Watercress reading joins columns and serials to become a better self publishing platform

In addition to the publication of original text, album works and translation works mainly of the complete works, watercress reading authors have a new source of income-columns and serialization. Watercress reading (download) columns and serials were initially opened in early November this year, with nearly 500 authors submitting their applications, and 300 authors submitting a serial application, and readers can subscribe to columns and serials in the watercress reading. The first line of the column number of 100, serialized to 85. Watercress told Pingwest, the works of the first update is expected to be in this year before and after the Spring Festival. ("Read more" has already joined the "original literature" section based on the content of online literature, but the new columns and serials of watercress are rare. The serial mode is very easy to associate with the network literature, but in terms of content, the choice of the genre of watercress reading is very different. Watercress said that the Watercress reading column main Ordinary People's experience writing, and with "Personalized or news column" Out of the relationship (meaning is watercress reading does not do from the media). Watercress is a detailed definition of the contents of columns and serials: A column is a continuous creation of a specific, definite, specific theme. Column content can be tightly structured and system-complete, for example, the personal finance method of "How to run to win the CPI", introducing music production experience "How to make music with computer 20", to explore the introduction of makeup experience of "office workers make-up"; it can be loosely related to a subject, such as talking about food, emotion, Travel, but columns are not aimless private diaries. The main content of the series is the continuous creation of the novel, can be youth, reasoning, science fiction, martial arts, fairy tales, the workplace, popular history and other types of genre novels, memoirs and other documentary literature are also welcome. After the serial completion of the length should be more than 100,000 words. To open a column or serial in a watercress reading, you must first become the author of the Watercress Reading. When you apply for a column or serial, you need to fill out an authoring plan that includes a presentation, an authoring cycle, an introduction to the author, and so on, and provides the first section. After editing the reading, this column or serial can be opened. The first three articles of the Watercress reading column are free by default, and then the author can decide when to pay. Watercress column is a single pay model, the payment of remuneration and the same as the previous watercress reading e-books, columns and serial authors can obtain 70% of the net income, the author of 10th per month will receive the corresponding revenue. In terms of e-book variety coverage, watercress reading is far from a qualified E-book city. The introduction of watercress has been nearly two years, the sale of E-books only more than 6,000, not enough "read more" half of the 12,381, not to mention the Kindle. Amazon's Kindle has surpassed 50,000 e-books after two months in China. Too few E-book varieties are the biggest reason for the content construction of watercress reading. The practice of watercress reading is to encourage authors to publish on their platforms, in addition to the electronic behavior of paper-based books. On the one hand, watercress read the GreekThe introduction of columns and serials has attracted more authors, especially independent authors, to keep them on their publishing platform, and on the other hand, encouraging their own publication can continue to help the watercress to make up for the lack of e-book varieties. In order to speed up the content construction, watercress reading has strict requirements on the author's output: First, the author must ensure that watercress reading column or serial opening time is at least three months (no upper limit). Second, the author is required to publish a new piece regularly every week or two weeks, creating not less than million words per month. In addition to the remuneration, watercress reading will provide a certain promotional resources for the author. Watercress columns and serials will highlight the author's personal brand, the author will have a separate display page (writer station, show all of his works), and is displayed in the Watercress reading bookstore, readers will receive a reminder from the author's new work after the subscription. Watercress told Pingwest that their follow-up would increase the focus on the author's function and encourage interaction between the author and the reader. Amazon began a few years ago to take the direct contract with the author of the model, in 37 open ratio with the author of income sharing. This kind of intermediary digital publishing mode, excluding the industry chain including publishers, book publishers, bookstores and other roles. Watercress reading is using the same pattern, from the signing of the author began to control the publication and distribution of books. Compared to other electronic bookstores, watercress is the most suitable for the publishing platform. The social media, which has been reading and exchanging books since its inception, has accumulated enough information about readers ' reading preferences. Watercress is clearer than anyone about the reader's personalized reading needs and can then push the ebook purchase link and recommend it (they already do). Since the development of publishing in the country is still at a very early stage, and the author's ability to marketing a high demand. The advantage of watercress reading is that they not only provide a publishing platform for writers, but also use their resources to promote their works, and even promote the corresponding works of paper publishing. Watercress told Pingwest, writing watercress reading column not only does not hinder the author's paper publication, watercress reading as an agent will also help the author contact publishing house. At present, there are 10 of watercress to read original works published as a paper book.