Where can you reach readers with your written serialized fiction? Here’s a list.
NON-EXCLUSIVE SERIALIZATION PLATFORMS FOR READERS
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- Wattpad (65+ million users)
- Tapas (graphic novels as well as written)
- Radish (requires application)
- Inkitt (may want exclusivity, glitchy, Germany-based)
- RoyalRoad (litRPG focus)
- Curious Fictions (requires application)
- WriterSky
- ScribbleHub
- Commaful (multimedia, optimal for short stories)
- Swoon Reads (romance, Macmillan YA sourcing site)
- Booksie
- Fictionate.me
- Webtoons
- 2Tale
- Litnet
- 4thewords.com
- taylz.com
- FicFun / Dreame (solicits from other services)
- GetInkspired (monetized)
- LoveNovel (LGBQT+)
- Penana
- Readitt.com
- Movellas.com
- Channillo.com (curated; requires application)
- PenPee (UK-based, free tier requires participation, limits posting)
- Unbound.com (crowdfunded print editions)
- authorbitz
FANFIC FOCUSED SERIALIZATION
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- Ao3 / Archive Of Our Own (popular fanfic site with a section for original fiction)
- LitHive.com
- Quotev (old community)
- FictionPress (pre-dates Wattpad, may want exclusivity)
- Mibba (section for original fiction, young writers)
NON-ENGLISH SERIALIZATION MARKETS
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- Belletristica.com/en (mostly German)
- Webnovel (China, Qidian’s English site) and Boxnovel
- Qidian.com (huge serialization platform in China; they may take all rights)
- Joara (Japanese)
- Snack Book (Korean)
- Bagle (Korean)
- MoboReader.com (Changdu’s English outreach, requires application)
- CreativeNovels.com (webnovel translation site, requires application)
- GravityTales.com (China/Korea translation)
- WuxiaWorld.com (China webnovels translation)
- Scribay (French)
EXCLUSIVE / INVITE-ONLY / TOWARDS TRADITIONAL DEAL
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- SerialBox (SFF, hard to get in)
- Galatea (an Inkitt venture)
- EpisodicReading.com (2yr exclusive)
- ThePigeonHole.com (sources from trad publishers)
- AlexiBooks.com (sources from trad publishers)
- Hooked.co (texting style stories)
- Tap by Wattpad (texting style stories)
- Peep.jp (was Taskey.me; Japanese; crowd-sourced translation if you serialize for free, texting style stories)
CLOSED / DEFUNCT
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- 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
And what if you self-host?
COPY/PASTE PLATFORMS
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- Medium (ideal for non-fic)
- SubStack
- Steem (I hear ad bots rule)
- Listing Hubs such as WebFictionGuide
- Newsletters for readers
- Crowd-funding platforms such as Patreon
- Special interest groups on Reddit, Goodreads, Facebook, Discord, forums, etc.
- Inserts in ebooks with a similar readership