The Cursed King

Dear lovely readers,

This chapter is dedicated to giving you information on everything you need to know about W e b n o v e l and books published here. From the chapter pricing, publishing updates, privilege, etc. etc.

If you have any burning questions on how the site works, feel free to write down your question here and I will answer them. I love transparency and I think it helps you and me to navigate the site as we read books that we love.

GOING PREMIUM

First of all, I would like to announce that the story will be going premium (locked) in ten days, or June 24, 2021. Maybe at around chapter 45. You can unlock the premium chapters with coins or fast passes.

If you want to and you can afford to support me and this book financially, you can unlock the premium chapters by using coins.

If you are a broke student hahaha... or you are struggling to get by, you can unlock the premium chapters with fast passes which you can get for free every day (I will explain later how). Don't feel bad about it. It's okay! I love you too!

I grew up reading books for free by standing for hours in the bookstore because my parents couldn't afford to buy books and I was a voracious reader. So, I know how it feels to crave books but unable to buy anything.

COIN PRICING

If you are new to the site, this is how the premium chapters will be priced:

200 words = 1 coin, and 1 coin is worth $0.02 (two cents US dollar)

That means the longer the chapters, the more coins needed to unlock them. For 1200 word chapters, the price will be 6 coins, 2000 word chapters are worth 10 coins, and so on.

FYI: Authors cannot publish a premium chapter if the word count is less than 1000 words, but it's almost impossible to keep the word count exactly at 1k (5 coins), so most of the time you will see our premium chapters are at a minimum priced 6 coins (1001-1200 words)

Well, out of these coins that a book earns, the author will only get 35%, minus 5% tax. The other 65% is divided between Google/Apple (as app store providers) and W e b n o v e l.

HOW MUCH AN AUTHOR ACTUALLY EARNS?

An author gets around 30% of what their novels earn. From a chapter that costs 6 coins, only 2 coins will go to the author. It's not really much, considering 1 chapter takes 1-4 hours to write (depending on the author's health, inspiration, research, etc).

But the more readers unlock the chapters using coins, the more money an author could make. So.. please open the locked chapters with coins if you wish to support me and this novel.

If you see a chapter with 1200 words (around 6-7 pages) and priced 6 coins. It means the cost to unlock the chapter is:

6 coins x $0.02 = $0.12

Out of that $0.12 (twelve cents), the author earns 30% or around $0.036 (3.6 cents) from that chapter if a reader paid with coins.

So, please be kind to authors whose books are not popular because they work hard but they earn very little since they only have a few paying readers. I was one of them until a few months ago, earning as little as $20 per month from one book.

I only got my big break after my 7th book and now I earn decently. Thanks to my wonderful readers and supporters who help me realize my dream to write more. I hope someday I can quit my day job and write full time.

Sometimes a book isn't popular not because it's bad or the author lacks talent, a lot of times it was actually down to luck. If you read my previous books, you will see that they are not bad and my talent is not sub-par. I just got my lucky break on book no. 7, "The Cursed Prince". So, I believe many fellow authors are like that too.

FAST PASSES

If you cannot afford to unlock the chapters with coins, but you really want to read premium chapters, you can get fast passes every day for free.

Just go to your PROFILE Tab and click the REWARD button on the top left.

You can do the daily missions to get fast passes. A fast pass looks like a key that can unlock chapters. You can get them by doing:

1) daily check-in

2) vote power stone for the book you like

3) vote energy stone for translation book on the trial pool - basically, just follow the instruction on the REWARD page.

I hope someday you will be blessed abundantly so you can support the content creators that you like with coins too. Unlike content creators on streaming platforms like YouTube, for example, writers on digital writing platforms don't get any income from ads, we rely solely on the kindness of our readers.

AUTHOR'S NOTES

If you haven't noticed already, I love writing my thoughts about stuff and the story under the chapter, not in the author's note box. I have my own reasons to do that. One of them is readers don't read from that box, so why would I write things that nobody would read?

The second thing is, I sometimes write A LOT on my notes. When I have a lot to explain or I wanted to share important things, I don't want to be limited by a small box.

If you are annoyed by this fact, I am sorry, I can't help it. You can skip my notes, obviously.

I don't write gibberish and I'd like to think that the notes are important, otherwise, I wouldn't waste time writing them, just like this housekeeping chapter.

To longtime W e b n o v e l readers, everything written here might be common knowledge, but for some people, this chapter might provide valuable information that they really wanted to know.

FYI, MY NOTES WON'T COST YOU EXTRA COINS

If you are new to this site, I would like to clarify that W e b n o v e l allows authors to add words after a premium chapter is published, but it doesn't allow us to delete.

Also, the price for each chapter will be automatically set by the system when the chapter is published. It won't change even after edit.

So, if I published a premium chapter with 1200 words (7 pages), the price will be 6 coins.

However, if I want to add more text to the chapter, like adding a long explanation, announcement, or author's note (I do it after the chapter is published and the price is set) then the chapter will stay 6 coins, even though after I add more text it becomes 2000 word (15 pages).

That means, if I want to add my authors' thoughts in the chapter, I will do it AFTER the chapter is published so you won't pay extra coins for them.

You can also rest assured that authors won't cheat on you by publishing 2000 words so the chapter will cost 10 coins and later delete half of the content to become only 1200 words but still with 10 coins price.

Remember, the authors CANNOT DELETE the original word count from the premium chapter. WE CAN ONLY ADD.

You will see in the later chapters that I add important announcements and my thoughts at the bottom of the chapters. Don't worry, you are not paying for my notes.

All my notes are added after the chapters are published.

PRIVILEGE

Now, this is another animal that many new readers find confusing.

Okay, let's talk about PRIVILEGE + RELEASE RATE + MASS RELEASE

Privilege works like P a t r e o n for W e b n o v e l. It's a way for readers to support the books and the content creators they like by giving them monthly support in the form of a privileged subscription. Just like P a t r e o n, readers will get exclusive access to early chapters according to the level of support they show.

IT IS NOT MANDATORY TO SUBSCRIBE TO PRIVILEGE. Only do it if you like the book and want to support the book and/or the author to make extra income.

Once you buy privilege, you will get early access to 2, 5, 10, or 20 advanced chapters AHEAD OF REGULAR READERS (depending on the tier you purchase). So, if the regular readers are in chapter 100, you will be in chapter 102, 105, 110, or 120 depending on the privilege tiers you have.

This privilege must be renewed each month if you wish to stay ahead. If not, you can just wait until the privileged chapters become regular chapters.

I want you to know everything about privilege before you decide to purchase, so you won't feel scammed etc., when you realize you have to renew it next month.

My privilege for this book starting from July 2021 will be:

Tier 1 is 1 coin with access to 2 advanced chapters

Tier 2 is 5 coins with access to 5 advanced chapters

Tier 3 is 300 coins with access to 10 advanced chapters

Tier 4 is 1000 coins with access to 20 advanced chapters + 99% disc for chap

The cost per tier is 1 coin (2 cents), 5 coins (10 cents), 300 coins ($6), and 1000 coins ($20) per month, of which I get to keep 30% or around $1.8 and $6 from the higher tiers (all revenue made by this book will be split 3 way between Google/Apple, W e b n o v e l and yours truly.. including gifts and privilege).

I will keep repeating that purchasing PRIVILEGE IS NOT MANDATORY. It's just a way provided for readers who wish to support this book further, beyond the coins they pay for each chapter, and in return, they are compensated with early access to the future chapters.

Since this book is joining W e b n o v e  l Spirity Award, W e b n o v e l's biggest writing competition, I have to do my best to make sure this book earns good money because that is actually the main consideration to win.

Even if a book is AMAZINGLY GOOD but it EARNS A LITTLE, it is considered A FAILURE and won't win. That brings me to my release rate.

RELEASE RATE

To make more money, an author has to write more chapters every day since there will be many chapters available to purchase.

I know I have only been publishing once a day for this book since I was quite busy, but after it goes premium, I promise to work my a$$ off for this book and make it worthy of your support.

I will start publishing the book with a minimum of 2 chapters per day starting July. Maybe I will even publish more. We'll see.

If we reached certain targets, like Win-Win target, power stone target, etc, I will also throw in mass releases.

Okay... I think, that will be all from me. I hope it answers some questions and gives clarity on some things that you have been wondering about.

If you have anything to ask about the site, the books, etc, feel free to write your questions in the comment. I will reply to them. ^^

Thank you for reading this important housekeeping chapter. I can't wait to publish more on Loriel and Elise for you.

x Vina - Missrealitybites