[ANSWERED] Hello! New creator question!

[authillion]

Hey all!

I'm preparing to start publishing my first novel on here in the not too distant future. Exciting!
As part of that preparation, I'd like to create the series itself and work on queuing up/scheduling posts in advance and figure out how much I'd like to be available on launch (which is a little while off yet). I like seeing things visually in advance.

So, the question(s)!

When I create the series in advance in this way, does it already then show up under new releases - even without published episodes (only scheduled ones)? Or does it pop into new releases upon the first scheduled episode unlocking?

I couldn't find anything about this in the guides, but if I've missed something, feel free to point me in the right direction. Would be kind of silly to take up a spot in new releases without any actual content available to read yet.

Thank you for reading!

[drcharlotterodricks]

Are you referring to the fresh section? If so you need to publish some episodes I think for it to appear in the feed

[authillion]

Ah no, there is one called "New Releases"?

Edit:
The link doesn't work, but it's on the front page!

[Fuzed]

I'm not sure myself, but maybe @ratique or @KRWright will have an answer.

Although, logically speaking, I think it shouldn't. But better safe than sorry.

[ratique]

Hola,

I believe the New Releases section you speak of is the one for our premium content. Only series that are published under Tapas' premium umbrella will show up there.

However, on web your series will appear in Fresh once you upload new episodes. So you can create your series now without worry, and add episodes at a later date.

[cleo_san]

I'm not sure if this is what you mean, but I plan to make a second comic to my first one and I have already opened this comic - but I haven't uploaded anything yet. Since there are no episodes, there is no second comic in my list. =)

If you want to schedule episodes, I recommend not scheduling too many in advance, max. 1-2 =) I do not know, however, if the comic shows up when you schedule episodes. =)

Also, as far as I know, it is not possible to change the order of chapters after uplading/scheduling, so make sure everything is in order before you upload the first of many episodes

Good luck with your novel! <3

[Fuzed]

Thank you for the answer!

[authillion]

@Fuzed
Yes, I just wanted to be sure! Logic isn't always a given, haha.
Thank you for tagging people.

@ratique
Ohh, alright. Yes, I wasn't aware since it was only called 'New Releases', and not "New Premium Releases", haha.
Thank you for clarifying. I will start setting things up then!

[Fuzed]

No worries. Good luck with your series!

[authillion]

@cleo_san
Ah yes, I'd like to just set it up first in peace and quiet.
Those are good tips about the order! Even more the reason to schedule in advance so I don't mess up the order, haha.
But surely you can edit the contents of an episode, so as long as it hasn't been published yet, you can sneaky-change the text?

Thank you, good luck to you as well on your comic!

[drcharlotterodricks]

Just came here to say
RATIQUE for president!!!

[cleo_san]

I'm mainly in comics, however, you can edit a published (or a scheduled) chapter at any time =) Sometimes I found a typo in a published page and it was no problem at all to change that. You can even choose to notify your subscribers of the change, e.g. if there's just one letter missing, you don't have to. If you accidentally forgot half the chapter, a notification is advisable =)
And another thing: Please keep in mind, that your readers see that SOMETHING is scheduled, although they can't access it =) So scheduling too much might lead to questions, why you schedule that much and not publish it right away if you have 10+ chapters at hand and pre-scheduled

[authillion]

Thank you again! Those things are good to know! Editing is your friend. Would hate to have a typo be stuck there into eternity ... I'd go insane looking at it. Useful to have a notification-tool if making big changes, as well.

I don't think readers can see everything that is scheduled, just the next upcoming post?
At least that's what my current testing has shown me. I had someone check what they could see, and they could see episode 1 with an upcoming release date, but not episode 2 and 3. I can see them all, naturally. So they'll never know how BIG (or increasingly small) a buffer might be.

Either way, the day I get a reader coming at me for something they don't like/question, I will have met a milestone! HAVING READER(S)!