As most of you know, I've been looking for an alternative to Patreon for some time.
I've been watching Ream Stories from the sideline since its inception. I created my account before they even went public, but I wanted to wait and watch before I made the switch.
If you follow many of the serial/self publishing groups on Reddit, it appears that Ream is in fact the winner between the two platforms.
As a creator, much of it is very similar, the advantage though is that the platform is designed for writers to publish their stories.
Advantages of Ream over Patreon:
Made by authors, for authors
Social eReader (TOC, font controls + more)
Publish books in a library dedicated to my stories
Email chapters securely to stop illicit sharing of stories
Can schedule and post story chapters for serial publishing/early access
Has a great mobile device interface
Discovery through searching by genre and genre-based charts
I've already got Witches & Werewolves published. The updated versions of The Cowboy and the Alien and The King of Atlantis are already uploaded and are currently scheduled to publish one chapter per week. I'll have the edited version of The Atlantean Federation ready to upload before the schedule catches up.