I've been hesitant to jump on this bandwagon, because to be totally honest, I'm not sure how well this new program is going to fly. Before I started a book in Vella (which is basically an episodic publication of a longer work), I did a lot of poking around the FAQs. Another author friend was also poking through those FAQs. We talked back and forth about the pros and cons and we decided we'd dip our toes into the pool.
The jury is still out on whether or not I'm staying in Vella. I'm not even sure "The Big River" is going to keep the program. They're doing things to try to get readership (purchases) up, such as offering 100 free reads a day until October 11th and 200 free tokens for first time users. As someone who had a book completed, I can see the benefits of posting episodes. It creates a managable chunk of the manuscript to edit with a fine-tooth comb, to flesh out, to tweak. By allowing for a later publication date (I started out with the first episode published a week after I uploaded it), I could get multiple episodes uploaded and still keep my head above water with the editing process.
However, as I said, the jury is still out. Just as the Kindle store is super saturated, so also is Vella. Finding traction is an interesting exercise.
In case you're interested, the story I'm posting in Vella is out of my wheelhouse. It's still a romance--but it's a contemporary and it's closer to a romantic suspense novel than a straight forward romance. www.amazon.com/kindle-vella/story/B0BGLS13KJ
The jury is still out on whether or not I'm staying in Vella. I'm not even sure "The Big River" is going to keep the program. They're doing things to try to get readership (purchases) up, such as offering 100 free reads a day until October 11th and 200 free tokens for first time users. As someone who had a book completed, I can see the benefits of posting episodes. It creates a managable chunk of the manuscript to edit with a fine-tooth comb, to flesh out, to tweak. By allowing for a later publication date (I started out with the first episode published a week after I uploaded it), I could get multiple episodes uploaded and still keep my head above water with the editing process.
However, as I said, the jury is still out. Just as the Kindle store is super saturated, so also is Vella. Finding traction is an interesting exercise.
In case you're interested, the story I'm posting in Vella is out of my wheelhouse. It's still a romance--but it's a contemporary and it's closer to a romantic suspense novel than a straight forward romance. www.amazon.com/kindle-vella/story/B0BGLS13KJ