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mammanmichael they are putting a paywall because those novels are THE MOST POPULAR. 1000 views = 1$ with ads(average without adblock) at least here so what if they lose 100000 or 1m readers ? The remaing 1k or 10k(of course the real number is more than that) are enough to support them and earn a few extra $(thousands)

Edit: and dont forget tencet

Authors work hard for their words and inspiration. The less they are paid, the less they work as authors. They have to lean on other jobs for support. Thus, the "pay wall" is a necessary evil. Most people who read webnovels don't want to spend a dime. They want the content, but no involvement with their pocketbook. Though I respect a minimalistic approach to spending, there are obvious RL reasons why supporting authors economically is not only important but necessary.

Authors don't live off well wishes and "Your novel rocks" statements from anonymous individuals over the WEB. They live just like the rest of us. They need money. Donate. Patreon. Do something more meaningful than a pat on the back. And remember, 1 donation doesn't mean that you're entitled to everything else they provide. It's not a 1 time deposit for everything the author produces. Recurring donations = recurring content.

Hmmm... I don't know how should I say it. But u know, as author I, myself need money for living. U couldn't expect someone give u free stuff all times without give something back right? Even if we write or translate something as hobby, we still need support for that. U couldn't tell our dear translator and author work and make something all the time for free without giving compensation. Someone need to live and eat!

So... It's not always bad thing about some donations or something like payment. It's necessary if u want our dear translator, author and staff maintenance their site.

At last they profits u with something else.

Unless u want them to live without got the payment as compensation of their times, work hard to gave us stories and die without anything!

Oke, u don't want to pay then don't blame them for not give u any new chapter as soon as possible cuz they need to work other things for live and get some money so they wonna die and still healthy for write something.

Some of them write for life!
We need to live and eat! So we can do our job well.

But, it's not like they didn't gave u some free stuff right? U could still read any without really pay. Yeaahhh even u still need to wait for that. But at last it fair...

Read free okay, but wait for sometimes
Read, support and help our dear author and translator with donated or payment, u can enjoy the new chapter quickly.

On a serious note 20 cents or $.20, however you want to put it, is pretty friggin expensive. LoHP-Library of Heaven's Path- would be $12 a month and that's just for one book, it may actually be even more expensive because I'm using the 10ss per chapter factor, yet I've never seen it go below 11ss. Sure you could use your free ss to pay for that one book, but then what happens when you want to read the other popular books in your library? You have 2 choices at that point; pay for more ss, or hold off on them. Personally, I'd rather not spend god knows how much to stay up to date on all the books in my library.

Kaighn
Although I doubt the validity of this claim, LHP's page claims 15 chapters a week, and an year has a little over 52 weeks. Given 12 ss per chapter (The reason I gave 10 earlier is because there are novels charging around 6-8 per chapter, bringing down the overall average. LHP charges above average, so 12), and 2 cents per ss, disregarding the free spirit stones, we get:
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Drumroll please.
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Just over $187.2 an year, or $15.6 a month, 3.6 dollars weekly, and over 50 cents daily.
Just for one novel.
On the plus side, we get around 20 spirit stones daily (check-in is 9-10 on average, 5 for energy and 5 for power), so at the same rate of 2 cents per stone, that's 40 cents.
Thus, if you got lucky draws, watched ads and checked in regularly, you could follow one premium novel for free.
Any more and you either have to use multiple accounts, recommend and login as fake accounts (Each account is worth over 200 ss, 4 dollars for spending a couple minutes filling out a form on Gmail), or paying large amounts of money.

I am not going to post links to outside webpages, thus I'll mention that there are extremely good webnovels/webserials, written in English, that are amazing.

My first example: Worm. Google it. Millions of words. Best super-hero, super-heroine webnovel I have ever read.