Comments for Tuesday Serial

Comment on Collector by Thinking of Boston | Tuesday Serial

Thinking of Boston | Tuesday Serial — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 04:01:22 +0000

[...] Collector [...]

Comment on “Amazon Turns the World of Web Serials on its Head” by PJ Kaiser by Kindle Serials : the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly or What does it mean to serial fiction authors & readers?

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 20:57:06 +0000

[...] Kaiser did a fabulous follow up of the chatter right after the announcement. If you haven’t read it yet, go there. I’ll [...]

Comment on Graduates by 2012 — Webfiction’s Small Bookstore Problem and 2013 Resolutions | Online Novel Blog

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 05:22:59 +0000

[...] Tuesdayserial doesn’t maintain a listing of ongoing works but only complete works [...]

Comment on Hooking Up Versus Going It Alone: What’s a Lonely Serial To Do? by Cecilia Tan

Cecilia Tan — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 21:00:26 +0000

This thread reminded me to start posting on Wattpad again! Daron's Guitar Chronicles is getting close to 400 posts now. I put up the first 15 posts or so on Wattpad a few years ago and then never got back to continuing it!

This is the first I'd heard of Juke Pop. Seems like a few folks have tried to start a central home for serials before but it's difficult to keep the tech running. Dreamfantastic.com seems like they were only active for a few short months, and I'm not sure what's up with Digital Novelists these days. Setting up my own wordpress site for DGC was kind of a pain and ultimately I'm glad I did it that way, but if I'd had a viable alternative for a well-trafficked home back in 2009, I might have planted it somewhere else.

Comment on Hooking Up Versus Going It Alone: What’s a Lonely Serial To Do? by Josh Thornbrugh

Josh Thornbrugh — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 17:41:09 +0000

Like Beth, I am also an author at JukePop where I publish my serial, The Sixth Seal. I definitely agree with her statement that all of our fellow authors there are very supportive. I myself read, vote for and tweet some of my favorite stories on the site.

As Beth pointed out, I'm not too worried about exclusivity as I will also take that time to re-edit and polish my serial into a complete work. My plan is to then use it as a giveaway once the second story in the series is complete. So as far as that goes, I don't really mind how long JukePop hosts my serial on their site. The readers that they have connected me with make it all worthwhile. I don't think I would be able to have such a broad reach on my own.

I also get the feeling that JukePop is constantly seeking out new opportunities for their authors. I can see a time when they might be able to offer multiple publishing options and extended support. They are also highly supportive. I can email them about anything and get a prompt, courteous and helpful response.

I don't have any experience with any other serial sites, but I can certainly highly recommend JukePop. There again, everyone's needs are different, so you need to think through all of the in and outs of each platform. If you're not keen on giving exclusivity, then JukePop may not be for you. However, I would think that any platform would help to give you greater exposure than you could achieve on your own. Not that it isn't possible, it just might be a lot of work.

Comment on Hooking Up Versus Going It Alone: What’s a Lonely Serial To Do? by Beth Raymond

Beth Raymond — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 14:48:02 +0000

I'm quite happy that I have published my serial, Secrets of the Conclave, on the JukePop Serials website. As a new writer, participating with JukePop has helped me develop an audience for my work–not only because of the website's efforts, but also because JukePop authors are quite supportive of each other and want each other to succeed. For example, I can count on my fellow "JukePoppers" to help get the word out when I publish new chapters of my serial, so it's almost like I have a built-in marketing team.

While I do post 100-200 word excerpts of each chapter on my blog and on Goodreads for marketing purposes, full chapters are exclusive to JukePop for six months, and non-exclusive thereafter. This doesn't bother me because my personal goals allow for the time gap (i.e., I'll spend those six months re-editing the story as a whole). It also seems fair given that JukePop compensated me for the first chapter and that I've received further compensation each month (so far).

That said, one possible downside is that because JukePop can continue to publish the story on a non-exclusive basis after six months, future publishing options might be limited. However, I think that concern is diminished by the fact that it presumes a lot that may never happen (first and foremost being that any other publisher is even interested). Thus, I'm happy to take advantage of the opportunities JukePop allows for me now, and I'll worry about the rest later!

Comment on Hooking Up Versus Going It Alone: What’s a Lonely Serial To Do? by DanielArthurSmith

DanielArthurSmith — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 17:28:48 +0000

I put a lot of time into creating an experience for my first serial site The Cathari Treasure and am not sure the effort paid off. The wordpress.org site has a customized theme that views like a book and displays unique backgrounds and featured images for each post. For all of the effort I am not sure the experience was an added draw with one exception, "podcast". I always record my writing for self edit and my friend convinced me to podcast. My serials now have more podcast subscribers than readers. The podcast have also garnered more attention for my serial as a webserial. So far other serial sites have not provided that benefit.
Learning from my first, my new serial The Potter's Daughter is a much simpler approach with minimal artwork and due to the genre I recently followed SGL's recommendation from the “How to Rock Wattpad for Your Serial Fiction” article earlier this year and have seen some great numbers so far.
Since I originally started my serial to solicit attention from agents and publishers I am not sure if I will continue alone. Including analytics in agent queries and directing them to a beautiful site has not seemed to have a short-term result.
I definitely will be keeping a pulse on the collective platforms to see what type of publishing success blooms.

Comment on Hooking Up Versus Going It Alone: What’s a Lonely Serial To Do? by sgl

sgl — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 23:07:49 +0000

I should have included this post from TE Waters who talks numbers (Wattpad, her blog, Fictionpress):
http://online-novel-blog.blogspot.com/2013/01/wor…

Comment on Hooking Up Versus Going It Alone: What’s a Lonely Serial To Do? by sgl

sgl — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 23:00:09 +0000

Wattpad does not require exclusivity. You can post on Wattpad and remove as needed while running your own site. Pretty much I saw it as a bonus to what I was doing and an opportunity to find fairly active readers. My overall site has had more readers (because I can promote the site via other mechanisms), but I definitely believe that Wattpad readers were far more engaged and anxious to keep track of updates. The platform itself has a lot of features that really draw the reader back in. I found (Wattpad readers were often immediately returning to the story once they were notified of an update. (I'm very happy with my experience at Wattpad in terms of numbers of looks at the first chapter and a decent retention rate some 32 chapters later.) I had heard about exclusivity for JP for six months meaning you can't post /host our work outside when you're starting. Sort of makes sense to me given that there's a compensation model involved with JP. If you really want to host our own content, you need to realize that you need to hold off until your six months is up. I've talked a lot about my experiences with Wattpad and my traffic at my blog about webfiction: http://online-novel.com .

Comment on Hooking Up Versus Going It Alone: What’s a Lonely Serial To Do? by Sarina Rhoads

Sarina Rhoads — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 17:19:04 +0000

I am actually posting my serial on both Wattpad and my own website. I do feel like Wattpad gives me more visibility and I can really track reads. I am still very green though, so I can’t say whether there is a difference between the two at the moment.