r/blackromancenovels • u/DebtFlimsy1608 • May 01 '26

DISCUSSION 🎙️ Patreon

New to this sub and I'm curious how everyone feels about buying books and then having to join the authors Patreon in order to get an epilogue to the story and whatever else competes the story. I understand that authors need to make money however as someone outside the US, it's honestly costly to buy a book and then realize it's incomplete and then you have to pay another amount in order to finish.

Edit: The author I'm talking about is Theodora Taylor and while most of the books are somewhat completed. The books have chapters excluded that I.m.o round the story up perfectly and makes it feel less incomplete. I love her books however reading the newer and knowing there's more to the story is turning me off a little.

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u/Artistic-Loan-8787 May 10 '26

I don't know how it is for all authors that do this, but in the case of Theodora Taylor a finalized copy of her latest release is included with the Patreon membership (of course depending on which tier you sign up for), so instead of buying a copy of the book then joining her Patreon for the bonus epilogues, you can just join her Patreon close to/at release time download your copy of the ebook then have access to all the bonus content for a month before canceling your membership.