PSA: How to find stuff on Patreon and what will happen after Delvers 3
Added 2017-09-13 18:32:45 +0000 UTCFor those of you that don't know, I put keywords on some posts so they can be categorized. You can click on that category and bring up posts that have that particular tab.
For Delvers 3 chapters, I have actually made a quick link to all the chapters and it's been up for a while. I just realized that I haven't actually told you guys about it...because I'm an idiot.
If you look on the left hand side of the Patreon page, at the bottom of the left hand column there is a Delvers3 box. If you click on that, you will see a view with only Delvers 3 chapters.
I will do the same thing with Delvers 4 chapters, or any other book I am writing that you guys are following.
Lastly, I thought about this a lot, and I think I'm going to take down all my chapters after each book launches. There will always be at least a week or two between a book being uploaded and actually being launched (so you can catch up if you don't buy my releases). One reason I moved to Patreon in the first place instead of giving away chapters for free was because people online thought my books were the same as my unedited chapters offered for free.
In the future, I might get new Patreon patrons who, unlike you all, don't understand how things work around here. The easiest way to prevent issues is just to hide most older chapters.
What do you guys think? As always, I'd love to hear your comments and opinions.
*Note: I am not 100% decided on this. I kind of don't like the idea of hiding patron comments since I think your discussions add to the community. Tell me if you think chapters should stay up.
-BC
Comments
Yeah that is what I'm kind of leaning towards. I just really like all the comments you guys leave and I hate the idea of hiding them. :/ But another issue that this would mitigate is that Amazon demands only 10% of any book on Kindle Unlimited be available anywhere else. Some writers figure that Patreon is a good way to prevent Amazon from seeing what they're doing, but it kind of seems dangerous to play with your livelihood like that if you're a full time writer.
Blaise Corvin
2017-09-14 14:43:07 +0000 UTCIt's completely fair and a good idea for you to take down the chapters once the book is published. It's not like you charge a lot for the books, and they are edited to be better than what you do incrementally. Also you're right, it discourages people from buying the final books if they can just read the rough drafts online. Us Patreon people get to read it as you write it, and they get sent to our emails anyway also. I would just keep up a few chapters of book one maybe (although the book version) so that people could get a free preview.
J H
2017-09-14 13:30:30 +0000 UTCI think that this is a good idea. Patreon is more for those, like me, who are too eager than to wait for your next book to finish or for the awesome ppl here to help polish your ideas or edit small mistakes. Once a book is done, leaving it here would only encourage ppl to pay 2$ a month to read your entire manuscript which is unfair to you
cameron scott
2017-09-14 04:46:00 +0000 UTCI actually do all the developmental editing myself. I mostly get editing for consistency and grammar. I hear you about older chapters. I'm definitely not entirely sure what to do.
Blaise Corvin
2017-09-14 02:58:49 +0000 UTCI'm assuming you use a processional copy editor? Either way Obligations Incurred was better as an ebook, and Luck Stat Strategy was like a completely different book. The plot was the same but the character depth was much better in the published version. That being said I was kinda assuming the rough drafts would be here "forever". I like having what's basically a behind the scenes look at how your novels come together.
B Thomas
2017-09-14 02:05:23 +0000 UTCI would like to see them up at least a month after the book is live.
2017-09-14 01:51:08 +0000 UTCYes, unless someone can give me some convincing arguments why I shouldn't. Now, the caveat to all this is that I'm going full time soon, and playing around with the idea of starting a forum on my site. There would be a Patreon patrons only forum there where nothing would ever be deleted. This is the most logical compromise I can think of, but I am open to suggestions.
Blaise Corvin
2017-09-13 21:41:09 +0000 UTCDoes this mean that once a book is released its chapters will be unavailable to patrons unless we buy it?
SpartacusDA
2017-09-13 21:34:12 +0000 UTCI wish more did this. Makes it easy. I thought that was what the tags were, but I never verified.
Jacob Santos
2017-09-13 20:59:48 +0000 UTC
