Sounds like a low risk effort with the potential for relatively high reward.

I’m all in.

Edward, I don’t think that is true at all. Serialization was created in Victorian England, and authors like Charles Dickens used writer sales, feedback to shape his novels. As a writer myself, I am not losing individual thought if readers give advice, I am shaping my thought to get a message across that they can understand. This is no different than listening to an editor, agent, or publisher, except that the writer has more freedom. I am publishing on Vella and such will likely do little to help writers, but I am always willing to try. Also, in South Korea, this idea has been used for years, and this move by Amazon may be one that will take on Wadd Pad, which was just bought out by a South Korean company, so this form of writing has been around for a long time. The U.S. is just very behind with technology or creative ideas.

Basically, it’s like what Wattpad is doing. But the difference is, Amazon is opening it up to all authors on KDP. Wattpad only choses certain “Star Authors”. I’ve had a novel on Wattpad for 5 years, and basically have rewritten and reworked it, and pretty much get nothing for my effort. I like the option that at least with a novel serialized on Vella, you get some royalties. Right now, just feel like I’m being used for content on other platforms. At least Amazon is giving authors a chance to make money off their writing from the beginning. The good writing will and enjoyed writing will surface to the top. It really reminds me of KU when it started out.