Type of site | Online Publishing |
|---|---|
| Available in | English |
| Owner | Tony |
| URL | https://www.scribblehub.com |
| Users | 116,478 |
| Launched | January 1st, 2019 |
| Current status | Online |
| The Official Twitter handle for Scribble Hub is “ScribbleNovels” and the official Discord server is https://discord.gg/6tUvG5c | |
Scribble Hub is a free online web novel publishing platform launched as a means for "authors to post their original stories and readers to find exactly what they are looking for."[1] As of July 12, 2024, the website has over 25,800 published novels.[2][3] It features novels of 31 genres such as Action, Romance, Sci-Fi, FanFiction, Boys Love, Girls Love, LitRPG, etc., and 764 tags.[4][5] The main website also has an accompanying forum for users to discuss novels, chapters, authors, day-to-day life, and the website itself.[6]
The creator of the website is a developer who goes by the name of Tony.[7]
Features
editScribble Hub has multiple features for authors and readers, and continues to gain new ones based on user suggestions.[8][9][10]
Authors
editThe website provides authors a range of features designed to enhance their writing and engagement with readers.
Some notable features are:
- Detailed statistics including novel pageviews, reader comments, growth metrics, geographic reader distribution[11], and favorite counts.
- Integration with crowdfunding platforms like Patreon, PayPal, Ko-Fi[12], and SubscribeStar[13] for direct support. 100% of the donations go to the author.
- Capability to save chapters as drafts and restore previous revisions.
- Scheduled release functionality for chapters.
- Creation of novel-specific glossaries to aid reader understanding.
- Ability to link and describe related series (ex. “Prequel”, “Sequel”, “Side Story”, etc.)
- Interaction with readers through social tools such as personalized author profile pages and forums.
Readers
editAs a site created for readers alongside authors, there are a multitude of features on Scribble Hub which cater towards readers.
Some notable features are:
- Personalized reading lists to track current reads and manage preferences.
- Text view editing options such as font size and page width
- Optional auto-bookmarking feature to resume reading seamlessly.
- Detailed public statistics for each story, including metrics on popularity, ratings, and reader engagement.
- Genre filtering options to tailor the site's content to specific interests.
- Ability to search for a random novel
- Recommendations of similar novels
- Social tools for direct interaction with authors
Website Look and Feel
editThe main homepage has 3 major sections, each designed to promote visibility for all the novels on the platform. It is also possible to enable release filtering for the home page to exclude, or include, certain genres, novels, and tags.
Trending
editThere is a “Trending” HTML carousel which initially displays the top 9 trending novels of the day, and leads to a list of 289 novels. It is updated at 00:00 UTC. According to a moderator of the website, trending "makes use of different metrics of stats that are hidden in order to prevent people ‘gaming' the system."[14]
Latest Series
editThe “Latest Series” is an HTML carousel which, much like the “Trending” carousel, displays the 9 newest novels (called Series) which were added to the website. Additionally, the "Latest Series" leads to a running list of all the novels added to the website.
Latest Updates
editThe “Latest Updates” list displays the 25 most recently updated novels, linking to the updated chapters. As noted by the website developer, Tony, there is an anti-cheat system in place "which prevents users from deleting a chapter and reposting it to get it back to the top of the 'Latest Updates' section."[15]
- ^ "The Launch of Scribble Hub!". Novel Updates Forum. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
- ^ "Today, ScribbleHub Passed 25,000 Published Series!". Scribble Hub Forum. 28 May 2024. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Series Finder". Scribble Hub. 1 January 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Genres". Scribble Hub. 1 January 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Tags List". Scribble Hub. 1 January 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Scribble Hub Forum". Scribble Hub Forum. 1 January 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Tony". Scribble Hub Forum. 21 December 2018. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "About Us". Scribble Hub. 1 January 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Feature Requests". Scribble Hub Forum. 1 January 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Implemented Features". Scribble Hub Forum. 1 January 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "New Statistics Page for Authors". Scribble Hub. 2 May 2021. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Other form of tips". Scribble Hub. 26 January 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
- ^ "Can we get an alternative to Patreon?". Scribble Hub. 17 May 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
- ^ "Frequently Asked Questions". Scribble Hub Forum. 26 June 2020. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Update Times Glitching". Scribble Hub Forum. 20 January 2020. Retrieved 12 July 2024.