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  • 【Important Announcement】Monthly Elite subscriptions adjustment

Dear Readers,

At Webnovel, our mission is to provide our readers a platform where they can find engaging stories while being in close contact with the authors of their favorite works. And for every author, our mission is to increase their income so that they can continue bringing our readers more works they enjoy.

Since February 2019, Webnovel conducted a trial pertaining to monthly Elite subscriptions to balance both reader and author interests. The number of subscribers increased at a steady pace, and many authors have had a detectable rise in income. The numbers were encouraging, but due to how income is split through monthly subscriptions, a small number of authors have suffered a drop in income. This impact on some of our authors' income runs counter to Webnovel's goal to increase every contracted author's income.

Through the consultation of our authors and the support of data, we regret very much to announce that we will be discontinuing the purchase of Elite subscriptions on 28 March 2019 (Thursday). Readers who have purchased a monthly subscription will continue to enjoy the privileges of their subscriptions until they expire. In addition, we will be making adjustments to our Elite subscription program and present it to everyone in a brand new format. So please look forward to it!

To our valued readers who will be affected and unaffected alike, we are very sorry. We will continue to develop works that our readers love and make it easier for you to continue supporting your favorite works and authors through our Premium program. Once again, we thank every one of you who has accompanied us on this journey. We wish you good health and all the best in life!

Sincerely,
Webnovel

PS: For all Android subscribers, based on Google Play policy, please do cancel the subscription on your Google Play settings. If you don't do it manually, the payment will be deducted automatically and we will go through a refund process afterwards. iOS readers will not be impacted anymore

    Just saying because I read in couple other Posts many or few readers who have bought the so called Subscription donated their SS in mass to their favorite Novels as they are no longer much use to them. some of them are readers who bought huge no of SS before they came to know about the Subscription and then gave it away now they have to buy again if they want to continue all their Novels don't you think it's a bit unfair just saying. I am just a small time reader who reads only a couple and it's okay for me but there are many others who will suffer 😗

      i just want to say that this is kind of unfair. we give our extra SS to our favorite novel so how come there is a decrease in compensation for the authors? I mean is there no value for those gifts and votes that we give to the author's novel. And i just want to point out that you made many novels go premuim early and even some of these novel's early chapters got locked despite being open in the first place just so you could go premium. I mean, what about those who already spent their SS thinking that this elite membership is already stable. Now you want them to purchase another batch of SS coz they have no choice if they want to continue reading?? I understand if there is an adjustment in the price but for it to stop is a bit unreasonable. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

        Sidenote: could we get a bonus spirit stone event on purchase because of this?

        I don't mind buying some new spirit stones if it helps the other authors out, but it would be a nice way to compensate those that need to buy new spirit stones now.

        How long do we have to wait until the new membership is introduced? Thanks to the membership I was able to send gifts to my favorite authors because of the SS I racked with the daily quests and the SS I purchased b4 the purchased the elite membership.

        How long do we have to wait until the new membership is introduced? Thanks to the membership I was able to send gifts to my favorite authors because of the SS I racked with the daily quests and the SS I purchased b4 the purchased the elite membership.

        Is this really a case where your authors had a drop with their income or because qidian/webnovel creators’ income dropped?!! Buying/spending SS to unlock chapters will cost more and will get y’all more money than your readers reading everything free.

        I rarely buy SS because its too costly but I immediately subscribed to your elite membership after it came out.

        Its too disappointing to hear this news. I’ve been a supporter of webnovel and qi dian since you started your app. I started supporting y’all even through the controversy that you had with wuxiaworld. Yet, all you do is to get more money from us, your readers.

        I will stop supporting webnovel if you wont give us a reasonable prices for a subscription. Goodness, you are more expensive than my netflix and viu subscriptions! My netflix cost me $10/mo and I can watch my shows in HD with 4 simultaneous viewing! Yet, here I am paying 20 some dollars for unfinished books!

        I wont discount the fact that our dear authors also need their income, and that’s where the readers support is important. The more readers you have, the more royalties you get. I, for instance, gift my fave books all my extra SS. I don’t regret supporting my authors. Just disappointed with this money robbing app.

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