I've been enjoying releasing my crime novel, A Better Lie, as a serialized novel. I'm finding it gives the characters a little more space to breathe and I like being able to add commentary at the end of each installment. While I have a reasonable amount of paying subscribers to make the whole thing worthwhile, most of them are silent though it appears avid readers or the site.
Serialized fiction is among my favorite ways of telling stories, but then again I've been reading comics for 30 years and most of those are ongoing serials.
I've also found serial readers to be pretty quiet, unless I miss a few weeks of updating episodes and then one or two will tell me they hope I start them up again. :)
We don't have Kindle Vella available here yet. I figure as it grows in popularity, that will happen. I've never read from any of the serialized fiction sites but that doesn't mean I never will :) I like keeping my options open
I keep forgetting Kindle Vella isn't worldwide yet. It really needs to be. I hope it will go wide soon, and this makes me wonder... if I should also be publishing my KV stories somewhere else even before they become available as eBooks and paperbacks. I know KV allows authors to publish other places as long as the stories are kept behind some kind of paywall. Hmm. Thoughts. But also, I have to finish what I need to finish this week...
I enjoy reading serials up to a point. Three in a series is about my max. Interesting history that you set out, Tyrean. I enjoyed reading it.
Thanks, C. Lee. I'm glad you enjoyed it. :)
I've been enjoying releasing my crime novel, A Better Lie, as a serialized novel. I'm finding it gives the characters a little more space to breathe and I like being able to add commentary at the end of each installment. While I have a reasonable amount of paying subscribers to make the whole thing worthwhile, most of them are silent though it appears avid readers or the site.
Serialized fiction is among my favorite ways of telling stories, but then again I've been reading comics for 30 years and most of those are ongoing serials.
Comics are a fun way to read serials.
I've also found serial readers to be pretty quiet, unless I miss a few weeks of updating episodes and then one or two will tell me they hope I start them up again. :)
We don't have Kindle Vella available here yet. I figure as it grows in popularity, that will happen. I've never read from any of the serialized fiction sites but that doesn't mean I never will :) I like keeping my options open
I keep forgetting Kindle Vella isn't worldwide yet. It really needs to be. I hope it will go wide soon, and this makes me wonder... if I should also be publishing my KV stories somewhere else even before they become available as eBooks and paperbacks. I know KV allows authors to publish other places as long as the stories are kept behind some kind of paywall. Hmm. Thoughts. But also, I have to finish what I need to finish this week...