Webnovel contract?

[strawcake]

So on Webnovel, I was looking through my notifications and saw that someone had asked give me an officially published opportunity for my two stories and this is the first time happening to me so like I rlly need some advice because this is very nerve wrecking.

 

[SerikoLee]

Whenever making a contract with a website like webnovel , the deal should be more agreeable for paying you for and let you upload tice per week or once but every deal should be looked at properly so you can decide if it will benefit you in the long term or for the website only.

 

[GodlessEmperor]

was it perhaps something along the lines of this?
"Hey there!
Good day for writing! If you wanted to see whether you can get paid by distributing the current work or getting financial support by writing new work, you might want to contact deanxl77*@*gmail.com(delete*). A brief introduction, some sample chapters or links will be appreciated when reaching out."
If yes, ignore it.

 

[strawcake]

was it perhaps something along the lines of this?
"Hey there!
Good day for writing! If you wanted to see whether you can get paid by distributing the current work or getting financial support by writing new work, you might want to contact deanxl77*@*gmail.com(delete*). A brief introduction, some sample chapters or links will be appreciated when reaching out."
If yes, ignore it.

They just told me they are interested in giving me an opportunity to publish officially and that I should send my link to my book and social media contact

 

[Representing_Tromba]

They just told me they are interested in giving me an opportunity to publish officially and that I should send my link to my book and social media contact

When I was writing actively on webnovel I would receive something like that at least twice a month. I recommend you do research on the company itself as a lot of them are scam sites that want to take the rights to your story among other things. Only one of them that I received looked legit but I was so cautious of spam sites at that point that I ignored it.

 

[Ai-chan]

So on Webnovel, I was looking through my notifications and saw that someone had asked give me an officially published opportunity for my two stories and this is the first time happening to me so like I rlly need some advice because this is very nerve wrecking.

You may not know how to research on the trustworthiness of the company. So you can share the links here. Someone is bound to have already done their research. This is not their first time doing it. While Ai-chan would say, they're all scams, some could be legit. After all, Twilight was originally approached by one of those scams that turned out to be not scam.

If they're being evasive on who they work for, that's a scam. A real publisher or an agent of a legitimate publisher would love to tell you who their boss is.

 

[strawcake]

You may not know how to research on the trustworthiness of the company. So you can share the links here. Someone is bound to have already done their research. This is not their first time doing it. While Ai-chan would say, they're all scams, some could be legit. After all, Twilight was originally approached by one of those scams that turned out to be not scam.

If they're being evasive on who they work for, that's a scam. A real publisher or an agent of a legitimate publisher would love to tell you who their boss is.

So the site is goodnovel.com

 

[Ai-chan]

So the site is goodnovel.com

Ah, those guys again. They're scam. Don't misunderstand, they do have a website. The problem is in the content of the contract. Their contract basically tells you to pay them a hefty fee to give your their dicks for you to suck until they cum. If you think having to pay to suck dick until they cum is not a scam, then that's not a scam, for you at least.

If you think you will get money from hosting at their place, give it up. You have a better chance to get money from cosplaying as a dog than from signing a contract with them.

I got a contract offer but I am unsure of what to do?

I just started writing my first novel in webnovel. And from there a editor from a website called goodnovel offered me for a contract. So he said my book has potential and told me to submit it in there website and request for contract. And within 1 to 2 weeks I actually got an agreement paper...

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[RepresentingCaution]

Read the contract. If you have any lawyer friends, ask them to read it, too. If you have any doubts, don't sign.

 

[krushandkill]

Ah, those guys again. They're scam. Don't misunderstand, they do have a website. The problem is in the content of the contract. Their contract basically tells you to pay them a hefty fee to give your their dicks for you to suck until they cum. If you think having to pay to suck dick until they cum is not a scam, then that's not a scam, for you at least.

If you think you will get money from hosting at their place, give it up. You have a better chance to get money from cosplaying as a dog than from signing a contract with them.

I got a contract offer but I am unsure of what to do?

I just started writing my first novel in webnovel. And from there a editor from a website called goodnovel offered me for a contract. So he said my book has potential and told me to submit it in there website and request for contract. And within 1 to 2 weeks I actually got an agreement paper...

forum.scribblehub.com

Feedback on Other Platforms

I don't know if I am allowed to talk about this here but if I am not, dear mods/admins let me know! For now, here it goes! I've been posting my story in ScribbleHub however I decided to post it as well on some other platforms. Some time ago I got a contract opportunity offered by GoodNovel and...

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Actually, Goodnovel is not a scam. In fact, they are one of the biggest reading apps out there, together with Galatea and Dreame.
I have signed 3 exclusive contracts with Stary (owners of Dreame/Ringdom/Ficfun/Yugto/Innovel). Like most reading apps, they are based in Singapore or Hong Kong.
I also signed 2 non-exclusive contracts with Ringdom, Novelcat, Novelstar, Goodnovel, Popink, IReader, Moboreader.

I am gaining a pretty amount from some apps, less from others, and nothing from a few. It always depends on the readers. Some apps have readers that prefer a certain genre that I don't write.

I don't recommend signing exclusive contracts with reading apps, unless you want to gain money from the several bonus those types of contracts offer.
Some reading apps have indefinite exclusive contracts, others have 20 years, and others 15 years. You basically give them your stories for that time period. You gain money from the bonus and from royalties, meaning, money that readers pay to read the chapters of your story.

Non-exclusive contracts are different. Those contracts let you keep the rights, and they only have the right to publish digital or print, depending on the app and what it says in the contract. Normally, those contracts are valid for 5 years, automatically renewed unless you want to end the contract before the renewal. You don't gain money from bonus, only from royalties, meaning, money that readers pay to read the chapters of your story.

Reading apps often have contests with big prize money, and a writer can earn a pretty good amount per month. In Asian countries or African countries, a writer can earn a salary in reading apps. I know this, because I know several writers in Bangladesh,Nepal, Philippines, or Nigeria that are the only ones gaining money, and feeding their families with their writing.

As with every kind of contract, read it thoroughly, especially the app rights and obligations, your rights and obligations, how long they can keep your story, how they earn and how much they pay you. Also important, is what to do to end a contract.

Despite all the weird words on those contracts, they basically exist because for a reading app to sell a story, they must have the rights to do it, or Google store and Apple store will remove those apps from their stores. Contracts also explains how you earn money, and its an insurance that you won't remove your story from the app, when you feel like it. To remove a story, you have to check the clauses of your contract and do as it says there.

If one day you find your story in a reading app because someone stole it, go to that app webpage. At the bottom, there is always contacts for you to complain.

I am often checking stories in scribblehub, and if I see a story in one of those reading apps that weren't supposed to be there, I often contact the app and the original writer, because once, someone did the same for me, when one my my stories ended up in a russian website.

 

[Rudia_Estelle]

So on Webnovel, I was looking through my notifications and saw that someone had asked give me an officially published opportunity for my two stories and this is the first time happening to me so like I rlly need some advice because this is very nerve wrecking.

If you are writing on webnovel website and got a contract through System Notification, then that's legit. Just properly read the terms of the contract so that you can decide what will be good for you. If you doubt the terms of the contract, don't sign. And also be careful in filling the contract because there is no 'backward' button when filling up the blanks.

 

[CadmarLegend]

So on Webnovel, I was looking through my notifications and saw that someone had asked give me an officially published opportunity for my two stories and this is the first time happening to me so like I rlly need some advice because this is very nerve wrecking.

webnovel's terms and conditions in the contract are based on Chinese law. There are some key points:

you have a certain amount of chapters you need to publish within a time frame set by them.

if you fail to finish the series, webnovel can hire a shadow writer for them to write out the rest of the story.

webnovel will officially own your novel and you won't be allowed to publish it on other platforms.

there are some others, like if you're sent to an author signing, you need to go to china yourself, with your own money, but idk if they're legit.

The thing is that webnovel has this notorious reputation where the contents of their contract are very... how should I say... dictator-y.

 

[krushandkill]

webnovel's terms and conditions in the contract are based on Chinese law. There are some key points:

you have a certain amount of chapters you need to publish within a time frame set by them.

if you fail to finish the series, webnovel can hire a shadow writer for them to write out the rest of the story.

webnovel will officially own your novel and you won't be allowed to publish it on other platforms.

there are some others, like if you're sent to an author signing, you need to go to china yourself, with your own money, but idk if they're legit.

The thing is that webnovel has this notorious reputation where the contents of their contract are very... how should I say... dictator-y.

Those are some of the things I saw in the clauses of the 4 contracts that Webnovel system sent me, one contract for each story I put there. It is still a pretty good place to gather readers, though.