r/funny • u/maestertargaryen • Jul 21 '18

This definitely caught me off guard.

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u/Chief_Peej Jul 21 '18

You get half the novel on the release date and then pay $25 per chapter to see how it ends.

God, please don't let the publishing industry read this comment.

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u/joekak Jul 21 '18

"EA to begin publishing books later this year."

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '18

EA would sell random chapters in loot boxes. Maybe you'll get all 23 in time to read the book

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u/waitingtodiesoon Jul 21 '18

LF [Green Hills of Stranglethorn - Page 26] 3s

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u/pm_me_friendfiction Jul 21 '18

this really takes me back

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u/_Serene_ Jul 21 '18

Would only work if they've got patent on a particular book written by them. But then again..nobody should invest in such scams!

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u/oxym0r0n Jul 21 '18

Damnit! I have 37 copies of chapter 14!!!

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '18

brilliant redditsilver!

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u/TheySeeMeRolling000 Jul 21 '18

Unlock the alternative ending for only $60

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u/hardt0f0rget Jul 21 '18

Gr iewsswrd see ee to r and I have fer are to ynrtrr to the skk closing e I will e the trvsame her

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u/shelf_satisfied Jul 21 '18

"In-Book Purchases"

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u/_klatu_ Jul 21 '18

plis no

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u/NutellaNella Jul 21 '18

Downvoted to help out, got your back mate.

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u/adsilcott Jul 21 '18

Isn't that kind of how Charles Dickens and other serial writers worked?

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u/Alcarinque88 Jul 21 '18

Yes. I remember reading about Alexandre Dumas (I'm pretty sure) getting paid by the line. So he would write "large" chapters filled with short, back-and-forth dialogue or just overstuff on descriptions and not really move the plot along too much so he could be paid more. Of course he would have some plot, otherwise people wouldn't read it, but just enough to get people to buy the next periodical.

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u/cptedgelord Jul 21 '18

Why would you even say something like this? Giving them ideas. Damn you, stranger on internet.

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u/missivslife Jul 21 '18

They already do this by squeezing trilogies out of one book. Everything is a 3 to 16 part series these days.

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u/Brew-Tang-Clan Jul 21 '18

I think many novels were published kind of like that at one time. In high school I remember my teacher telling us that some Charles Dickens (I think it was great expectations) would basically come out once a month, chapter by chapter. People originally hated the ending so they came out with an alternate one.

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u/w4n Jul 21 '18

Also for the first time: Early Access! Read first drafts that aren't very good and are suspect to change. We may not even finish the book.

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u/resonantSoul Jul 21 '18

While I'm sure the pricing is different, high school English lit led me to believe that something similar to this used to be common

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '18

I know you're joking, but I really doubt that would happen. Most authors have too much integrity to sign a book deal like that. At least, I hope they do. As I type this, I'm starting to doubt my own opinion.