So, what have I missed? Sounds something like a return to the magazine sales nodel of Dicken's time. I think there's probably room for this kind of "soap opera

So, what have I missed? Sounds something like a return to the magazine sales nodel of Dicken's time. I think there's probably room for this kind of "soap opera" type sales: you've only got to look at the way people follow long form fan-fic authors, commenting on chapters as they're released & interacting with the author as they write to see that this kind of model could be possible. I doubt it will work for all forms of writing, some works just don't suit the episodic format, but I'm sure it will work for some.