I published my novel on 19th March 2019 and currently, there are 6 chapters.
Today (26th March 2019), my collection to view ratio is-
1:215

Is it any good?

    Veronica8 I really liked your idea of maintaining an active and a dormant period between writing. Thanks for the info!

      Veronica8 Opposite for me~ I wonder though whether I prefer getting more reads (could be fake views) or more collections.

      Although people do add books and don’t read right away, I think collections still signify more “real” reads rather than just passerbys. Technically, 50 chapters should equal 50 views.

      Collections haven’t changed much for MWTL, but at least it’s no longer above the 1000 ratio. :) I was thinking I might receive more drops, but luckily not.

      As for the contest piece, I was delighted for a very short while with a ratio in the double digits 😱
      But now it’s grown to be even worse than MWTL hahaha! Although still few, I’m strangely gaining more with MWTL than the contest piece. Maybe people saw the contest piece, but it wasn’t their cup of tea and MWTL was? Or maybe they migrated over lol.

      EDIT: Wrong math, I’m thinking I have 10k views! It’s not worse after all. So stupid of me duh

          Chryiss I wonder though whether I prefer getting more reads (could be fake views) or more collections.

          My assumptions since I've been tracking my stats.
          Views is:

          • Casually reading in one go without intention of adding to collection.
          • Was redirected to the story via another area (e.g Twitter), don't need to be member to read just bookmark link and read on.
          • Checking at the book page in passing.
          • An aggregator site poaching to pirate and pass the story freely to others on their links.

          Collection add:

          • Genuine WN reader intending to read. Hasn't yet, but the interest is there.
          • WN reader loyally reads story from library (best reason).

          Either are solid read interest whether it's known or not.

            Chryiss XD lol. I thought the BL would be a dead giveaway. I guess I tend to have other things going on in the stories.

              6 days later

              Today's batch. Lots of growth. I haven't been doing much. The free paperback for Zaldizko doesn't seem to be enticing :thinking: I'm thinking, if a person's P-Stone total is higher than mine, I'll post them a Zaldizko branded 8GB USB stick.

              Zaldizko {BL} Ratio 333:1 ↑24

              To My Sunflower {BL} 440:1 ↑60

              To Like A Man {BL} 308:1 ↑32

                Veronica8 Really nice continous growth each time you post!

                My ratios have increased since last time, but it might be a crossover effect with the contest submission story. However, the reader country composition is quite different.

                The sad thing is I suspect the tree story will soon surpass MWTL in collections. XD It already has a twice as good ratio. So much for better quality => better story => more readers lol.

                    Chryiss So much for better quality => better story => more readers lol.

                    Clearly we're talking about a different story sharing site :smile_cat:

                        Veronica8 Oh I’m just talking about my two books and how one is thoughtfully planned out while the other isn’t and on the spot. XD

                            Chryiss I was being cheeky 😜 Sometimes stories told out of the head can work out just as well. That's why it pays to never put off a story.

                              Veronica8 Thanks. Idk what’s an indication of a good ratio for views/collections but just glad that I have some readers lol.

                                  yunisao I'd say that's a very good ratio! :D Basically anything under 500 is good imo. Over a thousand, which I had for a long time, I would consider as atrocious XD

                                    So adding a new story to the list. Not going to attract much being infrequently updated since I have other story priorities. I added in a chapter for it today. I wrote this story years ago, even pitched it to a big brand publisher for fantasy genre and was given a response with fantasy potential, but no on the same-sex relationship. LGBT was not an element in fantasy stories. So, trying again in this day and age. Even still... sigh.

                                    Dragoneth {BL} Opening ratio 1250:1

                                    Zaldizko {BL} Ratio 333:1 ↑24

                                    To My Sunflower {BL} 440:1 ↑60

                                    To Like A Man {BL} 308:1 ↑32

                                      Veronica8 That’s sad to hear. I wonder if they’d be okay with it now? The environment is a little better it seems; although, it’s still a little intolerant sadly.

                                      I mean I just had to read a story for history class narrated inside the minds/thinking of domestic terrorists, so if that flies, I don’t see why BL can’t.

                                          Chryiss I think these times are better since there is a lot more stuff being discussed out in the open thanks to social media. More people are wanting to be accepting and inclusive.

                                          Certainly places like Webnovel, Wattpad and RoyalRoad are giving writers the chance to write non mainstream stories.

                                          I feel more confident now that I can publish the works I want and give respect to my characters. So, it's all good. Just a bit more of a struggle to find an audience in comparison to your standard mainstream romances and genre stories.

                                            Today's batch.

                                            Dragoneth {BL} 696:1 ↑554
                                            Aiming for Friday post release to here & TapReads.
                                            All explicit content posted on TapReads only since they have a NSFW filter per posts.

                                            To My Sunflower {BL} 390:1 ↑50
                                            Aiming for Saturday post release to here & Wattpad.

                                            To Like A Man {BL} 291:1 ↑17
                                            Aiming for Sunday post release to here & TapReads

                                            The Fourth Zaldizko {BL} 1678:1 New
                                            Aiming for Thursday post release.

                                            Reborn Legacy 3K:1 New
                                            Aiming for Tuesday post release.

                                            Zaldizko {BL} Ratio 327:1 ↑6
                                            Done & dusted :grin:

                                              Veronica8 Holy cow 7 bookies! x_x
                                              And here it was an endeavor for me to try juggling 2.... :joy:

                                              TapReads.... *comes back after searching....

                                              Dang it! All the pretty art/book covers has me hooked! Now I feel compelled to read these stories too, UGH! What have you done to me, making me fall into another abyss!

                                                  It seems like a very small site though. Only one page in basically all genres, wut. And RSSG? That's...strange.

                                                  Chryiss hahaha. I be determined kitty writer. :smile_cat: I don't want to go back to my 12 year procrastinator self, so trying to make up for lost time.

                                                  TapReads are brand spanking new run by Zongheng Culture

                                                  Probably wouldn't recommend publishing there until they have a solid authoring platform where you can track stats. You can't promote within their site. You have to rely on twitter or other social media platforms to bring in an audience. It's another site with no html abilities, however you can delete your books. I like their clean format and distraction free reading. They don't have ads yet. I'm sure they will once they start being serious. At the moment I'm taking advantage. :smiley:

                                                      Veronica8 Hmm, I almost want to jump on the new little ship~
                                                      Yes, the lack of stats was surprising, but I do agree that the overall aesthetic of the format is very nice.
                                                      Clicked that link, and man, it's times like these that I badly want to know Chinese. T_T
                                                      The other time was when I saw a bootifuls arts website *cries
                                                      And then there was the original Naver Webtoons in Korean...
                                                      I wanna be multilingual already! >o<

                                                        195K / 425 = 458

                                                        Just left a boost from one day in daily updates so I'll bleed collections for a couple of weeks.

                                                          I just started a story 2 days ago... sadly since I'm joining contest 63 i can only keep reupdating that one singular chapter T-T
                                                          but this new novel is doing far better than my actual, well thought out of novel. Sigh
                                                          Ratio is 28:1 because of the chapter being literally one chapter, with 897 views.
                                                          Once this contest is over, I might just put the other one hiatus and work on this one. I can only juggle one novel at the time.

                                                          An update!

                                                          IEIWE- 29:1

                                                          It's been pretty stable since 2 days ago which was something I wasn't expecting. Def expecting a sharp decline soon

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