How often do you leave comments?

[Romeru]

Uhm... Hello! I am trying my luck here in ScribbleHub and uploaded my book a week ago. I actually like reading a lot of comments and interacting with people, and so far it says that I have 40 readers...?
I just wanted to ask how often you usually leave comments in books, since I only have 1 comment so far. Thank you very much and sorry to bother all of you!

 

[Dragon_SAMA]

I am also a new author, so on my series I mainly get the comments like "Thank you for the chapter" or something similar from the regular readers, but once in a while there are some readers who actively comments different things like some edit suggestions or something like that . There are many authors here with a lot of popular works, they will tell you about their experience.

 

[Rhaps]

SH goes by the Dine-and-Dash model of readers, they rarely comment.

 

[Jocelyn_Uasal]

The majority of people don't leave comments, but also a percentage of everyone's views is going to be bots scanning for content, like google or whatnot

 

[BouncyCactus]

Yeah, unfortunately, most of us are kind of... scared of strangers. We are the kind of gremlin that shyly peeks from its cave at you, takes whatever you are offering, and then dips back into the Cave of Absolute Introvertedness.

 

[Corty]

I always comment when I read. However, I read in chunks when I have the proper time to digest it. Sometimes I consume 20 chapters, leave 20 comments, then leave for a month until I have time again to properly sit down and read

 

[JayMark]

I try to comment respectfully if I get time to actually read something and it brings joy.

 

[Akaichi]

Try to engage with your readers by writing an author note and replying to their comments, this usually encourages other to enter the conversation.
Also try doing Polls, readers usually like those as they don't have to write and it makes them spend a little extra time on the chapter or read the other comments to see what others might think.

 

[CharlesEBrown]

About as often as I get them, so averaging two a week, I think.

 

[Romeru]

I am also a new author, so on my series I mainly get the comments like "Thank you for the chapter" or something similar from the regular readers, but once in a while there are some readers who actively comments different things like some edit suggestions or something like that . There are many authors here with a lot of popular works, they will tell you about their experience.

Yes. My first comment was like this too, really happy about that

SH goes by the Dine-and-Dash model of readers, they rarely comment.

Oh... I suppose that would make sense.

The majority of people don't leave comments, but also a percentage of everyone's views is going to be bots scanning for content, like google or whatnot

Ack, my readers might be bots

Yeah, unfortunately, most of us are kind of... scared of strangers. We are the kind of gremlin that shyly peeks from its cave at you, takes whatever you are offering, and then dips back into the Cave of Absolute Introvertedness.

But I'm not a stranger, I'm a friend.

I always comment when I read. However, I read in chunks when I have the proper time to digest it. Sometimes I consume 20 chapters, leave 20 comments, then leave for a month until I have time again to properly sit down and read

Please leave a lot of comments if you happen upon my book! Muehehehe.

I try to comment respectfully if I get time to actually read something and it brings joy.

I shall wait patiently wait for someone to feel joy when they read my book, then.

Try to engage with your readers by writing an author note and replying to their comments, this usually encourages other to enter the conversation.
Also try doing Polls, readers usually like those as they don't have to write and it makes them spend a little extra time on the chapter or read the other comments to see what others might think.

The polls... actually sound like a very good idea. I'll do that in my next chapter. Thank you!

About as often as I get them, so averaging two a week, I think.

Oooh... two is more than mine.

Thank you everyone for responding and actually answering my question! Thank you, thank you!

 

[Alski]

 

[Ruti]

Uhm... Hello! I am trying my luck here in ScribbleHub and uploaded my book a week ago. I actually like reading a lot of comments and interacting with people, and so far it says that I have 40 readers...?

From my experience (as a reader) we are more likely to comment if it feels like we make an impact. So get closer to community (will be hard or easy depending on kind of novel) and release not in batches (people are more likely to comment if its the latest chapter, then say, chapter 23 of a novel with 200 chapters)

 

[Terrate]

I usually leave a comment if there was a particular scene that was so striking that it had to be mentioned. Either you get praised by me or I point out something that doesn't make sense. It's usually the latter, sadly. And I don't leave a comment of thanking for the chapter.

 

[beast_regards]

Ah, comments.

Those rare, precious things all the amateur writers fansasises about, they contain all hopes and dreams; they are the miraculous mana of the gods that would reinvigorate their writing and fill their meaningless lives with new meaning ...

... and then they discover the Royal Road.

 

[theInmara]

We "like" every chapter, and we leave comments on individual chapters as compelled by the narrative (if something really sticks out and we feel we need to tell the author about it how good it is). Then, at the end of the book, we leave a final comment thanking them for writing it.

If a book is not pleasant to read, we might not comment and we might forget to leave "likes".

Sometimes, sometimes, fairly rarely, we'll ask a question to clarify something. But usually only after reading the whole story, and usually we'll prefer direct messaging, so that the author doesn't have to see the embarrassing question hanging out in public.

Though, on our own stories, we love clarifying questions, so we can answer them publicly and consider editing the story itself to improve it. So, if we think we can ask such a question diplomatically, we'll do that in a comment.

 

[SternenklarenRitter]

I leave a comment on about 10% of the chapters I read.

 

[Romeru]

From my experience (as a reader) we are more likely to comment if it feels like we make an impact. So get closer to community (will be hard or easy depending on kind of novel) and release not in batches (people are more likely to comment if its the latest chapter, then say, chapter 23 of a novel with 200 chapters)

Yes, I'm trying... but alas, failing all the same T_T. But I did as Akaichi said and did a poll, I can confirm that I have 11 readers now

I usually leave a comment if there was a particular scene that was so striking that it had to be mentioned. Either you get praised by me or I point out something that doesn't make sense. It's usually the latter, sadly. And I don't leave a comment of thanking for the chapter.

I have a feeling my first comments would be the latter.

Ah, comments.

Those rare, precious things all the amateur writers fansasises about, they contain all hopes and dreams; they are the miraculous mana of the gods that would reinvigorate their writing and fill their meaningless lives with new meaning ...

... and then they discover the Royal Road.

Yes, me want precious comments

We "like" every chapter, and we leave comments on individual chapters as compelled by the narrative (if something really sticks out and we feel we need to tell the author about it how good it is). Then, at the end of the book, we leave a final comment thanking them for writing it.

If a book is not pleasant to read, we might not comment and we might forget to leave "likes".

Sometimes, sometimes, fairly rarely, we'll ask a question to clarify something. But usually only after reading the whole story, and usually we'll prefer direct messaging, so that the author doesn't have to see the embarrassing question hanging out in public.

Though, on our own stories, we love clarifying questions, so we can answer them publicly and consider editing the story itself to improve it. So, if we think we can ask such a question diplomatically, we'll do that in a comment.

I'm still waiting for someone to ask me questions T_T. I'm even waiting for corrections. lol

Thank you everyone for quenching my curiosity! I think it's only a matter of my books not being popular enough T_T
And thank you again!

 

[theInmara]

I'm still waiting for someone to ask me questions T_T. I'm even waiting for corrections. lol

We got very lucky there, we think. We posted chapter updates to a discord server with likely readers in it, and a couple of them became very enthusiastic and supportive.

We only have at most 150 readers of our story, and only the one proofreader has commented regularly past the first six chapters. 25 of them stuck through to the last book.

From what we've seen of other people's works, you usually need way more readers than that to start getting regular comments.

 

[beast_regards]

Yes, me want precious comments

Doesn't it make you dance in joy every time you see the notification that someone commented on your story?

Excited, intrigued, pleased. What they could tell about your story, perhaps a fan comments on how the plot is going to develop? Or is it one of those "Tftc" only? Or perhaps there are insights? Encouragements?

And then you realize you are on the Royal Road, comments reads "Stupid protagonist", there are six new 0.5* ratings from newly created accounts and your rating dropped by ten thousand.

 

[CharlesEBrown]

Doesn't it make you dance in joy every time you see the notification that someone commented on your story?

Nah, it feels more like playing Russian Roulette but with chocolate in four chambers, one empty and one with a live bullet... So you might get the dopamine rush, might get either some suggested edits or a weird emoji-only response, or you could have your brains blown out...

So far, on RR, I've only gotten four comments on one story - the one with a rating/review was incredibly mediocre (that is a two word summary of the two paragraph review), the comments were all good proofreading things (all from the same person), so it has been neither as rewarding nor as nerve-wracking as here. So far...