![]() ![]() The company openly targeted Twitter’s user base in the past few months and recently threw its hat into the ring as a more direct competitor with the launch of Substack Chat, which allows writers to communicate directly with their loyal readers right in the Substack mobile app. The launch of the new feature comes as Substack has been hoping to capitalize on Twitter’s upheaval following Elon Musk’s takeover. We want to help people find and fall in love with great writers, and this update is a first step in that effort. Now you can find a list of the top Substack posts and publications, free and paid, at any given time. If you approve a request, the reader will be automatically subscribed and sent a Welcome email. We have updated our homepage,, with a focus on readers. If you're looking for a specific writer or publication, use the search bar at the top of the page. You can see your requests on your Subscribers page. Updated 1 year ago Searching for a writer or publication Check out the Discover page and search for new writers based on categories you're interested in. When a reader requests to subscribe to a Substack, the writer will receive an email notification with their details. Once a user makes their publication private, readers won’t be able to see any posts. Users can change their Substack from public to private at any time by navigating to their settings and selecting “Private” in the “Import” section. A private Substack can be used to keep in touch with friends, build communities of interest and test the waters for a new publication, the company says. Youre not locked into the platform, and there are no dictators. In a blog post, Substack explained that private Substack accounts work similarly to private Instagram profiles. Substack writers own all their IP, mailing list, and payment relationships. Writers can choose to approve or decline each subscription request. When you turn on paid, Substack’s platform fee is 10, and the credit-card payment processor, Stripe, also takes a fee, of 2.9 plus 30 cents per transaction. 98 percent of books published in 2020 sold less than. If you turn on paid subscriptions, Substack will keep a 10 cut of revenues for operating costs like tech development and customer support. When Elle finished writing her first book, she began to research the best way to publish it, but what she found was distressing. A private Substack is a publication that you can host alone or readers can request to subscribe to read your posts. Last Wednesday, we hosted a workshop with Elle Griffin of The Novelleist to learn about how to serialize fiction on Substack. Newsletter platform Substack announced today that it’s introducing several new features, including private Substacks. ![]()
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