Whenever I read an interesting novel that is written by a non-contracted author,I always feel bad because I know the fact that they are not paid a dime for their excellent work. I'm aware Webnovel gave them the privilege to post their novels but just giving them the platform to showcase their work is not enough.I suggest that Webnovel should should at least use paid spirit stones for each author's novel to pay the author monthly in order to appreciate their excellent work and efforts.As far as I'm concerned,Webnovel will not suffer any loss in doing this.
PAYING NON-CONTRACTED AUTHOR WITH PAID SPIRIT STONES
Shining_girl
Yes,you are absolutely correct.
Shining_girl I know the fact that they are not paid a dime for their excellent work
To be blunt, most contracted authors aren't making anything off their stories after the guaranteed payouts the first couple of months either.
Well yes, I agree. And I wanna add that many new authors have quality style and content too comparable to 80% of contracted ones, who only had cliches to narrate.
I am not sure about that. I've seen quite a few non contracted novels that have gone premium. So I'm sure that must earn without contract too. Contracted ones also earn only after going premium
You cannot go premium without a contract. You can however get contracted and not go premium.
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Shining_girl you're right, so you should check out Tempered immortal and then recommend it to qidian for translation
Clowniac Contracted novels get gifts option. I've seen some novels who didn't have that option and had many premium chapters
Authors get the choice for which option(s) they'd like to have.
Source: I have been offered a contract.
Demonic_angel There are different type of contract.
- Exclusive contract
- Non-Exclusive contract
Since they have gift function unlocked, that means they are contracted under the non-exclusive contract.
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Dear...if you see a novel to your liking and is not contracted ask the Author to open a Kopi account or Patreon account. This way you can give that Author financial reward up to $1 million dollars...good luck! The Author...doesn't need to get contracted to earn money....they can set up a PAYPAL account and add paypal account on their novel below the synopsis to receive money rewards from readers. I have seen some contracted authors have Kopi account...so I think other noncontracted authors can also do this...
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The non contracted ones can post the link to ko-fi or paypal or patreon. You can go and donate if you like, to show appreciation.
vote and advertise their works if you feel bad. They might get a contract.
Clowniac I wouldn't go that far.
Without getting into the exact numbers, If your novel is reasonably popular, you should earn well above the guaranteed payouts.