For all of those readers who haven’t tried Kindle Vella yet I have one thing to say… you should. If you’ve already been reading vellas, skip to the third paragraph.
I’ve been reading some amazing stories on vella. So just a quick overview for those who aren’t familiar with the platform. Kindle Vella is similar to Wattpad. The catch is the first three episodes of every vella is free. Amazon also starts you out with 500 free tokens. Even after you’ve gone through your free episodes, amazon is letting you read more episodes for free. The token system works like this. Each 100 words an episode is long costs one token. So an 800 word episode would cost 8 tokens. Once you start buying tokens, they charge on a sliding scale. 200 tokens is $1.99, 525 tokens for $4.99, 1100 tokens for $9.99, and finally, 1700 tokens for $14.99.
Enough with the boring stuff. There are some amazing stories on vella and amazon makes it easy for you to binge stories. Once you click on an episode, if it’s free, you go straight to reading, if it needs unlocked, you click on how many tokens needed to unlock it, they subtract that from your total and it’s instantly unlocked. You scroll down to read and at the end of the episode there are author note if they choose to post any and then is a button for the next episode. Very easy binge reading. If you get to the end of an episode and you don’t have enough tokens for the next, it takes you straight to the list of tokens to buy. One click and you’re back reading. Every episode you’ve unlocked stays unlocked as part of your amazon account just like buying kindle ebooks.
Ok, I said enough of the boring stuff then I wrote more boring stuff. Sorry.
I promise this is the end of the boring stuff.
I’ve read some awesome stories. And here they are in no certain order, noting genre. I haven’t finished all of these mostly because the author is still in the process of posting new chapters.
Malcom Karma: Cold Turkey – Crime Noir https://www.amazon.com/kindle-vella/s...
The 13th room – Locked room/suspense/thriller https://www.amazon.com/kindle-vella/s...
Enoch Rising – Supernatural/Science fiction (think DaVinci code) https://www.amazon.com/kindle-vella/s...
The seven blind dates: A dating disasters fairytale retelling – Contemporary Romance https://www.amazon.com/kindle-vella/s...
Other voices: A small town romance – Romance/Mystery https://www.amazon.com/kindle-vella/s...
The Disruption – Teen and Young adult/Fantasy https://www.amazon.com/kindle-vella/s...
What bad men do – Thriller/Romance https://www.amazon.com/kindle-vella/s...
And then there’s my vella,
Ties - crime/mystery/thriller https://www.amazon.com/kindle-vella/s...
I’ve read some or all of these stories and personally recommend them. They are addictive and well written. Those of you who still aren’t convinced to give kindle vella a try, you’re missing out. For those who have decided to give it a try, welcome to a world of nearly unlimited reading.