Hi Sashae,

I don’t believe that option was there when I ran this experiment and I haven’t really used the platform much since, other than to occasionally check my earnings. However, from what I can tell, this option is basically used with the wait to unlock model, and it specifies the number of episodes that readers can read for free before paying. So if it was set to 6, then the six most recent episodes would only be available for pay, but previous ones would all be free.

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This book is more like the soap operas our grandma’s or stay at home mom’s watched back in the day. Some TV soaps (think Days of Our Lives or All My Children) have been around for 30+ years. There isn’t a finale planned, there isn’t a climax and hero or heroine, there aren’t normal parts that make up a normal book, because it’s not a book! These writers read the comments the readers leave after each chapter (genius) and just keep on writing based on what’s liked and what’s not. The book is called “The Billionaire’s Surrogate” and that makes me laugh because that situation seems like a million years ago. They’re now madly in love, have two kids, have been in jail, have been reality stars, have been kidnapped, have been accused of murder, have written famous cookbooks, have been the stars of a reality cooking show, have been close to death after skydiving, have been in a plane crash, have lived and survived on a deserted island, have tried to get married ten times, etc., etc., etc. Think of the greatest things that could happen in life and think of the worst things that could happen in life…these two characters have experienced them ALL and will continue to find themselves in ridiculous and outlandish predicaments until the author dies or the team of writers quit or Raddish shuts down lol.

Sorry for the rant, I’ve just had it. But…I don’f pay a penny for these episodes (maybe 2-3 paragraphs long), but SO many readers of this book do. They’re addicted to the story and to finding out what happens next. I’ve seen women in the comments complain about spending $100 in a weekend, and some claim they’ve spent THOUSANDS on this book because they buy like 3 coins at a time. I haven’t done the math, but with almost 3,000 episodes. I’m sure they’ve definitely spent hundreds.

Because of this never ending “book”, they have since put out disclaimers letting people know there is no current end in sight and that there are now a team of writers much like a soap opera (they actually say that) that co tongue to write and publish daily episodes. If this would have been advertised this way in the beginning, I would have never downloaded the app to read the book they were advertising when I first saw it come across my Facebook feed. This is the book they were advertising, obviously, since it’s the only one I’ve read, I mean partially read.

I just think this is a scam and for this reason, I’ll never read another book on this app because I don’t have another 30 years to spare!

I’m about to start the Radish journey. It’s completely experimental. Just want to say how thankful I am you did this blog post, because I find it to be confusing as f*ck. Your post helps a ton.

Episodes are supposed to cost 3 coins but from what I understand, in cases where they give out promotional coins, those coins don’t register because they were free so basically someone still buys your episode for 3 coins but they may have used 1 of their “free” coins and 2 regular coins, which is why you are only paid for 2.

In my opinion, giving out promotional coins is Radish’s choice and cost of doing business, and that cost shouldn’t be passed along to the authors at all. I don’t agree with that practice as I think it’s completely unfair to authors. Radish should eat that cost and write it off as a marketing expense.

As for seasons – when you create the book I believe on the first page you have to choose whether to do seasons or not. If it’s a stand-alone book you don’t need to do seasons. Doesn’t hurt anything if you do, I don’t think, other than that it may cause readers to expect that there will be a season 2.

(Maybe I was confused by the publishing form, but I thought I had to do a Season 1 even though it’s a standalone book. I suppose I could contact the strangely unhelpful customer service about that. They seem extremely overextended right now!)