What Is Amazon Vella?
Vella's Launch
There are lots of things that can go wrong with Vella's launch, so we need to douse your excitement with a big bucket of reality. A 600-word chapter will require about six token. It's easy so far.
The price of a token can be different by how many you buy. You can choose from several bundles if you purchase more than one token. The prices are all in US dollars, so you can see the graph above.
If you're a keen author, you should know that you only get 50% of the money spent on your episode, as the other half goes to Amazon. If the reader chose a better-value pack, you're getting less money per word than if they chose cheaper options. If you're a reader or author, you can only use the US version of the device.
If you live outside the US, you can't submit a story for the platform as an author. You can use Vella either through the official website or an app, but there is no way to read serials on a Kindle ereader. If you like what you read, you can pay for the new chapters of the serial.
You can Thumbs Up a story that you like, in order to give the author a dopamine rush, and once a week you can also Fave a story you really like, which will get recommended to more readers on the website. Writers can leave notes at the end of the entry to thank readers or add their own thoughts on the chapter, but some might not. We'd guess it's because Vella needs constant updates to check for new chapters and stories, whereas the Kindles are designed to only require occasional internet access.
Token purchase in the Amazon US and iPad app
Readers and authors can use the platform. It gives authors the chance to publish their stories and earn a small commission, and it gives readers the ability to search for stories through the broad tagging system. The Amazon US website and the iPad app have the ability to purchase token. They can be purchased in bundles of 200 to 1,700 token.
Free Stories on XMM-Newton
If you have not posted for free on the site, you can publish stories on it that are already published elsewhere. Authors who use their stories on places like Radish can double dip by reposting them on the site. It is a good idea to write a full story before you publish the first part. When readers fall in love with a story and then find out the author abandoned it months later, it's the most frustrating part of episodic fiction.
Self-Publishing on the Kindle Vella App
Self-publishing a series was not very efficient. Amazon is changing that with its new platform, called Kindle Vella, which will allow authors to earn royalties from their works. The primary target of Vella is the Kindle app, according to Amazon.
The best experience will probably be for users of the iPad. It would be more practical for authors to be able to access stories on Amazon's website. It's a good idea to prepare your publications and stay up to date with the launch of the new book, because having a good first month after a story goes live is supposed to come with a bonus.
You can read the first three episodes for free. You'll need a certain number of token to get to the next episode, with word count affecting what they cost. You can give a story to someone you love if you have one unlocked episode per week.
The Thumbs Up button can be used to support individual episodes. When new episodes come out, follow your favorite stories to get alert when they do. Any number of episodes is welcome, but they must be 600 to 5,000 words each.
You can't re-release a book that's already been published elsewhere. You can't include your Vella works into a book without first removing them from the platform. It's important to understand the Amazon KDP's content guidelines before self-publishing anything, even on the Kindle Vella.
The Throat: A New Narrative
If you like what you read, you can pay for each new entry into the narrative, even if the first chapter is free.
The Newspapers: A Time Machine for Entertainment
Newspapers used to be more about entertainment. The entertainment moved to radio and TV. The serialized novel is dead, even though there have been a few projects that have done it over the years.
Stories in the App Store
Stories can be found through the app, but only if you use the app. The United States is where the product is available.
The Ball in Amazon's Court
Think of books as movies and TV shows as fiction. A series of books can be multiple, but a series of episodes is called a serialized story. There is a market for TV shows that is different from the movie market, and there is also a market for fiction content that is not as well known.
Amazon has taken over the market. The response to the potential in serialized content is called Kindle Vella. The reader, Amazon and the middleman pay for the token that a reader uses to access the show.
Apple keeps a cut from the purchase of a reader who makes a purchase from the app. The author takes half of the money and the other half goes to Amazon. A writer usually has a rough sketch of the main plot in their head when they start writing.
They can start writing the book from their rough idea and continue to define the details as they go. The details of the storyline and characters and the sequence of how the story unfolds become defined when they reach the end of their first draft. The final version of the book is polished after the draft is edited.
The book can be released to the world. The story is set in stone after the book is published. You can buy the story in chunks at the store.
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