" Question
We get it. Change is scary. What if you migrate your books and nothing happens? What if the sales don't materialize?
Here's the beautiful thing about this offer: you risk nothing.
Your books can stay live on Amazon, Kobo, Apple Books, wherever. We don't demand exclusivity. Think of Read with Pride as an additional income stream, not a replacement (unless you want it to be).
Test us for three months. If you hate it, if the sales aren't there, if you decide it's not for you: fine. Your books are still on your other platforms. You haven't lost anything. But you've gained three months of 97%+ royalty rates and learned what's possible when a platform actually supports queer authors.
That's a pretty good deal.
The Clock Is Ticking (But Not in a Scary Way)
This offer won't last forever. We can't give away three months of platform fees to every author indefinitely: eventually, we need to keep the lights on too.
But right now, in February 2026, we're prioritizing growth. We're prioritizing getting more LGBTQ+ books onto our platform and more queer authors into our community. We want you here.
So if you've been thinking about switching from Amazon KDP, if you've been frustrated with low royalties and content restrictions, if you've been searching for better royalties for writers in the queer space: this is your moment.
Upload a book. Upload your entire backlist. Launch your next release. Give it three months and see what happens.
Ready to Make the Switch?
Head over to readwithpride.com and create your author account. Upload your first book. Set your price. Hit publish.
Then sit back and watch 97%+ of your sales revenue hit your account. Daily.
Welcome home. 🌈
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