Links of Interest: April 12, 2023
The latest in trends, bookselling, audio, culture & politics, and serialization.
serialization
Yonder announces new publishing partners
Wattpad–Webtoon’s new serialization app, Yonder, has announced another round of publishing partners
For authors who want to work with Yonder
In our last issue, you might recall our write-up of Yonder, a new serialized literature app from the Wattpad–Webtoon family.
Self-Publishing Sales Collectively Represent a Whole Other Penguin Random House
Executives from Wattpad Webtoon Studios and Rakuten Kobo discuss the hard-to-measure but growing audience for independently published ebooks and digital serializations.
New Serial App Yonder Joins the Wattpad–Webtoon Family
Yonder will attempt to reach a more diverse audience by serializing multiple genres, including some publishers’ backlist.
Kindle Vella Sees Loyalty among Some Authors—for Now
Authors contributing to Vella hope Amazon will use its marketing power to boost its new serial reading platform.
Serial Box is renamed Realm, launches free-content strategy
Launched in 2015, Serial Box publishes serialized stories produced by teams of writers in written and audio form.
China Literature Focuses on the North American Market with Webnovel
The platform for serialized fiction may not yet offer contract terms that appeal to savvy writers in English-language markets.
Amazon Launches Kindle Vella for Serialized Stories
The platform offers a strong monetization model for serials, but writers lack control over pricing
Chat-Based Story Apps: Just a Fad or Something More?
An overview of chat-based story apps.