ranmaro Yes, ongoing and completed novels are a bit different, but my guess is that most ongoing authors/translators would be OK with large batch discounts on their early chapters. Anything to get a new reader up to date on their novel so the reader can start paying the full daily chapter price and even have the chance of paying for privilege. That's where the bigger WebNovel profits will come from. I do think the author/translator of ongoing novels should probably have veto power over giving those large discounts, but I think most should be willing.
As far as fast passes go, they are pretty insignificant in these bulk scenarios. I already discounted the WebNovel prices by the full top up bonus (15%) and added another 5% for fast passes, which I consider realistic. Consider that if someone reads I shall Seal the Heavens for two months, and applies every fast pass possible in those two months to the novel, they will have saved just over 2000 coins or $35. The WebNovel price would be reduced to about $260 from $288 (after adding back in the 5% I had taken out) - still immensely far from Amazon's $45.