After it is about half published on serial fiction websites, I plan to publish it on Amazon and make a website with the whole text posted.
I don’t think Amazon allows you to do this, legally. My sister self-publishes through Amazon and used to offer everything but the last chapter of her first book for free on her website — she had a note at the end that she’d send the final chapter via email to anyone who asked, but Amazon didn’t want her to have the entire thing posted for free anywhere while it was also being offered through print-on-demand. I don’t know details about the contract and this was a few years ago, but you might want to look into that.
(Sorry for not reading / commenting on the actual content of your story 😅)
That sounds very weird to me and surprising. I have been actively self publishing for seven years, and I’ve never heard anything about that. It might be some weird specific contract with Amazon.
The general problem that does come up is there are benefits to having an exclusive contract with Amazon, where only a ten percent sample can be posted elsewhere, but I’m not planning to go that route as it would probably limit the audience more than it would expand it.
I don’t think Amazon allows you to do this, legally. My sister self-publishes through Amazon and used to offer everything but the last chapter of her first book for free on her website — she had a note at the end that she’d send the final chapter via email to anyone who asked, but Amazon didn’t want her to have the entire thing posted for free anywhere while it was also being offered through print-on-demand. I don’t know details about the contract and this was a few years ago, but you might want to look into that.
(Sorry for not reading / commenting on the actual content of your story 😅)
That sounds very weird to me and surprising. I have been actively self publishing for seven years, and I’ve never heard anything about that. It might be some weird specific contract with Amazon.
The general problem that does come up is there are benefits to having an exclusive contract with Amazon, where only a ten percent sample can be posted elsewhere, but I’m not planning to go that route as it would probably limit the audience more than it would expand it.