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WoodenDrumRhythm you currently only have 8 Chapters, so you have potential for growth. If you had some chapters in the 50-100 range, and weren't getting results even after publishing regularly, there would be a need for worries. Don't fret over matters right now. Right now, I suggest you release every single day and get to a reasonable amount of chapters. Readers are skeptical to read books that barely have any chapters to read. The more chapters you have, the more someone would be willing to read it.

Sake_Vision your post has the answer to your novel's low stats. You dumped so many chapters in a short amount of time that it didn't reach as many people as it would have otherwise. You should have timed the chapters at intervals of a few hours each and posted them all over the course of a few days. How about creating the book again and reposting the chapters? Also, I suggest a clickbait cover. Webnovel doesn't enforce any "Only Your Own Cover" rule so you can rip some image from Google and use it, then rotate with other images every now and then. The only thing stopping you from doing this is your conscience.

MADE_IN_MEMES you can go to INKSTONE and check for valid reads. They are a good representation of how many chapters have been read.

A_Gitagon You seem to be releasing regularly now, so I suggest you get a clickbait cover as well. The second issue might be the names of your world and characters. They read really strange for me, and for others, I presume, too. You might want to try something that fits in the realm of Western, Fantasy, or Eastern names here on Webnovel.

Imma just say this but I don't have any formula for success. Webnovel has too many authors now, so competition is fiercer than ever. With that wolf contest that came up, it's only going to get worse.

Clickbait the readers. User anime-tiddie covers. Use the more popular tags. Use anything that can get people interested in your book. If you want a wider reach and audience, you gotta do this. It's the truth of life.

All-in-all, Good Luck! And happy writing!

Well then, I am off to get myself a new anime-tiddie clickbait cover to get more readers. Bye~bye~

WoodenDrumRhythm
Generally is after you have a pretty substantial number of chapters online.

Now, the precise number tends to vary, but you will probably not get some readers till you're around 20 chapters.

WoodenDrumRhythm

For me, till around chapter 52 I was seeing intermittent readers and nothing too substantial. But on my 53rd chapter, the reader counts and interactions just started to blow up for some reason. I upload at 3ch/wk so that means my work started to gain more traction around week 17-18.

I think it may have been because I changed my front cover to be something less artistic and more visible when viewed at smaller resolutions (because when browsing on mobile devices or the website, the user only sees a small version of your cover). I also made my cover more descriptive of the type of plot.

Old Cover
New Cover

Tbh though, I was mainly writing for fun, so I didn't feel demotivated when my work didn't receive a lot of reads, reviews, or votes at the early stages. But I can understand your frustration. All I can suggest for you is to evaluate your front cover as well as your book title. They are what the user sees first and will pretty much determine if they are going to click your book or not. Try to ask yourself, "Would I click this book if I saw this in the wild?"

Next, I would also suggest that you check your tags. Try to avoid highly specific ones like: #specialcultivationmethod and opt for more general and wide

This is all the suggestions I can offer. Keep writing, friend!

Junior_Sundar Webnovel updated INKSTONE and now you can't add your own tags. You gotta choose from their shitty list that barely lets you get specific. Those bastards.

Also, the new cover looks :fire:

WoodenDrumRhythm It took me eight months until I got a contract and went premium. Since then, my collections gone up more than triple compare to my past stats

PWS How good is the contract, I have one sitting on my inkstone but haven't filled it out yet. People always mention the negatives but are the benefits there?

A_Gitagon In my opinion, the terms and conditions are mentioned clearly. It is up to you, as an author, to make your craft popular to monetize from it.

PWS How do you get the contract? Does someone reach out to you to sign? Can you share more stats such as power ranking, collections or no. of views you are at when you received the contract? I just started for a month and at around 150K views...

WoodenDrumRhythm I think your book will have to reach the 100.chapters threshold if you want to see results.
Readers on webnovel prefer books with a lot of chapter.

IMPLICATION thanks I’m going to have to change it to fanfiction it was set on novel for some reason so I need repost again I’m doing it because it sucks when you don’t get that much comments

MADE_IN_MEMES I am over a hundred chapters in and don't get much comments either. Got some 700 Collections, some 2K Valid Reads a day, and some 175K views. Just keep going and don't let a lack of Reader interaction bother you, you [and I] will get there, hopefully. :thumbup:

IMPLICATION

wanna do a swap?

if yes here is my link https://www.webnovel.com/book/ghosts-souls_20733068505224705

RealFantasies I was contacted by someone from webnovel at beginning of 2021, and still apply for a contract through a link (forgot the link) when my novel reached the requirements. And, you are in a much better stats than me when went premium.

Junior_Sundar thanks for the advice bro.

Junior_Sundar how do you get a contract on webnovel