This is just a synopsis of a platform available to writers. Some writers have eventually removed their work from Vella and released it in traditional book form. There are advantages to using the format. I am planning to join them with my non-fiction, FLORIDA It’s Different Here. I like the idea of interacting with readers available on Wattpad.Īt least two WAG members have used Vella successfully: Connie Biddle Morrison and Pat Caren, writing as Marie Q. Wattpad functions like Vella but is only available through the mobile app. Readers can make comments and ask the writer questions. Wattpad is one of the largest online portals connecting readers and writers and reader communities. Radish is almost identical to Vella, but they have an application process based on the type of writer you are. It extends beyond books to other artistic professionals. Patreon, is a monthly subscription service. Writers here can set their own prices or offer pay-per-view style content. OnlyFans allows content of any type to be displayed and has become something of a porn hub. Onlyfans is a subscription service for those using social media. Writers are paid when someone reads content. It is a way to attract clients and perhaps get jobs. Medium, is primarily for Self-help and How-to works. Radish has a smaller following and pays less, but is identical to Vella. Radish and Wattpad were bought out by Amazon before Vella was established.
There are other similar platforms available to writers.
Thriller PLATFORMS SIMILAR TO KINDLE VELLA
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender fiction The two exceptions do not have a secondary category option. Except for Non-fiction and Children’s stories, an author can list a primary and secondary option. Readers can also give a “thumbs up.” GENRESĬurrently, there are fifteen genres featured on Kindle Vella. Stories with the most weekly faves will get a crown icon and be showcased in the Kindle Vella Store. While you won’t get specific feedback, readers can “fave” an episode. You might simply write a note of thanks to your readers. You can also advise of release dates for upcoming episodes if you don’t publish them all at once. You’ll write an author’s note at the end of each episode, using it as a hook for the next installment. If a reader unlocks one of your episodes with more expensive tokens, you will earn more.Ī fun part of writing on Vella is that you can speak directly to your readers. A bundle of 200 tokens will be more expensive per token than a bundle of 1500. You earn more or less depending on how many tokens a reader has purchased from Amazon. Royalties are currently 50% of what readers spend on tokens they use to unlock your episodes. You only need a Kindle account and a U.S. have an advantage, as you’re getting in on the ground floor. When someone chooses to spend their tokens on your story, you receive royalties. Vella will also give each new reader two hundred tokens. Today, writers using Vella will be paid when a reader unlocks an episode with tokens purchased from Amazon.Ī writer will agree to make their first three episodes available to readers for free. Nothing new under the sun? THE BOTTOM LINE The Bard’s readers lined up at newsstands, waiting for the next day’s paper, to keep up with his stories. William Shakespeare published serialized stories in newspapers of his day. Writers publishing this way will be in good company. On Vella, each episode will be 600 to 5,000 words. These apps are a way for writers to tell their stories, not in book form, but one “episode” at a time. Amazon now owns them, as well as Kindle Vella. Radish and Wattpad have been around for quite a while. KDP was not the first to introduce this type of service. Readers can also read Kindle Vella on their tablet, but ironically, not on their Kindle. I also recognize commuters on trains and busses are using the platform to make their twice-daily trek less boring. Phone readers of my acquaintance lean toward the younger side. It’s a way for writers to possibly capture a new audience: those who read on their phones. Amazon’s KDP has begun an additional way to publish, called Kindle Vella.
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