[endorphine]

I'd be interested to know how the first one makes money. Is it through Memberships (https://building.shepherd.com/author-membership/)?

[bwb]

Yes, 80% of our funding comes from our 800 members, a mix of readers and authors.

Readers - https://building.shepherd.com/membership-for-readers/

Authors - https://building.shepherd.com/author-membership/

The other 20% is affiliate revenue from book sales across the website, via Amazon and Bookshop.org.

I work for free, so it is still pretty bootstrapped.