There needs to be a reason we should want to read your blog. Please do not simply post your blog and leave it. You are certainly welcome to post articles from your blog (or others), but please do so in a manner which generates discussion. Please check out the wiki before posting! Your question might already be answered!īlogspam type posts are not permitted on this subreddit. I'll keep an eye on things and report any new findings, but right now I don't have a ton of faith in Vella making it to 2024.A community for writers to discuss the process of self-publishing, share experiences in the "industry," and read up on self-publishing news. Most of us are only hanging around for the hefty bonuses, and some authors are expressing their continued frustration and desire to drop out altogether. I will say that my bonuses so far this year have been rather generous, but I try not to be too reliant on them. These last two months have been much higher than usual ($30-50), and only because I doubled my promotion efforts. My Vella royalties…are $10-15 a month, and rarely go beyond $20. My book royalties, on average, are around $40 a month. I’ll be upfront about my royalties, as those are far less likely to ruffle any feathers. The royalties I currently make just don’t warrant the extra effort, when I could be focusing on book WIPs instead. I may keep it on the platform until it inevitably crashes and burns, but wouldn’t add new stories. I technically already plan to do so by May, though that leaves Last Train Home, which is intended to be a long series. I’m not too discouraged this time around, but would be inclined to finish up three or my ongoing stories. And if that happens, I imagine they’ll lose many authors. It wouldn’t surprise me at all if they became selective with the bonus pool, much like they do with Kindle Unlimited.
#Kindle vella serial
The vast majority of serial readers are overseas, and China in particular makes up a large piece of the market.Īnd then there’s the issue with Amazon losing money in general, and the layoff of 12k+ employees. You also have to factor in the substandard marketing on Amazon’s side, as well as the choice to limit the platform to its least favored market…the US. A horde of those accounts and stories were also banned and removed from the platform. It would appear this was their way of counteracting ChatGPT crafted stories, which were draining bonus money from actual authors. The current theory seems to be that Amazon is no longer factoring in updates as part of its algorithm, instead prioritizing actual engagement, such as reads, likes, etc. People who publish new episodes a day, for example, are not being rewarded the way they used to. Some who made four figures are barely making half now, despite working their asses off to produce new episodes and market their stories. Which is the subject of today’s post.īonuses have been lower for most people recently, especially for those not in the top one hundred. But I can’t complain too much, especially realizing I may not be able to hit that number again in the future. Things picked up in January, with my highest bonus to date, though considering the many milestones I hit…I kinda expected more. Likewise, the bonus I received for December was equally disappointing. The October “free read” week was highly disappointing, and hurt more than it helped. My highest bonus that year was in July, but gradually dwindled over the ensuing months. I don’t want to go into detail of my finances here, but I made enough to help cover my share of rent and other expenses. I received a generous bonus, which encouraged me to write and publish additional Vellas. I decided to give Vella another try in January of 2022, this time with my debut novel, Fluid Bonding. I made roughly $130 in bonuses that year, and less than a dollar in royalties…yikes! After lackluster reads I stopped updating my story around October. Twitter was a dead end entirely, and I didn’t think to use Facebook, of all places.
#Kindle vella how to
I didn’t know how to market my story back then, sticking mostly to Reddit, which is where most of my reads and follows came from. With Last Train Home, I did go with the more subtle angle of dropping the stats and game screens, so the characters don’t realize they’re in a game adjacent world. That one was a true litrpg, and I kinda regret not sticking to that format with its successor. I was there from the very beginning, with an earlier iteration of Last Train Home.
Last year seemed the best (at least for me) time to get on the Vella train.
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