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New Story "Mobius Accord" on... Kindle Vella?
4 years ago
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I'm trying an experiment: a story on Amazon's "Kindle Vella" system. You can read the first parts of my story "Mobius Accord" here for free, with more to come.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09MT9BYHN/
This one's about an electrical engineer who starts playing a strange game that's a front for a quantum computing and cryptocurrency operation. Her character is a fox anthro experimenting with engineering and enchanting. Can she upgrade her personal AI while carving out a place for herself in the game?
I wrote this a while back and haven't finished it yet, so I'm editing it and putting up what I've got to see how it does. That's the nice thing about the serial format.
If you start using this Vella system, you might also be interested in the space adventure "Horizon: Salvaged Heroes" by Joel Kreissman:
https://www.amazon.com/kindle-vella/story/B09878P7WV
For those curious about Vella itself:
It's weird, man. They're trying to re-introduce the idea of serial novels. Those have a good tradition that includes the works of Dickens and Twain. So far the system only lets you read via a Web browser or iOS app, and only in a narrow column format. From the author perspective it's convoluted: "You get paid half the value of tokens that readers spend. Unlocking an episode costs (complete 100 words) tokens and tokens cost $2 for 200 so, like, a penny per 100 words, except you can buy more at a time for a lower unit price. And each user gets 200 tokens free so you don't get paid for those. Except we *will* pay you for those through the end of 2021. Also you have to give away your first 3 chapters. And you get a Reflex save to take half damage."
At least it's not as obscure as how the pay structure works for their audiobooks.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09MT9BYHN/
This one's about an electrical engineer who starts playing a strange game that's a front for a quantum computing and cryptocurrency operation. Her character is a fox anthro experimenting with engineering and enchanting. Can she upgrade her personal AI while carving out a place for herself in the game?
I wrote this a while back and haven't finished it yet, so I'm editing it and putting up what I've got to see how it does. That's the nice thing about the serial format.
If you start using this Vella system, you might also be interested in the space adventure "Horizon: Salvaged Heroes" by Joel Kreissman:
https://www.amazon.com/kindle-vella/story/B09878P7WV
For those curious about Vella itself:
It's weird, man. They're trying to re-introduce the idea of serial novels. Those have a good tradition that includes the works of Dickens and Twain. So far the system only lets you read via a Web browser or iOS app, and only in a narrow column format. From the author perspective it's convoluted: "You get paid half the value of tokens that readers spend. Unlocking an episode costs (complete 100 words) tokens and tokens cost $2 for 200 so, like, a penny per 100 words, except you can buy more at a time for a lower unit price. And each user gets 200 tokens free so you don't get paid for those. Except we *will* pay you for those through the end of 2021. Also you have to give away your first 3 chapters. And you get a Reflex save to take half damage."
At least it's not as obscure as how the pay structure works for their audiobooks.
