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just a few numbers:

• 50 power stones 0.99Eur wich means 5/6 pages
• 420,000 words for George R.R. Martin's latest book, 5000 pages= 5.99Eur (e-book price online in spain)

so 40 pages of a premium webnovel from some more or less known writers ( good writers, no doubt about that;...but not as known as George R.R. Martin ) cost the same as 5000 pages of an e-book by a best-seller writer

even without piracy and counting that everybody can or want to "donate" by your "pricing" to read a novel with the lengt of 5000 pages could cost 1000 euros......what a goob book it should be...

As people mentioned above, just do not unlock chapters and get caught in the loop of having to spend spirit stones all the time. The chapters come out for free but just at a slower rate. I understand it can be hard to control yourself if you are in the middle of an exciting arc, but if you just be patient and stop when you reach the locked chapter you will not find yourself running out of spirit stones or having to wait weeks before you get the next " free" chapter since you already bought so many locked chapters.

And for those who can afford the spirit stones, spend them by all means, what are you even doing here? >.>

Zebul It's already here. Qidian knows about it and don't even care. Seriously you can find it with a basic google search.

Morinu it's true that they have to make profit, but it should be in a moderate way..

Miya But relaxing and being happy is necessary for one's well-being.
During the war, things like cartoons were made for that reason.
Living isn't the same as surviving.
What's the point of life if nothing is fun and you're not happy ?

YueZise level 4 gives you 99 spirit stones per invite. Plus, you can use the new account for the premium chapters as well. Meaning, twice as much spirit stones per day AND you get a starting bonus of 100 spirit stones.

Tl;dr, you get 200 stones for free and twice the stones per day

TehWeirdo This is dumb. And a waste of time.
I use Qidian to read on the way to Uni and during my free time.
I can't waste so much time just to exploit a bad system.
I would waste less time finding some underground trader...

So... I was saving my spirit stones until it reach 1k and only use it when there's a cliffhanger.
And then,i just found out that there's this "expired" thing on spirit stones too.
I feel like they're forcing us to use the spirit stone.
The other day i lost 99 spirit stones cause of expired.
sigh

*dont mind me... just venting out my frustration and pardon my poor english :)

Morinu I almost agree with you I can pay to unlock chapters and I would but the system is shit I mean I would totally pay for SS to unlock chapters if I can keep getting my free chapter a day too, but if I pay for 100 chapters, next what? I have to keep paying for all the novel and there are chinese novels with 2 or 3 thousand chapters or not getting anymore a chapter a day for three months till qidian catch up with me, I'm totally in for this system but that flaw is just too much you should get a free chapter after a day summing up the chapters you unlock otherwise except if you are goong to pay for all chapters till the end of the book you would end up having to wait anyway all the days that you paid no to wait, just later

Morinu not everyone can earn a hundred in a day. Rather in many countries it's close to impossible. Still, I completely agree with the other parts.

YueZise prisoners who are locked in confinement aren't happy, but they continue to survive.
being "happy is necessary for one's well-being, but not necessary for one's survival. i'm talking about survival, or the biological ability to continue to exist. I am not talking about the mental psychological state.

YueZise Living isn't the same as surviving.

I was not talking about the semantic of living versus survival. I don't want to go into such topic because it's neither here nor there, and wasn't part of my initial argument.

YueZise What's the point of life if nothing is fun and you're not happy ?

again, my initial statement had nothing to do with this. you're just extrapolating on what i did not say, and changing the topic as a result.

Aibele I have 15 novels in library 5 is premium and 1 is going premium on april 11th(nooo)
HD usually 3 chaps daily i think-9 to 12
TM usually 2 chapters daily-14
AGM 2 chapters daily-22 28
BNW 2 chapters daily-6 to 8
IRAS lets just say 1 chapters daily-8 to 11
so the cheapest i costs # 62
while daily i am getting 10 from voting
6 to 16 by checking in (might be wrong)
6 to 16 by watching add (meaning you have a smart phone)
lowest is # 22 while the most is # 42 so daily i am losing about 20 ss

My only concern is what is QI's limit? As in, 2 months ago the price of 1500ss was 9.99usd whereas now it is 33.99 nzd - my query is, will the prices continue to rise? or it is set? I myself have 1060 ss and I don't mind paying because at least I know that some of my money is going towards the author. I could be reading on a different site where it is pirated, but I am a big believer in backing those who desrve it. Wuxia novels introduced me to my love of literature and I don't want to feel like the spark which brought me to this wonderful place of enlightenment, is being taken advantage of. I understand that this is a big business but I just hope that they still leave some room for the loyal patreons. To reiterate, I do not mind paying, I just hope it doesn't get to a point where the community is being taken advantage of.

Daoist_Lightsouth will the prices continue to rise?

When did they rise? The only thing which changed is that the promotion time for the bonus is over :thinking: https://forum.webnovel.com/d/4122-last-chance-for-amazing-bonus-spirit-stones

LemonAid0708 And 20 SS is literally 40 cents. You can't complain with that.

Morinu if you continue to read for like 2 to 3 months it adds up 90 * 20 = 1800
1800 if you just use the 50 ss thats 36$

YueZise
I agree with some of your suggestions, I originally wanted to "go premium" I decided to sit back & watch the fallout, see how this system operates & then make a decision.
Truth be told I think that the quite a lot of the "free" crowd seem to be whining scroungers, however I do agree with some of your suggestions... A monthly subscription fee is by far my favourite & what I thought "going premium" ( that term is soooo amusingly pretentious) was going to be, not this "candy crush stone buyer's habit forming addict maker" that is premium.
I believe you complained that they should do proper marketing & research of their target demographic... They have, the results are being used as we speak & I find it quite brilliant. You'll spend, run out, have that cliff itch & spend more, run out & repeat for as many premium novels are in your library.
We live in a time where forming habits is easy... You are being farmed.

Well done Q a round of applause, I think I'll use this as study.

Sanrico_
That info is in the book of answers & was provided from the time Spirit Stones became a currency.