Serial Box serial e-publisher snags $1.65 million investment - TeleRead

Panzer's trip into the Catosphere today took him to the TeleRead site. There with just a little digging our intrepid kitty traveler found a post about Serial Box.

Where's my $1.99 a week?

According to Chris Meadows, Serial Box just got a $1.65 million investment from Book Rocker Media. No one seems to know exactly what Serial Box will do with the money. In Serial Box's service a reader pays $1.99 per week for Serial Box's post of one episode in a story. The stories are from 13 to 18 episodes long. There are links included in the post to other posts about Serial Box and the $1.65 million investment.

Panzer says, "Hmm ... An episode a week? I do one Panzerism a week. I'm willing to do an audio version too."

Note: This is a short-medium length post. Bring a cup of tea and a muffin for today's reading selection.

To read the post tootle over to Serial Box

This Ebook Publisher Doesn't Have Authors. It Has Writers' Rooms. - Wired

One episode? That's not too hard.

Panzer was tootling around in the Catosphere today when he decided to make a stop at the Wired site. There our intrepid kitty pilot found an interesting post about publisher Serial Box.

According to the post by Charley Locke, Serial Box is at its heart a publisher, but not a publisher of novels but a publisher of episodes from a novel. The episodes are each written by a different author. Readers can purchase one episode or the whole "series" on iTunes.

Panzer says, "When you look at the cost to buy the whole series, it's about the same as a hardback novel."

Note: This is a medium length post. Bring a cup of tea and a muffin for today's reading selection.

To read the post, tootle over to Serial Box Books

Can Serialized Fiction Convert Binge Watchers Into Binge Readers? - NPR

Humans will buy anything.

Panzer was tootling around in the Catosphere when he found an interesting post about serialized fiction at the NPR site.

The post by Lynn Neary is about a new publishing service called Serial Box. The service doesn't publish books, they publish "episodes" of books for subscribers. The company does not want the "episodes" called chapters. According to the post, the book is plotted out and then broken into sections. The sections are the "episodes." The post states the "episodes" are published over 10 to 16 weeks depending on the story's length.

Panzer says, "You humans have to read the Comments Section at the end to really understand the post."

Note: This is a shortish-medium post. Bring a cup of tea and a muffin for today's reading session.

To read the post, tootle over to serialized fiction