thirstty

@Cynitha hey

@BIoomedWiIted-  That was so long ago!!

@TooCynical you seem like you need a glass of water ma'am 

YAY!

@-goneawaygoner- ill be continuing atlas soon, keep an eye out!!

Thank you for making an amazing book!

@Rapunzel092 shush

@Rapunzel092 It's a timekiller site. Are you writing your own book?

@Rapunzel092 what's that?

@thirstty No worries. I seem to comment on so many threads within IYW I can't remember which is which anymore lol. But I do hope you enjoy it anyhow.

@EmilyCharlotteCooledge Hey there, no problem. I said in a thread that I would give your book a read and if I like what I am reading I will give a vote. It's alright, the vote is free. Don't feel like you owe anything back lol.

@thirstty I would love that! Thank you. 
            
              Yeah, the demographics still confuse me a lot, but the story seems to be doing well, and it's better feedback than I get in any of the other marketing attempts I have made.

@JillanePurrazzi 50s-60s is a good spot. Your cover's colors could change a little though, I could help you with that once I get back home tomorrow, I study design so I know my way around.
            
            Yeah it's like the music industry. Young teen girls and their Harry Styles... 
            
            I judge my reads on how they spread through the chapters, I honestly dont bother much about the time. if they are spread evenly in a natural flow like pouring water I know they are interested and reading. If the prologue is significantly higher than the chapter after it something is putting readers off.
            
            I heard somewhere unique readers is like a new IP address, not sure if they count different accounts. I probably contributed to a large part of my own views unknowingly. It is definitely not as high as the stats show.

It must have just updated. Malfunction has hovered around the 60s and 50s for a few weeks. It's good for drawing in new readers to the site, and I've noticed a lot of new users checking it out lately. That is a positive. Other than that, it is a decent indicator of popularity but not really of quality. Violent, pornish stuff seems to win out in most genres, and a lot of it is based off the young teen girl demographic that frequents WP. Not bad, but not my aim in readership.  It has it's purpose, I suppose. 
            
              Thank you. It will be a while, but I am optimistic. I will probably try to self-publish this one, unless I get an offer before that happens, but I don't expect that. I just feel like this particular book is a good one to try self-publishing with. It's got more sales potential than my Fantasy...which I feel will be really hard to break into the industry with so I want a good solid publisher backing me up on that one. 
            
              I find one of the best ways to get an idea of my actual readership is just to see how many reads each chapter gets in the first 2-3 days after it is published. It takes a while to get a pattern, but seems like a pretty good judge. I'm still unsure if the unique readers count is unique per day, or unique in all the history of the story. Even reads can be iffy though.

@SphoorthyLA No problem! All the best for your book!