A person messaged me on my first story. He claims to be an AE from webnovel and is offering me a code to use for my first story. I'm assuming its an invitation code, he also said that the code will allow me to gain more visibility amongst other things. I'm asking if this is some sort of usual scam that I don't know of as it seems sketchy for me to recieve such an offer two chapters in.
Webnovel scam?
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Don't. Save yourself some regrets later on.
Can you explain?
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Webnovel employs multiple people who are sub-contractors, trying to bring in authors for WN. Here is one example, as they are plainly offering others who are on the site to bring in people:
This is from my author dashboard on WN.
Anyway, the thing is, it is probably not a scam; I mean, the message you received.
I was also poached a few times already, but every time I asked for contract details, I disliked them a lot. I had a thread about when it first happened. Here:
I have been finally poached.
Don't fall for it, guys and gals. That part is the most insidious. Of course, this only stands if you care about it; if it is not that important, you just want to grab the bag, no issues then. But losing your ownership over digital distribution is the biggest catch, even if they try to word...
I have been finally poached.
Vampires No, that would be the people who get contracted because they are suckers.
So, if you accept it, make sure you read through the contract because it has harsh requirements if you do care about your IP. Of course, that is the price you pay for being supported; I get that but also consider that hundreds of others take the same deal as you. WN will only truly start propping you up, if you pop off, otherwise, they will bury your IP in their dragon stash, forgotten forever and you won't own it anymore.
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@Dugo what Corty said.Webnovel employs multiple people who are sub-contractors, trying to bring in authors for WN. Here is one example, as they are plainly offering others who are on the site to bring in people:
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This is from my author dashboard on WN.
Anyway, the thing is, it is probably not a scam; I mean, the message you received.
I was also poached a few times already, but every time I asked for contract details, I disliked them a lot. I had a thread about when it first happened. Here:
I have been finally poached.
Don't fall for it, guys and gals. That part is the most insidious. Of course, this only stands if you care about it; if it is not that important, you just want to grab the bag, no issues then. But losing your ownership over digital distribution is the biggest catch, even if they try to word...forum.scribblehub.com
So, if you accept it, make sure you read through the contract because it has harsh requirements if you do care about your IP. Of course, that is the price you pay for being supported; I get that but also consider that hundreds of others take the same deal as you. WN will only truly start propping you up, if you pop off, otherwise, they will bury your IP in their dragon stash, forgotten forever and you won't own it anymore.
I just can't answer right away coz I'm in the middle of grocery.
I see. They didn't give me a contract yet just a code if I want to publish my story there.Webnovel employs multiple people who are sub-contractors, trying to bring in authors for WN. Here is one example, as they are plainly offering others who are on the site to bring in people:
View attachment 32854
This is from my author dashboard on WN.
Anyway, the thing is, it is probably not a scam; I mean, the message you received.
I was also poached a few times already, but every time I asked for contract details, I disliked them a lot. I had a thread about when it first happened. Here:
&I have been finally poached.
Don't fall for it, guys and gals. That part is the most insidious. Of course, this only stands if you care about it; if it is not that important, you just want to grab the bag, no issues then. But losing your ownership over digital distribution is the biggest catch, even if they try to word...
I have been finally poached.
Vampires No, that would be the people who get contracted because they are suckers.
So, if you accept it, make sure you read through the contract because it has harsh requirements if you do care about your IP. Of course, that is the price you pay for being supported; I get that but also consider that hundreds of others take the same deal as you. WN will only truly start propping you up, if you pop off, otherwise, they will bury your IP in their dragon stash, forgotten forever and you won't own it anymore.
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You don't need a code to publish there. I publish my own works there too, and received offers before.
Just understand that once you publish there, you can't easily delete your works. The feature is buggy and customer support is anything but supportive.
Addition: lemme warn you about the 'views' in Webnovel too. I experienced it before; hundreds of people 'bookmarking' my work only to realize it's a bug to boost views. So yeah, I'd really tread carefully with the code.
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OR - like the one I had from a Seoul publisher and the one claiming to be KDP - the "hiring editors" thing might be the scam.