Some novels have atleast 50/200+ premium chapters, but they just suddenly stopped giving out those free daily unlocks... It's just to sad in my opinion that some people just can't continue reading their favourite novels and have to drop them.
No more Free Daily Premium Chapters?
Pizza Was there an official announcement somewhere that they weren't going to release anymore free chapters?
PassingWeeb there's no official announcement because they still negotiate with the authors who want this system to applied in webnovel
PassingWeeb No official, but a translator had asked that and confirmed that. Another translator also gave more information here.
hopefully this system is being abolish. cause it's more harmfull than useful. especially new author cause the reader will only read a specific novel.
SweetsTomato I dont understand. But what is the negotiation about? Whats the authors want? Whats the webnovel wants?
GegeSadewa author want webnovel apply qidian system, only give 100 free chapter.
Webnovel promise the reader give free daily unlock chapter.
This contradict between author want and webnovel promise
GegeSadewa It's a negociation between fairness, money and freedom.
Author wants money and fairness for the chinese readers who pay
@WEBNOVEL_OFFICIAL wants money and for that need readers who are historically not willing to pay (translators website, self shared books and now piracy)
Readers wants free ability to choose whether to pay or not and/or fairness regarding the price paid on webnovel and the one chinese readers pay.
Quick summary but it should be somewhat accurate.
And... nothing about what the translator want? 
Maybe they should also cutdown the writers exploiting the wordcount=ss. I dont know how many chapters in a single novel are worth skipping (and still you wouldnt have missed anything) Seriously are most chinese authors so long winded but basically saying nothing?
(just me venting)
Well, how about better SS prices. At the current price of a chapter or novel you'd better buy hardcover books at the bookstore.
akuma06 except chinese unlocks for chapters are about 5% of what webnovel customers are asked to pay. The money to SS conversion is outrageous and at current prices I will never pay a dime
DeadGalahad I was mentioning that when I said "fairness regarding the price paid on webnovel and the one chinese readers pay". Sorry if you misunderstood, I'm definitely not a native speaker :stuck_out_tongue:
I agree. I know Chinese authors get paid by word count. But it's a bit ridiculous when there's chapter after chapter of filler. Especially common in Cultivation novels where they go on and on about their mediation breakthrough, or list alchemy ingredients.
Plus there's the continued repetition. We already know that Mega Emperor Realm beats Grand Mud Puddle Realm, so no need to repeat it every time an encounter happens.
I just want to ask some questions, First it has been half month(16 days to be exact) since the last free chapter of "every" premium novel was released, did the regulation of "free premium chapter a day" has been cancelled?, Second slowly every novel in Qidian be it Original and Translated will be a premium Novels, what the use of this site if "every" chapter will be locked and we must pay it when i can buy the book itself in online market?
Yeah they even locked some chapter that already free. I Mean you can locked future chapter and have a discussion about it but now even some novel that already open for 500 chapter get locked again till only 100 chapter
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akuma06 Chinese Qidian Readers pay less than International Reader pay Webnovel for each chapter. My calculation is using many assumption, but their price is around ten times cheaper. We need someone who could check Qidian to see the 'real' difference.
Muhai Yes. It has been cancelled. While the official status is on-going negotiation with Chinese Authors, we should imagine the worst.
Not all Original will go premium. When you go premium, you contracted your novel to webnovel (the same like you contracted to traditional publisher). Some authors wanted the freedom to publish outside webnovel. Like self-publish in Amazon, iBook, Google Book, etc. (Face it, current webnovel readers base is still too low. While their promotion outside Last Wish System is still lacking.)
Some would prefer to have their own sites, etc. For example, I think fanfic book would never be contracted. The same for Erotica book. For example The Idle System author had rejected the deal.
Your second question. This site will be a place to sell a novel (imagine this as a bookstore instead free library, Do you read for free in Amazon?). This is why exclusivity happened. I don't think Webnovel would publish many book on Amazon. So you could not purchase Library of Heaven Path in Amazon soon. Their method is premium. You can use free SS to read only 1 PREMIUM book while tempting you with other book.
AJ_ Chinese Authors and their agent (Qidian) demanded Webnovel (Qidian's child company and international publisher) to using Qidian method. Free chapters is considered lost sales for them. What could you do if you parents told you something? Rebelled?
MasterRabbink Because the SS are ridiculously expensive. Say you have a novel with 1000 chapters at 12 stones a chapter, that’s $240 to read 1 book lol