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unalived There seems to be a lot of misconceptions with the contract.

1) You can apply to be contracted, but for as far as I'm concerned, you can't make a proposal for the contract in terms of negotiating anything on it (except word length perhaps).

2) On the contract, it states Webnovel is free to make changes HOWEVER there has not been a single case of the 100+ contracted novels that WN asked for plots to be altered EXCEPT when they violate terms like illegal p*rn categories, and so forth. I'll be honest when I say, traditionally publishing also takes away the copyrights of a person's novel, but many people seem to skimp on that fact. Though, selling on amazon might be ideal since you might retain your copyright, it is a VERY VERY competitive market that heavily emphasizes on grammar and content. Depending on how you view the market, people there expect the traditional writing style instead of the simple one offered :)

A point of clarification: trade publishers in the West do not take away an author's copyright. They instead pay—via advances and royalties—for the exclusive use of your copyright. Unless they contract you for a work-for-hire, in which case they pay an upfront sum (calculated by how much they believe the book would make over its life span) and own the copyright.

In the US, at least, the copyright returns to the author after thirty-five years regardless of whether or not an end date is noted in the contract.

From what I have seen of the contract offered here, you will lose the ownership of your copyright. As well as be tied up with the rights of first refusal.

I would caution that, while WN hasn’t enforced some of the items in their contracts, as mentioned above, that doesn’t mean they won’t in the future. When signing a contract, it is best not to assume the other party will not excercise the rights granted via the contract. There have been many authors in trade publishing who took such gambles—some were fine, but in other cases, they were caught flat-footed when the publisher went ahead and exercised those rights.

Xincerely
Hi there! I think it is all enough for me for a first timer how I could take my first step since the said 3,000,000 Million number reads(UP) of my novel to sign a contact. Perhaps, I could secure a slut over the Philippine authors to win the Spirity award which I was all up to on the first place. Could this really be a good point to take a slut for the award or what else will I need for?

RoilanBibano Perhaps, I could secure a slut

Yeah.. Why not, i should do the same haha. This typo is gold.

RoilanBibano I'm sorry, I don't understand what you're trying to say? I think Spirity is not an actual award, but a boost of income?

Arkinslize
Thank you! So when can you send me a contract ?

Xincerely
Can you send me contract first please?

RoilanBibano
Hi there again ! May I ask about the contract.Should I take it from you or where else? By the way thank you for your words. I think it will be nice coming from you,right or when?

RoilanBibano

You should contact webnovel directly if you wish to discuss getting contracted. Please keep in mind they have their own requirements before extending such to writers so you may want to do some proper research first on said requirements and how to go about submitting your petition officially.

And no, a random babelfish translated forum post is not the correct method.

Darth_Xiane
Yes, I actually did and I have passed my petition already. According with the guideline that I must have at least 20k premium words + and Release rate which I have eventually garnernered with around 3,000,000 Million Reads (UP).I have already completed my book ," Angel's Heart-(Code: DEMON'S HEART) " with above 20k premium words and around 3Million Reads(UP). I have even been ranking 1st since December from the Philippines. Yet, I still wonder when will probably the company get back with me or is it true that it usually gets 2- week before my petition for a contract be responded?