Kindle Vella Stories

 How Readers Use Kindle Vella

What is Kindle Vella? 

It is a reading platform Amazon created to connect readers and authors. The authors write serialized fiction. (This is a fancy term for episodes.) Readers are able to enjoy an episode at a time and follow their favorite stories. Instead of buying an entire book, readers get to sample 10 free episodes and later buy tokens from Amazon to keep reading. The cost of an episode is 10 tokens which amounts to about 10 cents. 

What is a vella? It's basically a story. It can range from a few episodes to a full novel. I have written vellas as short as five episodes and my longest vella is over ninety.

Requirements:

* A smartphone, electronic tablet, or computer is needed since this is an online reading experience. 

* Readers must have an Amazon account in the United States to create a free Kindle Vella account.  

How to find the stories: 

* Go to Amazon's search bar. Type in the title with the author's name and Kindle Vella. 

Example: The Cave Witch by Darcy Collins Kindle Vella. 

* Go to the Kindle Vella Link. From there search for the title or author. If you want to browse, you will find all available genre. 

* Go to an author's vella link. Here is one of my links: The Cave Witch . You will get a redirect, so you will want to click it. Then you will go straight to the story description, and episodes. Here are my other links: Shadows in the Forest,   Mystic Forest,  Who Peed in My Shoe?,  Secrets We Keep, 

Party Crashers,  The Land of Sour Whiskey

 * Go to an author's link tree and store this link on your computer or phone for all the latest episodes of the writer's stories. Here's mine Ellen Y. Mueller's Link Tree

What are the advantages of Kindle Vella?

* The first 10 episodes are always free. If the story doesn't interest you, move on to a different one and read another 10 episodes. 

* It's a great way to discover new stories without buying a whole book on the spot. 

* Authors interact with readers when readers leave comment. Many authors have fun polls to answer at the end of an episode. 

* Tokens are inexpensive and sold by different size packs depending on how many you want to buy. 

* The Kindle Vella link up above has a variety of genre in one location for readers to browse. 

* A long vella costs approximately the same as a novel. Short vellas might be completely free to read. 

If you'd like to make an account, click on one of my vella links above and it will take you to Amazon. Amazon will ask you to sign into your Amazone account. It's easy and free. I hope you'll  give it a try.