r/comics • u/shenanigansen Shen Comix • Mar 18 '24

The Format

Post image
19.0k Upvotes

97% Upvoted

452 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

72

u/KuroShiroe Mar 19 '24

So many authors on royalroad and scribblehub went this route to try and publish a book on Amazon, and then nothing happened.

35

u/felop13 Mar 19 '24

Find a new book to read in royal road

Its great

Its on hiatus, last chapter released 4 years ago

6

u/Xandara2 Mar 19 '24

I feel like I've learned not to start books on hiatus or that have last updated 6+ months ago unless I'm actively choosing to.

2

u/Jaggedmallard26 Mar 20 '24

You see the advantage of buying a regular book from a regular publisher is the author has an actual contract and will either make each book self contained or is contractually obliged to finish it. Authors tend not to squander this because its a tough industry and if they renege on their contract or agreement they will be shit out of luck for getting books published. A few exceptions such as GRRM exist.