Hi all, this is my first post here, so please be gentle in case I'm posting in the wrong place or make any other faux pas.
My question is in the subject - I can't, for the life of me, figure out why Kindle Unlimited/Kindle Select doesn't make it a priority to give authors more of a platform to serialize their content. It has spawned entire other websites, like Serial Box, which I'm not a very big fan of the work there, but the premise, packaging, and vision make a lot of monetary/story sense given the climate of bingeing television shows. It seems fairly obvious to attempt something similar with Kindle Unlimited's Netflix-like model for readers.
For authors, it would give us the opportunity to push out on a regular schedule and to actually MAKE a schedule that we could post for a particular series right on Amazon. I could be wrong, but I'm fairly certain Amazon frowns upon doing anything other than having pre-orders available, and I'm not even certain you're allowed to link to the pre-order from the sales page of another book even when they're in the same series.
It all just seems like a no-brainer, but it's not really facilitated in any way by Amazon helping the author to create a hub for a particular series. I feel like doing so would allow self-published authors to work more like writers of tv episodes, which is what Serial Box does, and it would keep readers on K.U. more engaged (and paying) from week-to-week/month-to-month. Basically the same strategy television uses that was once used a lot more often in narrative fiction.
For instance if an author were to release something weekly in 8 parts or episodes, each part being roughly 60-90 pages, thus leveraging the KU model by keeping readers engaged and page reads going, is there even a way to let your audience know this is your intention? I know it's not allowed in the product description... what about the Introduction of the first episode? Where do they draw the line with this sort of thing, and is it really only allowed on your personal platform?
My question is in the subject - I can't, for the life of me, figure out why Kindle Unlimited/Kindle Select doesn't make it a priority to give authors more of a platform to serialize their content. It has spawned entire other websites, like Serial Box, which I'm not a very big fan of the work there, but the premise, packaging, and vision make a lot of monetary/story sense given the climate of bingeing television shows. It seems fairly obvious to attempt something similar with Kindle Unlimited's Netflix-like model for readers.
For authors, it would give us the opportunity to push out on a regular schedule and to actually MAKE a schedule that we could post for a particular series right on Amazon. I could be wrong, but I'm fairly certain Amazon frowns upon doing anything other than having pre-orders available, and I'm not even certain you're allowed to link to the pre-order from the sales page of another book even when they're in the same series.
It all just seems like a no-brainer, but it's not really facilitated in any way by Amazon helping the author to create a hub for a particular series. I feel like doing so would allow self-published authors to work more like writers of tv episodes, which is what Serial Box does, and it would keep readers on K.U. more engaged (and paying) from week-to-week/month-to-month. Basically the same strategy television uses that was once used a lot more often in narrative fiction.
For instance if an author were to release something weekly in 8 parts or episodes, each part being roughly 60-90 pages, thus leveraging the KU model by keeping readers engaged and page reads going, is there even a way to let your audience know this is your intention? I know it's not allowed in the product description... what about the Introduction of the first episode? Where do they draw the line with this sort of thing, and is it really only allowed on your personal platform?