You won’t see a cent even if they want to publish you book. They’ll technically have a license on it.

6.2 Limited License Grant to Webnovel. By posting or publishing User Content, you grant Webnovel a worldwide, non-exclusive, perpetual, royalty-free, fully paid right and license (with the right to sublicense) to host, store, transfer, display, perform, reproduce, transmit, broadcast, modify for the purpose of formatting for display, and distribute your User Content, in whole or in part, in any media formats and through any media channels now known or hereafter developed.

Start discussing my peeps

    Its a pretty common thing hosting sites like these all over the web slide into terms of service agreements... It also applies to anything you post in these forums as well.

    It's just a matter of whether or not they plan to enforce it.

      WonderDuckie Actually this is one of the worst (maybe worst of all?) ToS of all webnovel sites. RRL and even Wattpad have better ToS.

      The only reason why Qidian could ever succeed enforcing ToS like this international is due to its status as the corrupt uncle of the currupt sect leader who regularly bribes the disciplinary department and emperor(s semi elected council of demonic cultivators).

        Ideal https://www.webnovel.com/terms_of_service

        Limited License Grant to Webnovel. By posting or publishing User Content, you grant Webnovel a worldwide and non-exclusive right and license (with the right to sublicense to Webnovel affiliates solely in connection with their provision of the Services) to host, store, transfer, display, perform, reproduce, transmit, broadcast, modify (which is made solely for the purpose of formatting for display), and distribute your User Content, in whole or in part, in any media formats only through our Services.

        This is the newest one, dated April 11, 2018. The one you are reading was dated December 27, 2017. That was before Inkstone was opened up and the content only referred to reviews and comments.

            CKtalon
            Hey man I like the smart phrasing but no. Here’s another way to say what was summarized.

            If you post on inkstone, qidian can now, on a world wide level publish your work without having to pay anything, also license it to other parties, use it to format displayable material like manga, manhwa, anime, books, PDFs and etc. fancy wording doesn’t mean I’m stupid.

            Personally I’m not publishing any of my three already made drafts for the books, and I hope for the best of other self appointed others.

            Now good night.

                Ideal The new TOS doesn't say anything like that. You are free to decide on what to do with your own content. Good night.

                    Ideal

                    yes, I was told by anonymous source, QI will definitely spend huge money to adapt some random unknown original novel to movies/anime when potential legal trouble, (instead of adapting any more popular ones which they already own)

                        Daoist2017
                        That's what Ideal is arguing. They -don't- have to pay for it if your novel just happens to get popular and you posted on here. In that case, they don't have to give you a single cent.

                          Thank you for understanding

                            CKtalon
                            No offense but don’t act like your outsmarting anybody.
                            Just because I don’t tell you that I have money doesn’t mean I don’t have money.
                            Just because I don’t say I steal doesn’t mean I won’t or haven’t ever stolen. Written word is an art, and con artist are many.

                                Ideal
                                Ummmm. I'm a student who is also writing a novel and could use some feedback on my work from somebody who reads light novels (Nobody at my school does!) and f you have drafts I would be happy to read and go over them. Would you like to exchange pointers and etc? I have no bad intentions I'm just interested and desperate for help.

                                  Ideal

                                  I don't see ad or money involved in original novel, so qi didn't make money at expense of original novel

                                  and those author are no idiot, the choose to publish here, because qi promise a contract if the novel goes big

                                  If you find this unjustified, you could create your own website competing with QI with your better term

                                  And What are you going to achieve here by posting? No matter how many of your words, qi will continue their operation exactly the same, since the boss probably don't read this forum

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