[DuskyRose]

Originally Posted by Hitch

Yes, so I understand, but is it WIP stuff or finished work, do you know? I freely admit, I don't.

That I can't tell for sure. The press I've seen so far is that the 'episodes' will be released once a week.

Nothing I've seen so far said anything about making sure the work will be finished before episodes are posted, that it will still be accessible once the story is finished, that the final number of chapters will be given before purchase, (so the reader can budget) or that any type of editing will exist.

I might run across the info later, but honestly I'll probably just ignore it all.

Originally Posted by Hitch

I freely admit...when I saw all the whingeing and whining about it, on certain forums and then followed up to see the submitted V content from some of those whingers...sweet Moses on a Pony, I was bloody horrified. I mean...some of it was literally unintelligible.

One of the complaints I see on a lot of ebooks since Amazon opened up to self-publishing, especially the 1-star ratings, use the term "reads like bad fanfic."

I take that complaint seriously, because that covers a whole ton of problems, all in four words. Those freebies I don't bother with.

Originally Posted by Hitch

I mean, wow. Apparently, teens have a huge disposable income available, and satisfactorily high tolerance levels for crap writing, that Amazon can exploit.

The advertisers go after teens and young adults for a reason, and why a lot of shows are geared to catch their attention. They're the ones the advertisers want. They have a lot of disposable income, are socially driven to want to share their hobbies, (so bring in new customers), don't always have brand loyalty yet, and are willing to try new things.

This all may flop for Amazon, but it may not. I'll just keeping hanging on to my TBR pile for dear life, and hope my favorite authors don't disappear into the dark side. Then see how it all shifts out.