PDF / EPUB versions

Instead of doing the epub for each chapter, can you simply create an up to date epub that contains all the previous chapters as well? It would make it easier to catch up.

Andrei

That was the same for the reader I tested but some others don't report this issue. Seems to be a reader thing. Could you try a different one and let me know if it's the same?

G. Harthane

I agree, having an epub update periodically would be awesome.

Cadastral

Epub and PDF for every chapter sounds like a lot of not so useful work for you. However, a complete (to date) EPUB made every few months would be kind of nice (I usually just use a Royal Road to EPUB program when I want to read webfiction on my kindle).

Slicedtoad

Smh no representation for the plop, plip, plop, plip. Everyone only cares about plip, plop, plip, plop

I like either or of the file options for two reasons. 1) My file readers for both formats have blessed dark mode and Patreon does not. 2) Formatting. Patreon sucks at formatting, epubs,PDFs, and Royal Road all display Stat Blocks and System Messages better.

Eofad

The PDFs are fine but I read on the app and if you put the documents on a chapter it always drags the page down to the bottom even when the screen goes off for a little while. Maybe make a separate post?

ikorack

The I's have it!

Jonathan

I like how many of us went with an answer that shows how little we care about the original question :)

Corwin Amber

l prefer something with a dark mode. The best case would be a pw protected WordPress site.

yeah, especially if you can't read the whole chapter in one go. every time I open a patreon chapter with files tacked on, it scrolls to the bottom on activating the screen. Not the author's fault, just an annoying patreon mechanic, but that's my reason for not wanting the files at the same time as the regular chapter.

Michael

The epubs seems to have all of the words underlined. Could you fix that?

Seadrake

I appreciate the pdfs/epub! Much easier to read on the kindle.

James Fotouhi

I mostly read this story on royalroad because it keeps track of where I was etc, but it doesn’t show me the chapters for my Patreon level, so...

HN

I usually read the new chapters in my email with my phone. The less work you have to do other then writing, the better IMO, simply because any additional tedious tasks leads to burnout quicker.

Travis Beck

I actually really dislike the files option. Makes it harder to read on mobile phones

mallix

I think having a .pdf or .epub roll up every 10 or 20 chapters is fine, doing it every time is nice but not really needed and the patreon posts are good enough for reading new chapters.

tibbish

Instead of doing purely joke options, if you want jokes have the real options include them. "Who needs epubs? Give me pdf's!"

Quant

I think the thing that takes the LEAST extra work to do, for maximum writing time.

Lomie0

what you gotta do is press on the chapter title that you're reading, then when you scroll to the end of the chapter, there are links to links to 3 chapters behind/ahead of the current one you're reading. Pretty much the same thing, just gotta click on the individual chapters instead of just expanding it

Seb

I read the Emails, epubs would be nice for the old chapters maybe in groups of 50 for when I re-read if it’s not a lot of work

Harb

The epubs are nice but I mostly read in the web browsers using the reading mode to make it readable on mobile.

I think you need a wordpress blog. Like wandering inn, patreon is hard to read on mobile for me. Epub does the job. But a blog would be more helpful for you in the long run.

LongtailedOne

What I miss most is a link to the next chapter. I feel this is something that should be built into Patreon though. Maybe especially since I read on phone, so the infinite scroll sometimes gets reloaded from scratch and it’s a true pain getting back to where you were.

HN

Save me the hassle of doing it myself

Silver Beard

I think you should bundle chapters and then release those as files

Marmoset Threat

While I mostly read through the emails that Patreon send out, I do like the files. That said, I think I would like them even more if I only got them once a wweek but they then included the chapters from the entire week so I didn't have to bother with so many small files.

Magnus Benzein

More polls should be done in this style tbh

Jonah Ree

lol should have locked to 1 vote each

Joshua allen

Plip Plop, Plip Plop!!!

Nathanuel Vine

I prefer epub over pdf as it gives a better reading experience on my iphone and ipad compared to pdf. However, I did vote for both epub and pdf as you never know what ppl prefer and its good to have options. although making both may take a lot of time and effort, you can always start with one and do the other one afterwards.

Icewolf

While i dont use the extras I love the option being there but i absolutely love the poll😆🤣😂

Tony Gilbert King

Like the option of pdf/epub but I would still like it as it is

PloofDoodle

We need eyes!

G. Harthane