Tapas Novel Platform is open for business!

[LordVincent]

I didn't know you could apply for the tipping program with a series that you already started! I feel like it's probably better for my content to remain mostly free for now though. I've seen the backlash that locked comics get and I don't know if I could deal with that right now ;w; was bad enough that some people flipped their shit recently about me having early page access for my patrons.

It's great that members can freely publish novels now! I assume that fan fiction is okay as long as it isn't monetized, so i might suggest tapas to my sister for her writings now

[UzukiCheverie]

I didn't know you could apply for the tipping program with a series that you already started! I feel like it's probably better for my content to remain mostly free for now though. I've seen the backlash that locked comics get and I don't know if I could deal with that right now ;w; was bad enough that some people flipped their shit recently about me having early page access for my patrons.

That's the best part though man - you don't need to lock your content to enable tipping. I have tipping enabled for Time Gate, it's basically just a way for my users who can't pledge actual $$$ through platforms like Patreon to help out ^_^ No locked episodes (unless Tapas makes that available again like they did with the Support Program - back then, if you pledged through the support program, you'd get to see pages early. Now that's dedicated solely to Patreon as the Support Program is no longer around) and no paywalls. I use tipping as just that - a tip jar to help out with a couple coins now and then

[LordVincent]

I do have tipping turned on, but there's the whole problem with people forgetting about tipping after the initial amazement blew over and then the ad thing xD i'm not gonna complain though, a little money is still money.

[GoldenPlume]

It's our opinion that after the "big bonus" event, people aren't tipping because they are waiting for another bonus event.

One wonders how many millions of coins are being horded.

[gabbyluu]

You can always keep your main series free and pitch a spin-off for premium

Also, yes, your sister can certainly write fan fiction as long as it's not monetized!

[andrewgenaille]

I put up my short story as a tester to see how it works.

https://tapas.io/episode/704988

It went up easily, Cut and pasted the story in; Tipping and ads carried on from the comic I had.

https://m.tapas.io/series/The-Indians-take-on-The-Devil

I have a few novels I'm going to spend the next few days uploading, 15,000 words at a time.

[tastaturkatze]

raises hand I have a question
It's called novel, but would poems be allowed as well?
I didn't find anything against it so far, but only "novel" gets mentioned, as far as I can see.
As long as I keep to the general content guidelines (for example regarding adult material), am I free to use the novel function for poems?

[UzukiCheverie]

Someone else asked this question in a different thread - I don't see why not! I mean, we use the comics function for gifs and sketches/gallery art all the time, so I think poetry in the novel section is fine lol :B

[gabbyluu]

Uzuki is right! "Novel" is kind of a blanket term we're using for all written works, but you can absolutely post things like poetry, short stories, etc.

[PopChromatic]

Hey, Staff, we're working on an illustrated light novel. Is there/will there ever be a way to upload an image as a part of a chapter? Also, can they be uploaded one chapter at a time, like comics?

[UzukiCheverie]

You can technically post one chapter at a time, so long as the chapters are less than 15,000 words, because that's the word limit. So if your chapters are longer than that, consider chopping them up into parts. I think 15,000 words is a rather gracious amount for an application that's meant for "bite-sized" episodes vs. thesis-length amounts of texts. I mean, my chapters tend to run between 10,000 to 20,000 words on average.

Also, Tapas has stated that they are working on making image uploads a feature! (if I recall correctly lol) An ETA hasn't been stated as of yet, but hell, I'd be happy to hear it too if they can come up with a time frame (I'm honestly more interested to hear when they'll add formatting like italicizing, bolding, etc. .... because right now it's the bare bones equivalent of Notepad )

[PopChromatic]

Okay, cool, thanks.

[joevallen3]

Great idea but my series thumbnail still won't work. It's an image of MY face which yes, I own. How long do you think it'll take before this is resolved?
Thanks.

[gabbyluu]

Hi Joe,

I'm not sure I understand your question. Are you saying you're unable to change your series thumbnail, or are you referring to the thumbnails not showing up in Android?

[joevallen3]

The thumbnails don't show up in android and I already updated the app. I can change the thumbnail and it appears on my computer, just not for anything else.

[gabbyluu]

This will be fixed soon in the next Android update.

[lunaartemisasama]

Oh wow! I am so excited, I will adapt a fanfiction that I finished years ago. Is it ok if it's in Spanish right? Regards!

[UzukiCheverie]

Just a notice that it looks like they've added a few simple format tools to the Novel app, mainly just Bold and Italics from the looks of it. Thanks Tapas!

[T.S.Thorn]

This is an awesome new feature.

[estudiojmoficial]

This is amazing! We've been waiting for something like this because we're a team of a writer and an illustrator, and we wanted to publish some novels as well. Thank you so much!