Kindle Vella alternative
Vella shut down. Your reading habit doesn't have to.
Amazon closed Kindle Vella on February 26, 2025. IlorisNovel picks up where it left off — chapter-by-chapter serial fiction, coin unlocks, and authors who keep 93% of what readers spend.
Kindle Vella was one of the few platforms built explicitly for episode-by-episode serial fiction in English. When Amazon shut it down in February 2025, both readers and authors were left without an obvious home. IlorisNovel was built around the same core idea — readers unlock chapters one at a time, authors get paid per unlock — but designed by people who actually read the genre and run the platform like a long-term commitment.
Kindle Vella vs. IlorisNovel
Status
Shut down February 26, 2025.
Active, growing, and built to last.
Reading model
Episode unlocks with Tokens.
Chapter unlocks with Coins. Same idea, no expiring currency.
Author payouts
Amazon retained a substantial cut. Opaque to readers.
Authors keep 93%, paid directly via Stripe.
Audio
No native text-to-speech.
Free TTS on every chapter.
Genres supported
Broad, but skewed toward romance and YA.
LitRPG, progression fantasy, cultivation, isekai, romance, sci-fi, more.
Mobile
Kindle app only. Now retired.
Works in any browser, on any device, no app required.
Bottom line
If you were a Vella reader, the habit doesn't have to die with the platform. The chapter-by-chapter binge, the token unlocks, the discovery of new authors mid-series — IlorisNovel has all of it, plus genres Vella under-served.
Pick up where Vella left off.
Chapter-by-chapter web fiction with coin unlocks. The model you liked, on a platform that isn't going anywhere.