Видео

Sadly Kindle didn't seem like it knew how to be profitable. So, this is their attempts to find a balance at the cost of the authors. :(

I've started publishing on Kindle Vella, and while I totally see your points, and I agree it's got a lot of issues, I decided to stick it out for now. Mostly cause I'm curious to see what's going to happen with this and record my experiences as a new author wading into the pool. (Also I have a day job I am not planning to quit cause I love it too much so why not experiment.) I went in to study what the top authors on the fav list are doing. And wow what an eye opener. Just reading the 1 and 2 star reviews on their Vella pages gave me some insight into the tactics one has to use to get noticed (and how it ticks off readers). To be honest, if they want the site to thrive, they need to stop trying to lure readers in and fix the issues that are driving them away.

Disappointing to hear the results of their changes. Definitely incentivizing readers while alienating authors. I may pull my unfinished Vella down after seeing this; it was making pennies, anyway. This way I can refocus on the novelization. Thanks for the update!

I unpublished my Vella story.

yeah, I don't write for free lol! Good on you.

I seem to be the odd one out in that I still love my Kindle and the KDP platform

I applaud you for doing this model for so long, as I certainly wouldn’t be able to keep up with it!

In all honesty, I'm about to pull out. There's just too much disrespect across the board on both sides. My readers hate it, I don't like that I'm being taken advantage of (let's be real, we don't get paid enough for what we do and people profit off of us too damn much) and it's just not what it could be as they don't show movement or even showcase new uploads and it's restricted only to us here in the US. There are a lot of things that I personally like, but when my readers are like 'yeah, no' then there is a massive issue for me. Massive. I wish I had gotten in on the ground floor and seen what it was then, but right now? No. I don't see it surviving another 5 years unless they make it worth the while to everyone.

The moment I found out about the changes I pulled out. As a slow publisher it wasn't worth it for me. I'm on Ream Stories right now. I'm happy right now still working on building an audience.

Are you on Kindle Vella? Have you seen an impact since the changes in April? Let me know!

Welcome to the former Vella Club. I made 36,000$ last year, some Vella authors made more. I saved 1000$ a month to convert to Audible when the Vella 'wave' finished. We all knew our time was short. Zon had you and I stock the Vella Library with 2,000,000 stories. Once they had that, their mission was complete. They took away most of our pay and became customer oriented. They didn't promote Vella while we were building 'their' library, as much as we begged them too. Some of my friends have moved on to Kickstarter. I moved on to Audible, but even with my savings after four books transferred from Vella, I can't afford the 'hot' narrators for awhile. I figure we make app. 2$ a book across all platforms. Zon always takes the lion share. Too many authors and not enuff readers :) But I do feel your pain. It's like I lost a full time job for sure. I quite BEFORE the massive changes because 16 hour days were too much for me. I will leave my stories up, but have transferred half of my 21 books to other platforms, with a goal of Audible (which takes time, but can recoup some of the narrator costs in time).

The changes were BRUTAL and rather shocking. I applaud you for hanging in there for as long as you have. The compensation is beyond ridiculous. Kudos! Great video, very insightful!

February was great for me too.

I write in longhand on paper, in Libre Office on my laptop, and in Scrivener when I'm sitting to write a longer piece. For emergencies on the go I have Simplenote on my phone and can access it from my computers. Recently I've been learning to use Aeon Timeline which I'm finding very useful for getting a good handle on a complex sequence of events happening over a single day. (That describes about 80% of my current work in progress.) I refuse to use MSOffice/Word since Microsoft made it subscription only. Libre Office has everything I need in a word processing programme, and it's free.

Ok I have one in my home I have video evidence how can I get rid of the thing..thing kept jumping at me

Also your chaos is lovely ❤

I didn’t just subscribe but HIIII 👋🏻👋🏻 Congratulations on the new subs!

Woot. This community is amazing!

Definitely let me know what you're working on. I love to connecting and engaging with our community!

BIG CONGRATS ❤🎉❤🎉

I have enjoyed this last month of tips. Thank you for keeping it real.

The first draft's job is simply to exist. I like tgat!

Yes, for sure! You can also put things aside and then come back to it.

Lol I am an author, but I have never heard the phrase “imposter syndrome” applied to books before; I have recently been diagnosed with autism and have majorly only heard that phrase applied to mental health and similar topics. I actually found this video in my feed while watching autism content. So it surprised me entirely when I realized five minutes through that this entire video was about writing 😂😅😅 Good writing advice, but I wasn’t expecting that and may have to restart the video so I can soak it in under the correct context. (May be a good idea to put “for authors” in the title when mentioning ambiguous terms!) Regardless, thank you for the writing advice 😊 I was actually having an intense writing confidence issue just yesterday, so this was still genuinely helpful.

Hello sir Are you looking for a attractive youtube thumbnail designer and youtube video SEO expert.? 😊

Thanks so much for this series. I haven't seen them all yet, but I plan to do so. This video, what I found must helpful is what you had to say about your publishing schedule. As a new-to-RUclips author/video maker, I've struggled with identifying a schedule that works for me. I was getting stressed trying to make one a week so took a step back to publish only one every two weeks over June and July. That has given me some perspective. The idea of making a batch of videos and releasing them over time! Obvious when you say it - but not something I thought of. (What can I say? I'm a a slow learner.) Also not being zealous about a schedule and taking a break sometimes. And not being afraid to quit. (I know you weren't talking about video making, but I can apply it to that.) So, again, thanks!

I’ve never been in the trenches but I think with your tips I’ll be prepared!

Bravo on 31 excellent tips! I love that meme 🤣 when I get a new idea I sit with it until I get a general outline then I tuck it away for later.

Follow your heart good advice it’s okay to quit just dint abandon it.

Awesome job now that you’ve done 31 days of tips what’s next.

Losing the passion for our stories is one of the greatest tragedies for a writer.

Woot! Congrats on making it to 31 episodes!

100%. This is true for life in general and in our writing.

I'm a fan of having a separate computer for writing which is exclusively in airplane mode. I do pause my writing to look something up if needed, but that step of getting to the internet is deliberate, so it helps keep any research focused.

How do you handle New Idea Syndrome? Does it ever strike you?

I’d also immediately buy a fantasy book by Jack Black 😂

I completely agree about being yourself! I have that approach for all the reasons you said, but also because pretending to be anyone else is exhausting.

Marketing is FUN, right? No. It's not. What do you do for marketing your book or brand?

Cool free tools. Apparently I had an account with BookBrush. I'll have to check it out as I do like those images. I've tried out bookfunnel too. I've shifted to Story Origin, but that is a paid service. I liked what they can do for newsletters, so I decided to experiment with them for a bit.

I’m horribly distracted while writing, but I agree I like the search engine availability so I can organically worldbuild as I go.

I’m definitely not writing to market 🤣

Would you use a word processor (device)?

You can be successful writing to market, you just need some tools and skills in how to research it. There is also a difference between writing to trend and writing to market. Trends tend to move quicker. Anyhow, congrats on 28 vids in 28 days and getting all those words in!

Do you have a passion project or are you looking for one for your inevitable WIP?

Will you publish a flower in hell?

❤❤❤❤❤

Have you ever gone into the query trenches? How did you go about selecting viable agents for your manuscript?

Argh. We all need to be better here. I have been bad at posting, recently. I promised to get back to it, so I need to follow through.