5/17/2023 0 Comments Kindle vella![]() Once you have an Amazon account, access Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP). If you do not already have an Amazon account, start there. It is ridiculously easy to set up an author account. Readers can buy tokens in bundles of 200 ($1.99), 525 ($4.99), 1100 ($9.99), or 1700 ($14.99).Īs they read, readers can give feedback such as marking your story as a “favorite” or giving an episode a “thumbs up.” This feedback will affect your bonus. It takes 12 tokens to unlock and episode that is 1200-1299 words in length. For example it takes 6 tokens to unlock an episode that is in the 600-699 word length. The number of tokens it takes to unlock an episode corresponds to the length of the episode. After which, readers must redeem tokens to unlock future episodes. The first three episodes of every Kindle Vella story are free to readers. ![]() Many modern-day authors are having similar success, building their fan bases through Kindle Vella. Many unknown 19th century authors were able to establish an audience and grow in popularity by first publishing in serialized format, including but not limited to Charles Dickens, George Eliot, Thomas Hardy, and Robert Louis Stevenson. There was (and still is) a benefit to authors for writing serially. In the modern era, Kindle Vella readers are reading on their phones, often during short breaks in their busy days, like while standing in line at the DMV or waiting in the carpool lane. This allowed poorer overworked readers to enjoy stories that would have been too expensive for them to read as leather-bound volumes. Serialized novels first popped up as early as the 17th century and really took off in England during the 19th century when novels were published episodically in newspapers and magazines. Instead of chapters, you are publishing “episodes,” much like a television series. If you haven’t already heard about Kindle Vella, it’s a place where you can serialize your novel over an extended period, instead of publishing one whole story all at once. If you’re considering self-publishing and wanting to maximize potential income, do yourself a favor and take a peek at Amazon’s Kindle Vella platform.
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