Where can you reach readers with your written serialized fiction? Here’s a list.
NON-EXCLUSIVE SERIALIZATION PLATFORMS with MONETIZATION OPTIONS
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- Wattpad (65+ million users)
- Tapas (graphic novels as well as written)
- Radish (requires application)
- RoyalRoad (litRPG focus, monetize through Patreon)
- Booksie (teens and poets)
- Neovel / Neoread
- Inkitt (may want exclusivity, glitchy, Germany-based)
- Fictionate
- MoonQuill
- Creative Novels (min 30k words)
- WriterSky
- Tapread
- Commaful (multimedia, short stories)
- Webtoons
- Mirakee
- Channillo (curated; requires application)
- PenPee (U.K. based, short stories)
- Booknet / Litnet
- Literal (education?)
- BetaReader.io
- LoveNovel (LGBQT+)
- Love Sick
- TailWind
NOT MONETIZED SERIALIZATION and CRITIQUE FORUMS
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- Listing Hubs such as WebFictionGuide
- Reddit (such as r/redditserials)
- ScribbleHub (favors anime-inspired)
- DeviantArt
- Honeyfeed (Japanese)
- Lutionary
- Penana
- Storybird
- Bhooks (crit system)
- Inklings (Christian, clean fiction)
- TheProse
- Critters (SFF, crit forum)
- Absolute Write (crit forum)
- Scribophile (crit forum)
- Mythic Scribes (SFF, crit forum)
- Critique Circle (crit forum)
- Savvy Authors (crit forum)
- Wacky Writers (crit forum)
MONETIZED ONLY / ROYALTY-PAYING SERIALIZATION
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- Amazon’s Kindle Vella
- AnyStories
- KISS / Scream / Crazy Maple Studios
- EGlobal Creative Publishing (3rd party distributor, Hong Kong, reports of them ghosting writers)
- PublishDrive (3rd party distributor)
- Flamingo Fiction / StreetLib / 365 Media (3rd party distributor)
- ReAdict
- Stori
- Mythrill
- FicFun / Dreame
- SofaNovel
- Lure
- Glose (France based)
- Simily (short stories)
- Unbound (crowdfunded print editions)
- PopInk (Hong Kong based)
- Plop
- ShareStory (Webnovel parent company)
- GetInkspired
- Voyce.me
- Readoo
- Novelstar
- Novelnow
- NovelToon
- Kongfubooks
And what if you want to self-host?
PAYWALL HELP FOR WEB SERIALS / SELL ADVANCE CHAPTERS
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- SubStack
- Laterpress.com
- Patreon
- Ko-fi, and other crowd-funding platforms
- Litty
- IndiePaper
- Attentioun
- Gumroad (all-purpose)
- Steem (I hear ad bots rule)
- Medium (ideal for non-fic)
- Back matter in ebooks with a similar readership
FANFIC FOCUSED SERIALIZATION
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- Ao3 / Archive Of Our Own (popular fanfic site with a section for original fiction, apply to join)
- Quotev (old community)
- FictionPress (pre-dates Wattpad, may want exclusivity)
- Mibba (section for original fiction, young writers)
NON-ENGLISH / FOREIGN SERIALIZATION MARKETS
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- Belletristica (mostly German)
- Pratilipi (Indian)
- Novello (Hong Kong)
- Joara / Full Novels (Japanese)
- Honeyfeed (Japanese)
- KakaoPage (Korean)
- Snack Book (Korean)
- Bagle (Korean)
- BookWalker
- Livory (German, owned by Tapster)
- MoboReader (Changdu’s English outreach, requires application)
- CreativeNovels.com (webnovel translation site, requires application)
- WuxiaWorld.com (China webnovels translation)
- Gravity Tales (China/Korea translation)
- Scribay (French)
EXCLUSIVE / INVITE-ONLY / TOWARDS TRADITIONAL DEAL
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- Galatea (an Inkitt venture)
- Realm / SerialBox (SFF audio, hard to get in)
- FierceReads (rebranded Swoon Reads, Macmillan YA sourcing site)
- ThePigeonHole (sources from trad publishers)
- Boke Technology (romance only)
- Episodic Reading (2yr exclusive)
- Alexi Books (sources from trad publishers, looks defunct)
CHAT / TEXTING STORIES
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- Hooked.co (texting style stories)
- Tap by Wattpad (texting style stories)
- Lure Fiction
- Viber
- MessageInk
- Peep.jp (was Taskey.me; Japanese; crowd-sourced translation if you serialize for free, texting style stories)
CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE / BRANCHING STORIES
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- Episode (primarily romance)
- Scripts: romance episode
- Sana Stories
- Dorian ($2m funded, Lionsgate Films)
- Tales (learning curve)
- Choice of Games / Heart’s Choice
- 4thewords.com (Costa Rica based, international)
SKETCHY / SCAMMY / POSSIBLY ABANDONED
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- Webnovel (China, Qidian’s English site) and Boxnovel
- Tencent / Qidian.com (huge serialization platform in China; they may take all rights)
- EMP Entertainment and A&D Entertainment (3rd party distributor, Singapore partner for Webnovel)
- GoodNovel
- CreativeNovel (foreign, iffy on rights)
- NovelHD (steals stories from Wattpad) owned by contabo.de
- Foxteller (ghost town, may be iffy on rights)
- HiNovel (rights grabby, contact [email protected])
- iReader, Fictum, Bytedance Group (reports of selling work without permission, Writer Beware)
- NovelFull
- EStory (grabby contract)
- authorbitz (founder: Lucinda Hawks Moebius, looks abandoned)
- www.orton.io (sketchy w mispellings)
- Movellas (looks sketchy, possible plagiarism?)
- taylz.com (short fiction critique site, free, UK-based)
- 2Tale (may be abandoned)
- EGlobal Creative Publishing
- Tapfun PTE
- BabelNovel
- Libri (will take all your rights)
- BravoNovel (theft)
- Friver group
- NovelBee (plagiarism)
- BeeNovel (red flag, they steal)
- NovelCat
- LITeReader (nonpayment)
CLOSED / DEFUNCT
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- Curious Fictions
- LitHive.com (fanfic)
- Describli (seeking backers on IndieGoGo)
- ReaderCoin (audio focus)
- Sweek
- JukePop Serials (crowd-funded)
- SparkaTale
- WriteOn (Amazon; more like a critique group)
- Book Country (Penguin Random House; more like a critique group)
- Authonomy (HarperCollins)
- CloudyPen
- Figment
- Story Pony
- Readitt.com
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