Welcome to Fiction Factory, an open marketplace for literature. This guide gets you up and running by helping you create an account, navigate the platform, and understand the basics of buying and selling 3.
Creating an Account & Profile
- Click Login in the top-right corner of the page.
- Choose Register if you don't have an account, and sign up with your email, Google, or Facebook.
- Pick an authentic display name; offensive or spammy names are rejected at signup.
- Navigate to Edit Profile from the top-right account menu to update your bio, profile photo, and contact details.
- Your Public Profile displays your posts, achievements, and follower count to other users.
Finding Your Way Around
The top navigation bar contains your primary tools:
- Write: Opens a menu to start a New Post or a New Book.
- Dashboard: Your personal hub for statistics and quick links.
- Posts: Browse every published post or filter by specific topics.
- Books: Browse serialised books and their chapters.
Manage what you have written under My Posts / My Books.
On the right side of the navigation bar, you will find:
- Bell icon: Your notifications for comments, votes, followers, and achievements.
- Cart icon: Items you have added to your shopping bag.
- Your avatar: Access your account menu, earnings, or log out.
Guided Tours
Tours run automatically the first time you visit a page and point out what everything does. They never run twice, and you can replay any of them.
- Site tour — the navigation and the homepage sections.
- First-update tour — posting your first update in Your Desk: mentioning someone, referencing a story or book, and posting it (for members who have not posted yet).
- Feed tour — the Feed's masthead, the All/Following scope, kind filters, the stream, and liking or commenting on a post.
- Dashboard tour — your level and XP, your numbers, recent posts, and the workspace menu.
- New post tour — the editor: title, writing, formatting, settings, publishing and price.
- New book tour — the book setup form: cover, title, synopsis, genres, premium pricing and serial status.
To replay one: the Feed tour link on the Feed, the Take a tour button on the Dashboard, and the Tour button in the post and book editors. The site and first-update tours also replay from your account menu → Take a tour, and the First-update tour button in Your Desk (and on the feed).
For Readers: Buying and Reading
- Purchasing: Open a post and click Add to Cart (1) at the bottom. Click the Cart icon (2) in the top right to view your items and click Payment (3).
- Payment Methods: You can pay securely from anywhere using bKash, Nagad, Visa, or other digital accounts.
- Access: As soon as payment is completed, the writing is unlocked for you to read.
For Writers: Publishing and Earning
- Publishing: Click New Post (or Write), write your story, set your price at the bottom, and click Publish 3. Share your work on social media to attract readers.
- Tracking Sales: You will receive a notification for every sale, and detailed sales data is available on your Dashboard.
- Royalties: The first 1,000 Star Customers receive a 60% royalty, while all others receive a 50% royalty.
- Withdrawals: Visit the My Earnings page and click Withdraw to transfer accumulated funds to any linked digital account.
Platform Guidelines & Support
- Content Restrictions: Fiction Factory strictly prohibits the publication of religiously or politically motivated writings.
- Support: If you experience any issues, report them to the Fiction Factory Facebook page for a resolution within 24 hours.
- Beta Status: The platform is currently in its Beta version, so full features are actively being rolled out.