Is this a reasonable ask when publishing?

[TheWritingGroup]

Did you see the publishing dates before they were released? I might just pull them back if that happens

Yes, I did.

 

[lovemegood]

The page you linked to says - I write elsewhere, please support me by buying my work there. That’s fine.

It didn’t say here is chapter one on Lit but if you want chapter two, you have to go to my site to read it. That’s banned.

This is not complicated and teaser is a common word / concept, not Literotica jargon.

I’m really sorry to keep asking but would this be okay then?

Book Title is a complete story with 9 chapters and I’ll be sharing one chapter per week. If you’d like to support my writing, you can find the compiled edition on my website.

Or is this still an issue because full story is purchasable?

 

[ElectricBlue]

I will be releasing all chapters tho. Why is that a teaser?

I have seen another writer link their smashwords where you can purchse the stories. They then released chapters slowly.

Like this author: https://www.literotica.com/authors/Sastri_Vera

Because you want a nine week gap to the last chapter, but you'd have the whole thing available on your site from the start. You're using this site to pull readers to yours.

Just because someone else has got away with it, doesn't mean it's not a breach of site policy.

 

[ElectricBlue]

Then I don’t understand how other authors are able to do this? Even linking amazon for a story that is not even published on literotica.

You can link to your sales site from your profile, and promoting a story that's not here on Lit is fine too (but only from your profile). It's when you release chapter 1 with chapter 9 planned nine weeks later, that's when you're stretching the friendship with this site.

 

[EmilyMiller]

I’m really sorry to keep asking but would this be okay then?

Book Title is a complete story with 9 chapters and I’ll be sharing one chapter per week. If you’d like to support my writing, you can find the compiled edition on my website.

Or is this still an issue because full story is purchasable?

I’m beginning to think you are trolling as you’ve had this explained to you several times.

 

[RocketGrunt]

My suggestion is to submit them one at a time. Once your series becomes established, the turnaround is pretty fast except on major holidays. Your first one or two is liable to languish for a week or more, but eventually approval turns into a rubber stamp. The latest chapter I submitted today already is marked for release on Sunday. But when I started in Q4 of 2024, the turnaround time was measured in weeks. Until you get white listed, you're just absolutely not going to have any real control over when your stuff gets released.

 

[SoftTouch99]

Then I don’t understand how other authors are able to do this? Even linking amazon for a story that is not even published on literotica.

They are not. They have stories here, and then stories not here they are selling there, the key is they don't have any form of sneak peak here to promote the product there, just other works from here for you to read, and if you like them, then you go there to see what else they have.

I’m really sorry to keep asking but would this be okay then?

Book Title is a complete story with 9 chapters and I’ll be sharing one chapter per week. If you’d like to support my writing, you can find the compiled edition on my website.

Or is this still an issue because full story is purchasable?

the last bit.

the key issue is having a completed project for sale, while not having the exact same completed product on the website.

at least that is my take on the rules and how my fellows have already addressed this.

Although I think you could post all 9 chapters her, then post a note in the final chapter that the story will be for sale on the new website, but you will still allow for access to the story here for say 6 months then you would be taking it down and only have it on the website.

again I will bow to my senior in this regard.

just figured I would try and help you explain it some.


Regards
SoftTouch

 

[Five_Inch_Heels]

Doesn't sound like this is the best site for you.

 

[BobbyBrandt]

This.

I would release one per day, even if they were all in the neighborhood of 20k words or more. Someone who wants to read your stuff WANTS to read your stuff, and they'll be happier getting it the next day rather than having to wait a whole week. During which they might forget all about you.

I also agree with this approach. You would lose me before starting on the first chapter.

While I commend the OP for completing the story before submitting any part of it, the fact that it is even suspected that there might be an issue with one chapter or another getting rejected gives me pause.

I understand that with recent AI rejections that some people might be skittish, but the publishing guidelines otherwise are pretty clear. If I didn't have confidence in my story meeting those guidelines, I wouldn't submit it until I had asked someone more experienced here to read if first.

I have submitted up to 31 chapters at the same time and had them roll out day after day for a month with no issues. Whether they get published one chapter a week, or daily, the long-term effect is that they will all eventually be there and the timing of when they got published becomes irrelevant.

 

[SteelPoint]

Basically, I have 9 chapters for a story. I want them all approved first, and then a planned release with one chapter a week on a Saturday. The reason for it is because I don’t want any delays in case a submission gets sent back/flagged for some reason.


What I’ll write down under admin notes.

Hi! I’ve submitted a 9-chapter story (this is X/9). I’d like to request that all 9 chapters be reviewed and approved first before any are published. Once they’re all approved, I’d like them scheduled for release at one chapter per week on Saturdays.

If any chapter isn’t approved for some reason, I want to ask that none of them get published til I can make the necessary fixes when it is sent back. Please keep them all on pending until everything is ready. Thank you so much for your hard work!

A very reasonable ask.

But, as you say, for publishing. All you're talking about here is submitting to Literotica.

 

[BobbyBrandt]

I’m not arguing. I’m trying to understand why authors are able to do exactly what I’m trying to do, when I’m being told it’s against the rules. I’m not trying to one up the website and its rules.

You can put off site links in your author profile. Go for it.

What others are telling you is that the "slow rollout" strategy that you are proposing is likely not going to fly here, and even if it does, it will only last for nine weeks as you described it. Not the most effective way to market your website or your stories.

Place the links in your profile and then encourage readers to check out your profile with a note at the beginning or end of your stories. Since your profile is within the site, you can even provide a link within your stories that takes readers directly to it.

 

[BobbyBrandt]

My suggestion is to submit them one at a time. Once your series becomes established, the turnaround is pretty fast except on major holidays. Your first one or two is liable to languish for a week or more, but eventually approval turns into a rubber stamp. The latest chapter I submitted today already is marked for release on Sunday. But when I started in Q4 of 2024, the turnaround time was measured in weeks. Until you get white listed, you're just absolutely not going to have any real control over when your stuff gets released.

Variables still exist.

My last three stories have all languished in my pending folder for 15 days and only got immediately released (within 2 hours) once I sent a PM to Laurel. She is losing site of some submissions for unknown reasons.

 

[alohadave]

Although I think you could post all 9 chapters her, then post a note in the final chapter that the story will be for sale on the new website, but you will still allow for access to the story here for say 6 months then you would be taking it down and only have it on the website.

That's not necessary. As long as you have posted the complete story here, you can have it for sale somewhere else.