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I've been thinking about how I deliver audiobooks to you guys, and wanted to get your opinions. Due to a combination of my slow upload speed and Patreon's less than stellar upload manager (or lack thereof), I'm not able to upload the complete, zipped audiobooks to Patreon. They always stall out or lose connection before they finish.
For Pinwheel, I used Dropbox, which worked okay, but didn't really justify the subscription fee. I've been looking at other options ready for the Goetic Justice release, and I narrowed it down to MEGA and Patreon.
Uploading to MEGA would allow me to deliver a zip file with all of the chapters and associated content packaged into one file. It would have an encryption key that you'd have to use to access the file, like a password.
I could also upload each individual audio file to Patreon as an attachment, which I've tested, and it does work much more reliably as the individual chapters are smaller. There would be no password required, as it would be accessed via your tier level, but the downside there is that you'd have to download 10+ files individually.
Let me know what you think.

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sheq2

For the record, as a $1 subscriber, if I find a Mega link to an audiobook somewhere, I'm downloading it no matter where it came from originally.

Snekguy

I'm not really concerned about security. People who want to get content without paying for it will find ways no matter what I do. My content is DRM free so there's no real way for me to secure it beyond a basic password system, and even then, people could just reupload the files without a password. I'm more focused on finding convenient ways to deliver content and giving my Patrons the best possible experience. I need some kind of unified download service so that people can just get the stuff they pay for in a way that's easy and expedient. I feel like Patreon isn't giving me the tools I need to do that.

Snekguy

Looks like MEGA won pretty handily, so I'll be moving forward with that. Please let me know if you experience any issues with MEGA or are unable to access it for any reason, I am of course prepared to provide alternatives if necessary.