SmashWords VS Royal Road

SmashWords Reviews

Royal Road Reviews

1. Nexus    

   none at none | 7 months ago
   Good Quality Web Novel site

   The site itself is of high quality run by caring webmasters. The quality if the books on here depends on the skill level of the author. It's mainly for fantasy and sci-fi works.

   You can find many amazing stories on here or writers just staring out and the book/s filled with mistakes. It really depends.

   Do know that web novel doesn't simply mean novels put up online, it means serial novels that never end! This is important if you're writing a traditional novel as this'll impact how many readers, reviews and general traction you get on here.

   While your story will still have more reads then on Wattpad it's still going to be way less than the more popular stories on there. Generally the litRPG and dungeon novels rain supreme on here.

   I've been on here three years with 40+ chapters edited snd revised like crazy and have only one review, no subscribers snd twenty followers.

   Just like on Wattpad don't fall gor the b.s about making any income on here with anything that's a traditional novel. However, you'll have a better chance if you learn about web novels what's expected abd such, so do give that a try. I'm going to try that soon.

   This isn't sour graps I adore this site snd sm doing well considering my story isn't a good fit and the readers here wouldn't be considered my audience.

   I do wish that when signing up there was a disclaimer about what a web novel is to those of use who're ignorant about it.

   I'm going to keep trying and write several different web novels and see what happens.

   I am annoyed at how hard it us to get feedback on this site, so don't come here if you want to grow as an author people won't help you. They just want to do review swaps.

   🏁 Competitors: Scrubble Hub

   👍 Pros:    Detailed interface|Great customer support|Personalized content|Free basic plan|Friendly and safe community

   👎 Cons:    Steep learning curve|Not for everyone|Low reader feedback|Popular stories rain supreme|Web novel isn't like regular novels|Tiny writing editor|Not super active
2. TheOneWhoDances    

   11 months ago
   A dedication to Royal Road

   I've explored a ton of online literature, searching far and wide for the best stories out there. And guess what? I stumbled upon RoyalRoad.com, and it's been a total blast! They've got this huge collection of books from many genres, but they really excel with fantasy, the best fantasy platform out there.

   🏁 Competitors: Wattpad

SmashWords mentions (8)

• Some interesting info on Malachi Martin that he wasn't who he said he was in the interviews

  Would check out this small book series written from the woman from smashwords.com which is more like her own personal memoir of what she went through in life with religion as well called "Disguised as a Man: Malachi Martin & Me" with a picture she took from his archives of him while they were together, with him younger on the front of the ebook series. She goes into minute detail of how they met in New York and... Source: 8 months ago

• Best place to buy ebooks that are not amazon?

  I also know that there is ebooks.com and smashwords.com, but I've never really used them and the prices always come up in dollars to me. Source: about 1 year ago

• I write gay erotica for extra money. AMA

  Really nasty? Go to smashwords.com and search for what you're looking for, and when you find it, buy it, read it, then write a story like that, only better. Source: over 2 years ago

• Where to Buy ePubs for the RM2?

  eBooks.com and smashwords.com for DRM-free eBooks, the latter self-published works. Source: over 2 years ago

• Good Self-Publishing Company?

  This question makes me think really hard, lol. You may not get much hand holding from most self-publishing platform companies. They'll have forums and/or Q/A's for you to refer to. I had to do a lot of research, reading other self-published authors journey's and Googling to answer my questions. Most self-publishing is trial and error, if you don't have a mentor/coach who has already taken that path and could walk... Source: over 2 years ago

Royal Road mentions (0)