Kdot wrote:It doesn't work the other way unfortunately. If you post 1000 words, then edits bring it down to 100 words, the story only pays for 100 words, not the original 1k
So it lowers the reward for shrinkage, but doesn't affect it for expansion? That seems unfortunate.
Dirk B wrote:That means you only need to trade reviews with three other people on a regular basis (assuming everyone's posts are generally of similar length) in order to keep posting your own material.
I'd uploaded all of Piscau prior to publishing any of it. The total cost for me to publish it was 180.01 credits.
That's not including the "Joan Dark" stuff, which so far has cost me 56.8 credits and the next three (so far) are going to be 23.59.
Also, I'm not sure the ratios add up correctly.
The points earned for reviewing my published "Joan Dark" are 15.09, with a "new author bonus" of 7.63. Total of 22.72.
That's 40% of the total cost, when you include that bonus, but only 26.6% once the bonus goes away.
And I only earn a bonus if I read new authors. So while I'm providing a bonus for people who've been here, I'm not getting those same earnings even for their new works.
There should be a bonus for reading new stuff, not new authors. Give me an incentive to read stuff worth less than a point otherwise. 
Please don't get me wrong. I'm on the hellscape that is Booksie, where they're too busy arguing about AI illustrations and bot accounts sending harmless messages. (Not sure what you've done to avoid that issue, but well done.) I've been there months longer than here, and only have six brief reviews, one of which is from a bot account. I'm not wanting that.
I'm just overwhelmed trying to juggle real life, my own writing, a couple of private proofreaders I've started with, and trying to figure out how to earn enough on here.
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