A lot of you come to me asking which type of contract is good. But seriously I can’t answer that question for you because only you know what is suitable for you, not me.

Also, both contract types have its advantage and disadvantages. However, what seems a disadvantage to me might be an advantage to you. 😂

So, to the best of my ability, I will simply list their advantages and disadvantages to you. And please every suggestion is welcome. You can forward them directly to my email author@bloggertma.com

Bellow, I will give you a list of things to do or to check on yourself before writing an exclusive contract.

1) Exclusive Licence

I had a bad experience with my first exclusive contract on an app but this doesn’t go with everybody and every app. However, this hasn’t stopped me from grabbing exclusive contracts thou.

i) What to check (personal checks)

– Can you update daily? because for me there is no point in taking an exclusive contract if you can’t update daily to meet up with the monthly required words. You gain from your daily updates at the end of the month. This is called the daily updates bonus and it’s paid every month once you reach the number of words required per month which is 50,000 words at least.

– Can you write long stories? Yes! for me, it’s very important to write a story of at least 100,000 words with at least 100 chapters ( especially for apps like NovelStar which offer chapter bonuses which is very rare to find). Also, a long story will help you get daily updates for a long period even if your book doesn’t perform well.

If you are been paid $80 every month for updating 50,000 words. Just imagine you updated 50,000 words for 10months that is;

$80 x 10 = $800 😌😌

Also the more word you obtain the high amount for the completion bonus.

– What type of a person are you? And What are your projects for your book in the nearest future? Are you the type of person who doesn’t like giving up your rights, what are your principles?. This is a personal check. I always tell people to do what they feeling that is good for them so that if it turns bad at the end of the day you won’t regret or play the blame game.

Also, are you planning to self publish your book? or you just want it on a fixed platform?.

🥰🥰If your answers are no to my first, two checks, please rethink it.🥰🥰

ii) Advantages

With exclusive contract,

– Plagiarism: Your book is safe from plagiarism since the app will fight anyone who tries to steal your work. People might steal your book but once the app catches them, they will pay for it or simply take the book down. Big apps have resources to pursue such in court but this will be too expensive for an individual.

– Promotion: once you get exclusive with an app they will automatically promote your book on their front page even if it’s not for long. Yes! Because they need to earn from it and to regain all they spent on you when you are/were writing (all the monthly payments from your daily updates bonus etc…) that 50% share they give and the 50% they take it’s used to fill the gap. Some apps even offer as small as 8% revenue shares from exclusive apps like Dreame. Some 20%

However, no need for self-promotion. So getting money from your work will hardly be a problem unless readers don’t appreciate your work. Here ist, not the app’s fault.

– Escape from poor performance and no revenue from the (%) share you will get: with exclusive your work can hardly perform poorly because the app can even pay editors to profound your work especially if you have the potential. This is rare for now but I guess with time all those apps will do this especially when readers will start demanding high-quality books free from grammatical errors before spending their money.

iii) Disadvantages

– Infinite contract or licence: this is what I hate with all exclusive licences now. At first, most apps offered five years contracts for exclusive which was excellent and very appealing. Suddenly, they have all diverted to infinite contracts. This means you will never claim your book from them. You remain the author with your rights but everything that concerns your book deals with them and they just inform you.

2) Non-Exclusive Licence

With a None Exclusive license all of the above mentioned “personal checks” aren’t required because even if you update daily you won’t have any monthly bonus. Also, you can write long, short stories depending on your capabilities or needs. You don’t bother about daily updates, book-length etc…

However, I will advise you to have a constant update at least twice or two chapters per week. I know it sounds easy but seriously non-exclusive contracts render one very lazy since you don’t expect any salary at the end of the month. A constant update and daily updates might make you; consistent in your writing, get you more readers, also make the app quickly promote your book and so you will earn more.

Also, I won’t advise a nonexclusive contract to a newbie writer. If you are writing your very first book, I advise you to go for an exclusive. I know the terms are Harsh but you should go for it. As a newbie, you need consistency which is the key to improvement. However, if you are sure of you self you can go for non-exclusive.

i) Advantage

– Rights; with this licence, you keep all the rights to your book as you can post them on different plate forms and also obtain a signing bonus. You can take down your book from the platforms at any moment especially if you haven’t earned from them. But once you earn it’s difficult to take it down unless time of the licence expires.

Always sign finite contracts with non-exclusive. Read your contract well because some non-exclusive contracts from some apps might hinder you from publishing your books on other apps.

Apps that are good for non-exclusive in terms of contract types are Moboreader, Readoo, Bravonovel, NovelCat (but insist on five years), etc…

– No pressure; you are free to update when you want and how you want.

ii) Disadvantages

– Plagiarism; you aren’t free from this. No app will fight for a book that is on other apps. I mean no app will. So you will fight this fight alone.

-Promotion; most apps don’t offer promotions on the first page for Non-exclusive books unless it’s outstanding. Some apps promote regardless like Novelcat, GoodNovel, etc…

So the risk of earning nothing from your book is very right. However, I know people who excel with non-exclusive books. So invest more in yourself.

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Conclusion;

– Always remember that you are a creator.

– Don’t hold too much to a particular book, because the book you neglect might be your best book.

– No app is perfect!. However, don’t let any app make you think that earning from your book is bad. There is nothing wrong with earning from your passion or talent.

– Only Go for legit apps. ☺️

If there is something you want to know that is not listed here, leave it in the comment section, or email me directly at author@bloggertma.com