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Den Warren | 44 comments Mod
I'm thinking about setting up a wordpress site for the purpose of serializing the next chapters of The Lucid Series in a weekly format. After a book length with a good ending point is completed, I could offer it in paperback and Kindle. Then, long term, start the next book.

Any ideas about this?


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David Bergsland (david_bergsland) | 4 comments Mod
I don't like serials at all, as long as you make a book and can wait for a review, no problem.


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Stan | 22 comments My friend Ryan Dunlap (author of The Wind Merchant series that I mentioned previously) wrote The Goldfish as a serial for an online competition - and, he won the competition resulting in a book deal for the novella.

https://www.amazon.com/Goldfish-1888-...

So, it is possible.

Another friend, who also writes novella length, write some of his work on his web site, but not full chapters and not the whole novella. That way people don't get the whole thing for free. But, with good scenes on the site, he generates interest in the whole story.

So, that's another angle.


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David Bergsland (david_bergsland) | 4 comments Mod
And then there's me. I wrote my 3-book series as one book—666pages.Invasion That's the way I like books. I finally broke it into three, but it didn't help the sales any. I still think it reads better as a full-sized book.


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Den Warren | 44 comments Mod
Thanks, guys. My goal is to increase readership. I do get a lot of readers of my serious articles and stories on smashwords, but the novel is an effort to broaden my reach.
I'm not sure serialization is the way to go. Another marketing move I have been thinking about is making the book for free on Smashwords. I really do not care about the money, but sometimes I think no one takes the free books seriously, and Amazon is a big outlet and do not let you put a book up for free.
I could go on about my thoughts on Christian literature today, but I won't make many friends.


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Den Warren | 44 comments Mod
David wrote: "I don't like serials at all, as long as you make a book and can wait for a review, no problem."

I put a lot of weight on that comment. Thanks, brother.


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