Amazon is launching a new serialized book program called Vella. It seems sort of overly complicated to me in that Amazon will sell "tokens" to readers in batch

Amazon is launching a new serialized book program called Vella. It seems sort of overly complicated to me in that Amazon will sell "tokens" to readers in batches with discounts for volume. The tokens can then be spent on episodes on Vella at the rate of 1 token per 100 words in the episode. Apparently this is a thing they're copying from elsewhere, and it's supposedly huge in China. https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/GR2L4AHPMQ44HNQ7 https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/GR2L4AHPMQ44HNQ7