05-14-2024, 02:34 PMTate Wrote: You're not wrong in that there is fault on both sides here. My only point on that is the they did reach out for my novella, and because of the standard they set (do it all so that it connects) , that is why I thought they would be pumped about my audiobook. I actually thought the reaction would have been way different, with them being pro active with praise (lol). But when they didn't reach out, I figured we were all good.

What I did isn't normal, I know that... I got really excited, and spent over two months on my media overall. To have it end like this is a tough pill to swallow. I don't feel like I am entitled to certain treatment, but I'm not an expert in all things media, and while I did read the rule book - there has never been an audiobook before, so I was like, "Hell yes, this is going to be awesome."

To me, this is the opposite way of embracing creative media, and hence my big stink about it. But good lord, I spent some hard earned time on it, least you can do is give me pay for time I have provided to the site. It's content, for some, and if I entertain one person - I've won.

I get all that, but this is you assuming things and getting upset it didn't work the way you expected/wanted. Can you be upset? Sure, but I don't think the media team is at fault here, they didn't say anything that can reasonably be thougt to feed your assumptions erroneously.

I think you're reading this wrong, in that they're not trying to inhibit creative projects, but VERY SIMPLY just following the rules and procedures. Its been said already but I'll reiterate, this could've been avoided and worked around if you'd have initiated a conversation and fogured a way to get compensated within reason and according to the work you put in.

I hope you continue doing projects such as this one and that moving forward this can be a lesson for all.