“Ultimately, this is a platform for sending newsletters and not serialised fiction. It’s a huge difference.”
-Gulp!-
This seems like a problem if someone on the Substack team is saying this.
The traditional author newsletter was indeed not usually a platform for sending out serialized fiction. Mostly, the authors I knew put news in their newsletters--what's newly released, what's on sale, etc. if they wanted to provide content like short stories, they typically shared a teaser, accompanied by a link to their website. Or they packaged it as an ebook and used something like BookFunnel as a delivery system. By the way, I frequently see that from companies as well--they link to blog posts, articles, or whatever, but they don't send out the whole thing via email.
Of course, Substack is different. But since it's a vehicle for content as opposed to just announcements, why should the content by limited to traditional news? And if a focus on hard news, informational pieces, etc. was the intent, why are there categories for things like fiction and literature. The messages are at best mixed.
“Ultimately, this is a platform for sending newsletters and not serialised fiction. It’s a huge difference.”
-Gulp!-
This seems like a problem if someone on the Substack team is saying this.
The traditional author newsletter was indeed not usually a platform for sending out serialized fiction. Mostly, the authors I knew put news in their newsletters--what's newly released, what's on sale, etc. if they wanted to provide content like short stories, they typically shared a teaser, accompanied by a link to their website. Or they packaged it as an ebook and used something like BookFunnel as a delivery system. By the way, I frequently see that from companies as well--they link to blog posts, articles, or whatever, but they don't send out the whole thing via email.
Of course, Substack is different. But since it's a vehicle for content as opposed to just announcements, why should the content by limited to traditional news? And if a focus on hard news, informational pieces, etc. was the intent, why are there categories for things like fiction and literature. The messages are at best mixed.