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[ellerkay]

Title: Roommates
Author: ellerkayCharacters: Sam, Lucifer, Gadreel, Dean, Castiel (plus cameos from Crowley and Death

Comments

[beatlefan53]

I find A03 much much easier to read fics on. you don't need a masterlist and you don't need to friend anyone. its easier to see if its a multichapter fic. all around better. so thanks for posting it on A03.

[beatlefan53]

and to add to that, if there is a way to get notified about a new fic or to follow an author, i haven't found it on LJ. but on A03, you subscribe to that author and any thing that they write, you get a notice in your inbox. thats a perk that i love.

[ellerkay]

All excellent points! I love AO3, too. I just don't want to miss out on any potential readers, in case someone has a strong preference for reading on LJ. But I imagine most people don't care (or are like you, and actually prefer AO3!).

[beatlefan53]

another reason is that with A03, if you want to download the fic for later reading, its so easy to do. just hit the download button. I download it to calibre and read it at my leisure. but with LJ, if you want to download it, so you can read it later, you can't … unless you copy and paste into a word document and export to a pdf and then export that to calibre and convert to epub. its a pain. I don't always have time to read the fics when I find them. I read them later when I can. and also, when a comment is made and the author wants to reply, it comes into your inbox. with LJ I haven't found a way to do that and if I want to see if the author, like you, replied, I have to come back to LJ.
sorry to go on and on. thanks for sharing your fics. I really appreciate it. take care.

[ellerkay]

No apology necessary! I love your passion. :) I agree that AO3 is great for all the reasons you've said, and I love what they stand for, too: giving fans a safe place to post any and all transformative works.