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I love the native beleafs. what a rich belief

I wrote a novel that's not really fantasy fiction, per se, but historical fiction (albeit with a shade of horror to it). My main character is a shillelagh-wielding Irishman in the Old West.

A person needs to like writing. Not do it for the money. 😂 this service is bad and they are quitting the service by 2025

They are fully giving up on Vella and shot themselves in the foot

thanks and like your explaination with soft music.

I think Kindle V expected authors to drive their own readers towards their scripts with the hope that readers would also view other series offered in the "if you liked this, then you might enjoy this" however not only was it difficult to find a series if you don't have the direct link but the pricing was confusing, not everyone could access the story vault if they either didn't have an Amazon account or was locked out due to not being able to verify the account. I had readers that found it too much to try and navigate the site and had to be educated which sucks bc not everyone is going to hang around for the instruction. Authors were getting upset with trying to figure out and determine their profits based on bonuses and the unclear way which bonuses were paid out . Just wasn't structured well at all

I loved this! Great examples.

Oh, the first sentence struggle is tough. There is so much pressure to come up with the perfect 20 or so combination of words. Thanks for giving examples from exemplary books that didn't have earthshattering starts.

Is this an exercise you've ever done before? I did it years ago on one of my first manuscripts (yet to be unpublished), but never returned to the method until recently. How about you?

So much pressure is put on that first sentence in the first draft! I hate it 😂

My new mission: create a book that solely uses common Tiffany problems to build the world

Thanks for covering this!

Why not a sales campaign?

Have you stumbled across things that appear anachronistic in your reading? Have you incorporated these "false positives" into your writing?

Thanks for the explanation and cool ways around the Tiffany problem.

I literally have this problem in my book with the name Chloe. 😂

It's a shame. Do you think Amazon was trying to crush the competition by giving major discounts for readers and bonuses for authors?

I'm actually a bit relieved. I'm free to post the whole thing as a novel now and already have the first book set to release next month.

Hi Sir, Are you looking for a professional youtube thumbnail designer?

Actually, the change to every episode being 10 tokens happened at the same time as the change to 10 free episodes in mid-March, so it was a double whammy all at once. My largest episode was 28 tokens, so dropping to 10 was painful. Also, I had some large episodes between from episodes 4 to 10, since we had originally been told only the first 3 would be free, so then the first 10 becoming free was pretty brutal. My biggest problem with Kindle Vella was Virginia Milner told people in many interviews in 2021 that KV would go global, but they never even tried. Serialized stories are much more popular in Europe than the U.S., and KDP never brought us to that audience. I had people from other countries ask about reading my stories, but had no way of doing so. Also, readers hated the tokens business model. I saw plenty of stories get 1-star reviews, not for the story, but because readers hated the tokens and felt it was a rip off. I wish Kindle Vella had been a subscription, where the reader pays a set amount and could read all the Kindle Vella they wanted, then the money would be divided based on how much was read from each author. Kindle Vella also seemed to have poorly educated programmers, because the actual function of the platform was really sketchy. The bottom line is that Kindle Vella was always treated as the stepchild of Amazon, not having the effort behind it that other parts of KDP/Amazon did, like we couldn't put any graphics in the stories, even though Kindle can. Heck, we weren't even allowed to run Amazon ads for Kindle Vella. It was ridiculous the way Kindle Vella was treated as lesser. All that said, I'm grateful that it motivated me to write consistently after many years of writer's block, and I met many wonderful authors with whom I want to continue to have in my life and writing journey.

I'm relieved! It was sad to see kindle Vella, what it became, and sad to see the wasted potential. I'm glad they closed it out. There are better things, and will be better things.... I glad they tried it, I wish they had been able to make it more accessible, but I think the absence of that accessibility made it really a sad experiment. :(

I didn't mind the serialized approach and if did i could always wait until all the episodes had dropped and then read them. I agree with you about the marketing. First time I heard of it was from you and I rarely come across anyone else who knows about tis existence

It’s so odd because Webtoons is doing great things and is just a more visual take on serialized storytelling, so there’s for sure an audience out there that enjoys little bite sized bits (myself included). Definitely Vella not doing what they needed to do to get the word out.

Looking past the obvious region restrictions, confusing payment system, I just can't understand why Kindle Vella wasn't available on, you know, the kindle?!

When they gave away the first 10 episodes it really hurt me because my story was only 15 episodes

What? Oh wow!

Seems like you got out right on time 🥲

Are you a Kindle Vella author? What is your strategy or next steps after Vella is gone?

I pulled 6 of my stories for the same reason. I’m pulling the last one soon since they are shutting the platform down.

Interesting. This seems like it could be a high risk, high reward to add an interlude.

What makes an interlude different than a multi POV? is it that it’s from a character outside of the established POV characters?

Pivot!

Booooo Star Wars

Interesting video there might be one in hunted

Have you encountered an interlude in something you've read? What did you think?

in october now and there are plenty more changes. all episodes are 10 tokens now, student prime members read for free (no royalties) and the "bonus pool" has dropped to 500k

How was I not subbed before?! Here to support you Jamie and your channel! Wahoo!! Congrats on500 subbies!!!

Also I keep pronouncing your last name wrong and I am sorry! I have a hard time hearing certain letters in my head and then saying them properly aloud 😫

Ahhh yes, every role possible… 😂 I am now tired. I take a nap riiiight here…

We have every role? This video makes me feel tired.

hard to make jokes these days J. Thanks so much. Shane, Clonmel, Tipperary, Ireland

I’m so thankful to be an extroverted author, but even so figuring out how to get out there and market myself is tricky! I love wearing all the hats and being the boss. 😆

There are just so many things to do!!! Including accounts!!

I’m currently editing after my editor finishes and then I’m formatting. My big problem is marketing because I suck at promoting myself.

What are some of the many hats you wear as a self-published author? Have any of these caught you by surprise?

Great ideas and I love your shirt! ❤🎉

Seemingly interesting info - BUT - Sorry to say - I had to bail because of the tedious background music.

So are bonus the only way to make money on Vella?

Hi JM, I've followed your set up exactly, however mine says landing page views and not clicks, do you know what I've done wrong please?

So many companies start out okay but they can't leave it alone. They have to mess with the authors. Amazon is getting ridiculous. The same issue for artist, crafters and creatives on Etsy as well. You'll find your groove. Here's to an abundant Q4. 👏🏼