ATCkit The old ones are actually the books that were translated in the beginning. I think almost all of them did poorly. They have been exhausted, so more of the newer books are translated these days.

For example:
Joy of Life 2007
Virtual World: Close Combat Mage 2008
Another World's Versatile Crafting Master 2009
Legend of Lingtian 2009
Nightfall 2011
The King's Avatar 2011
History's Number 1 Founder 2011

Some were recently put into Trial Reads as you suggested:
Xyrin Empire Jan 2010. Only 47 fans to this book during Trial Read.
King of Hollywood 2011. 125 fans.

There were some that were already done by fan translators since they took all the early ones. Anyway, looking at the titles of the better books before 2010, most of them are way too steeped into Chinese culture. It's very unlikely they will do well. They aren't as suitable for light reading that the current reader would like. Also, the genres are more like History, War, etc. These traditionally do very badly as web novels for international audience because it requires some understanding of Chinese culture/history to appreciate most of the things in these stories.

      CKtalon wow that was way more insightful than I thought your post would be. THANK YOU.
      anyway, I have another question did The king's avatar do badly I thought that it was one of the best on the site especially when you consider the fact that it was like the flagship book for awhile you even had a page where people could watch its anime.

      EDIT: NVM lol just remembered that it was still in the top 20 3 months after it ended

          ATCkit It did very badly when it was being translated on Gravitytales. I know, since I was from Gravitytales. Webnovel basically hard carried the book by throwing lots of money advertising it. That's how it eventually caught on in popularity. As you said, it's a very important IP to them, with the anime and all the hype around it.

              CKtalon wow yay personal I didn't like it and never understood why it was so popular so that's why. I was amazed when a live-action version of it appeared on Netflix I was wondering if I had shit tasted or something.

              so quick question I gather through this conversation that your original from gravity tails and that you're currently working for atlas studios. so is atlas studios comprised of old gravity tails translators?

                  [unknown] so you are the guys who translate Lord of The Mysteries? By far one of my fav books on this. I thank you whole heartedly

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                            ATCkit Its about how some novels were allegedly ended in a "rushed" manner to get around the possibility of them falling under the new contract. I think its personally hard to confirm this one way or another, as what seems like a rushed ending might have been the plan all along, or just a matter of opinion. I believe only the author will really know whether they rushed the ending or not because of the fear of the new contract or whether it was not rushed at all. Having said that, @CKtalon claims in his reply (CKtalon) that it is not rushed and I have seen some reddit posts that agree with him.

                                  mng That rushing thing doesn't make sense. Works are contracted before they go Premium/VIP in China (just like in Webnovel, what a surprise) or in the case of Cuttlefish BEFORE he even starts writing because he's a Platinum author. So the copyright is already Qidian's. They are under the old contract. In fact Cuttlefish's NEXT book is already Qidian's before he has started writing and it is under the old contract.

                                  Rushing to finish it means an author either has to go to another competitor because they don't want to sign the new contract, or end up having to sign the new contract. If I were an author who hated the new contract, I'll just keep writing the old book to stay on the OLD contract.

                                      Reincarnation of the Strongest Sword God. -according to other threads, the author is on hiatus
                                      Gourmet of Another World - not completely sure if this is dropped or not yet. It's been already almost a week with no update with the usual 2 chapters per day. Couldn't find any news or any update if it was dropped or not.

                                        I remember "Way of the Devil" went without updates (beginning with a few days to a few months of wating for a new Chapter) around chapter 300 (round about) but a new translator took over and i realy enjoyed reading it till Chapter 772. I hope that it goes on.

                                        Another Novel i follow continously is "Mini Wolrd of Endless Fun Awaits" wich is without updates for a month now.
                                        I hope Webnovel / Qidian stays true to its fans and customers and aranges for a solution in such cases (just my hopefull thinking).

                                        @CKtalon im itching to ask a question:

                                        Do we as Customers have any means to prevent a story from beeing dropped?
                                        "Mini Wolrd of Endless Fun Awaits" as an example, i fuckin love this Novel and i would not hesitate to literally throw a good amount of Money in the Face of Webnovel.. (yes, i am that desperate)

                                        Rocketduh I wish fishing Madrid heavens, the Lord empire, pet king and traffords trading club get picked back up.

                                          Rocketduh No, it is confirmed that the novel's translation has been stopped/dropped. The author himself announced it in the last chapter's comment section. Apparently qidian already informed him that the translation will be stop.

                                              CKtalon What happened to Kingdom's Bloodline? The author himself commented in the last chapter (chapter 580) that qidian already informed him that the translation has been stopped. And three of the upcoming chapters has been blocked in qidian china.

                                                What happens to universes ultimate boss novel just released and no update for 7 days

                                                  is city of terror done for?...

                                                    The novel "Gourmet of Another World" has not been updated for a week now, what happened?

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