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You're lovely, Sol! Thanks for the hard work. Don't pay attention to those who say the site is difficult to understand, or cumbersome, or that stuff. It's awesome!

Kiss,

Gacela.

I must say that I do find the inline reviews quite valuable. As I stated before, they point at specific parts of the story much better than the regular reviews. It actually depends on which type of feedback you're looking for. If you're looking for general comments, the inline review is not for you. However, for those looking for comments indicating where the story is weak, which phrases need to be reworded to work better, which word usage is not fitting the story, etc., the inline review comes quite useful.

As a reviewer I find it amazing. I can make the comments while I'm reading, which I think is better for the author because then I'm giving my first impressions, much in the way in which the reader would feel it, rather than making the comments after reading the whole chapter, and even after reading what other reviewers commented, thus biasing my own judgement. Because at the end of the inline review there's a place where I can still  make a "regular" review adding general comments, I find the inline reviews quite useful, both when I give or receive them.

Clicking on each  comment afterwards to check each one is no biggie. It's not that you have to click every word of the Enciclopaedia Britannica!

Kiss

Gacela.

Norm:

You need to keep something under the sleeve or else nobody would be interested in becoming a premium member. What should be done is that, in a piece of work is published by a non-premium writer, inline reviews must be blocked for such piece.

Kiss,

Gacela.

Ready, set...

Some advantages of the points system (according to my personal experience):

1. Because you need to points to post, you are forced to review. So, the points system encourages reviewing. Of course, you may prefer to review the work of those authors who have reciprocated you, or with whom you regularly reciprocate. The latter can be done without the points system, so somebody may assume points are useless. Please, bear with me.

2. According to SOL's secret formula, you receive less points for reviewing than the ones you need to post. E.g., if posting 1000 words costs 5 points, you only receive 1.5 for reviewing a work 1000 words long. The proportion is not exact because only SOL has access to his top secret formula, but you've got the idea. My personal belief is that when you review you get one fifth of the points you need to publish, give or take. It may seem unfair, but the result is positive because, for every chapter you publish, you need to review from three to four chapters/short stories/poems. I.e., the points system encourages wider reviewing.

If the system pay the points 1 to 1, you'd only need to review 1 chapter more or less your chapter's length to to publish yours. If there were no points, you'd only review one chapter of some fellow writer and wait until she would review one of your chapters in exchange. Any of these two methods encourage less reviewing.

3. If you don't have enough points to publish your next chapter, and if you've already reviewed all the work/the work you like of the authors you regularly reciprocate with, the points systems forces you to review anybody else's work, whether they reciprocate or not. If they don't reciprocate, you may never review their work again, but not necessarily. If you need points, you may continue reviewing only because you need the points, or because you've just  bumped into a story you like. You might have never started this sort of "fishing"--looking for random stories to review--if the point system do not exist (Why for? Unless you specifically want to look for something new. Without points you can publish, then review your friends' work, and sit until one of them reciprocates). Once again, the points system encourages reviewing. 

I'm sure people will say that there are many authors publishing without points who are receiving reviews. I'm also sure that there are authors in the points system receiving no reviews. It means that neither system--points or no points--guarantees anything. However, it's my belief that the points system encourages reviews because of the above reasons.

Kiss,

Gacela

I like it. I bookshelf the works of the authors I'm reading and it's easy to access them. Even if I miss when the author posted a new chapter, once or twice a week, or even everyday, I can browse my bookshelf and check whether new chapters have been published. Once I'm done with the book, I can always remove it from my bookshelf.

Kiss

Gacela

You made me laugh John, really laugh!

Kiss

Gacela

Dean penang:

It seems you're already a very experienced self-publisher. Of course, your books are awesome, which also helps a lot, but it also helps your marketing knowledge.

Kiss,

Gacela.

That's what I'm saying. Without the points, people only post and do not reciprocate.

Kiss,

Gacela.

By the way, I also liked the part where it indicates the last works published by my connections. If somebody asks to remove that part, don't pay attention. I have those writers as my connections for a reason, so if any of them publishes anything, I want to be able to realise it immediately and also to be able to access their content in a fast an easier way. Good feature.

Kiss,

Gacela

I'd say it all depends on the type of novel you're writing. TNBW supports up to 5000 words, but how long are your chapters have nothing to do with the site your workshoping it in. YA novel Maximus Ride chapters are in average, 500 to 700 words long.

I'd say that short chapters are easy for any reader, as long as they are not so short that the action seems interrupted.

Interesting topic... I think there no standard.

Kiss

Gacela