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Thanks, John. I've sent an ermail to Amazon.co.uk asking when Vella will be available in the UK.I think Amazon made Vella for such. Still only available in the US.
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This is a bit of a holy grail in the publishing world… it ought to work for lots of good reasons, and most of us want it to work… but it’s never taken off the way it should have done.I mean of one novel not a series of novels, you know, maybe a chapter released per week etc... Has anyone any experience with this type of self-publishing on Amazon, YouTube, TikTok or any other platform?
Hi Pamela,My understanding is that on Royal Road there is some serialisation, in that if people want to read more they pay a fee. I think that may be the most practical application. After all the point of old serialisations was to make people buy the next newspaper. Or magazine. As Matt said, that no longer sells anything.
Otherwise start writing a story-see if you can get anyone to pay to read the instalments. Writers, actors, painters, filmmakers are in the most elemental phase of capitalism that arises after any disaster. Throw a blanket down and start hawking your wares.