I also have subscribed to one seralised site which charges half the "normal" monthly fee,
There's a "normal" monthly fee? Who knew?
To be clear, what I was asking about particular reader's preferred method of supporting an author's work: Throw in five bucks (say) every time a chapter's posted or kick in a one time donation so they don't have to bother clicking a PayPal button again.
What we did in the past -- and what we'd undoubtedly do again -- was to leave it open-ended, and tie chapter publication to a cumulative cap (i.e. "we'll release the next chapter when we've collected $300 in donations for the current chapter"). That gave people three choices: (1)read for free (always taking the chance that the cap might not be met by others) (2) donate a little per chapter and not strain the budget (3) donate once and it's done.
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There's a "normal" monthly fee? Who knew?
To be clear, what I was asking about particular reader's preferred method of supporting an author's work: Throw in five bucks (say) every time a chapter's posted or kick in a one time donation so they don't have to bother clicking a PayPal button again.
What we did in the past -- and what we'd undoubtedly do again -- was to leave it open-ended, and tie chapter publication to a cumulative cap (i.e. "we'll release the next chapter when we've collected $300 in donations for the current chapter"). That gave people three choices: (1)read for free (always taking the chance that the cap might not be met by others) (2) donate a little per chapter and not strain the budget (3) donate once and it's done.