Angelyay Just reviewed your novel and saved it to my library to read. Kindly review mine also.
What is your collection to views ratio?
Um, not to take away from the thrills of swap reviews. This is a special thread for talking about book stats, how book is ranking or even marketing of book.
If you're after swap reviews, I have this nice big list one could work through Swap Review Thread List
One off swapping and shameless promotion is probably okay. Maybe if we can stay on topic about ratios and book trending in this thread would be nice.
Thanks all.
I just checked ranking of original novels. Ranking is up till 999. Others coming after 999 are without ranking. I saw my novel way down (rank 1486).
Collection is still 10 and views 2271 ratio would be 1:227.1 Nothing much to write home about.
Views: 545K
Parts: 26 Chapters,1 Aux
Collections: 1,947+
545k:1947collections
Approx 279:1
Link: https://www.webnovel.com/book/11483833106390505/Life-With-A-System
Alliosis Just as said that, here’s another with a lot of collections. XD
How does one even get that many? Or rather, the exposure to get there? For me, I’m pretty 80% of my collections came from review swaps and a handful of random people in forums getting curious because I’ve been more active/people also picking it up from my newer contest novel.
It’s my first time doing a review swap 
RenuKakkar Okay sure, but it’s my first time doing a review swap and I don’t write reviews that often so please bear that in mind
, I’ll check out ur novel as soon as possible, I’ve been rather busy lately
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Angelyay Terms (like how many chapters you’re going to read and the depth of the review) varies between the two people involved, but basically you give a review on someone’s story and that person in turn reviews your story.
Reviews talk about the story in general, sometimes split into plot, characters, and writing. Say what you thought was good, needs to be improved, and maybe suggestions how to improve it. Usually people just talk about the story in general and what they like/dislike.
Most people don’t read all the chapters posted when they review. The norm is around 5-10 I suppose. Personally, I think anything less than 20 is pointless but eh, my opinion. Ofc, new stories usually have few chapters.
It's time to start keeping track of my stuff since I've been stressing about this. My fetus self would love to get contracted one day. How on earth do I get more collections and views help.
Peerless Doctor: The Rise of a Phoenix 137:1
47.7k/348
21 Chapters
Lightning Descends by Her Will 72:1
8189/113
5 Chapters
Crowns are for the Heroines 72:1
1880/30
2 Chapters
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359k view / 669 collections = 537:1
Is that good or bad or normal? The higher the ratio, the better? Or the lower it is the better?
I don't know how the view thing works in relation to the collections, and I've basically just been keeping track of collections and votes. Views are beyond my understanding. I mean, I know it relates to people viewing a chapter but other than that?
¯_(ツ)_/¯
PsyberRose Lower numbers of views is what you'd be wanting. 10:1 would be God numbers, meaning that for every 10 views, one person added the story to their collection. That's roughly every single person who looks at the book. Of course, don't know any story that has reached 10:1. So, 100: 1 is better than 200:1.
Veronica8 Ah! Thanks! I'll just make myself happy looking at the collection and votes then, rather than the view ratio. hehehe.
Chryiss To be honest, this is the first time I posted my a link to my novel on a forum thread. From when I first started until when I posted it up there, I didn't advertise nor did I do any review swap.
That said, all my collection came from people liking my novel lol. To get collections, just make your story good or have a unique twist. I still think that my collections are too low compared to others...
Today's batch. Taking a breather from Sunflower for the mo.
Dragoneth {BL} 357:1↑50
Friday post release here & TapReads. Break this week due to Sunflower.
To My Sunflower {BL} 366:1 ↓2
Saturday post release here & Wattpad. Dedicated this week to clearout Hinata's POV. Eiji's will take a long time to finish.
To Like A Man {BL} 256:1↑8
Sunday post release here & TapReads. Break this week due to Sunflower.
The Fourth Zaldizko {BL} 461:1↑57
Thursday post release. Break this week due to Sunflower.
Reborn Legacy 2.0K:1 ↑710
Tuesday post release. Break this week due to Sunflower.
Zaldizko {BL} Ratio 317:1 ↓2
Done & dusted :grin: Oddly, more collection adds vs view gains.
Alliosis Thanks for the input! Good is a little vague though, and thinking more about it, I came to realize something. While I can’t say this is true for your story since I haven’t read it, but I tend to find the truly more unique stories much less popular. That’s not to say those more mainstream stories are bad as it’s just the readers’ preferences. But I do see that more popular stories have many overlapping elements done in similar ways. Some have a spin on the classic trope, but in general, I have yet come across one that’s truly niche and different and be very popular.
Another way of reframing this is that I’ve found equally well written and told stories with solid characters, plot, and world, but the ones I eventually see become popular are the ones with video games, cultivation or leveling, revenge/face slapping, romance, rich and OP, domineering leads, (sadly true) abusive relationships, reincarnation or transmigration, etc elements in them. Sometimes I don’t understand, but then I do. Idk really. *shrugs
It just seems the ones that go about something in a fresh way don’t get the applause they really deserve for pulling something off well. Like I just did a review swap for one, and while it’s a new story, it’s legit done way better than *cough a lot that I’ve read of anything remotely similar.
Ack. This is way longer than intended. I’m talking to myself really lol. I just wish I could do more to put such stories in the limelight and be able to find them easier too. :/ I can only take so much of the same stuff even if well done.
Chryiss oof im interrupting but that is so true
there are some seriously good stories out there, but they're all hard to find. Audience likes to eat up stuff like romance/ceo/cliched tropes. TBH i think there should be a section for underappreciated novels, where it depends on grammar/plot/characterization. Although, I don't think that would ever happen TwT
Another update!
I was away for a couple of days and didn't update, but when I came back I was so shocked LOL
It's still around the 30:1 ratio TwT I'm so pleased,,, my heart can't take this much support too... PS all coming in too as well as a couple reviews, but it seems like they're spam reviews so I can't say much;;;
IEIWE- 27:1