Question When did QI change their name to Webnovel on NU?

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  1. TamaSaga

    TamaSaga Well-Known Member

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    I just noticed in the NU novel listings that QI is now known as Webnovel. When did that happen?

    And as an academic, I have to ask for science...
    For those that configured their filters for Qidian International, did you have to update your filter for this name change?
     
  2. Echoes

    Echoes 【Wandering Monk】

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    Nah, fam. You are good.
     
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  3. OhChrisis

    OhChrisis Well-Known Member

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    renaming your brand name is a highly used tactic for shitty companies, most notably perhaps, copy machine paper companies, who deliver cheap horrible quality paper that constantly jams the machine and cover sensors in dust.

    Not saying that is the case here though, as I don't read any of their releases
     
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  4. SoulZer0

    SoulZer0 Heaven Refining

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    Yea, because Qidian paid Tony to change their name NU /s
     
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  5. tahzib1451

    tahzib1451 Title?is it food?

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    i dont see any Webnovel as of yet...
     
  6. Silverasterisk

    Silverasterisk [Wallflower] [Drive by poster]

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    QI It's like having a corrupt merchant use orphan children for slave labor. They are often good kids and buying their stuff helps them minimally but most of what you give them goes to the merchant who then uses it to act despotic and expand his efforts to enslave, steal from, and beat down others.
     
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  7. Kagutsuchi

    Kagutsuchi 『Omnipresent Reader』

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    It was weird to have it as Qidian International when everywhere it was named as Webnovel...
     
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    Fundle Well-Known Member

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    So I just recently visited the dreaded QI to see of they have why my what used to be my favorite novel ,Full Mark's Hidden Marriage,hasn't updated on the novel updates page since March. Turns out every single chapter has been locked behind a pay wall past chapter 90 or so.

    This is odd considering the first 260 chapter were done by another translator. On another sight. Which they didn't pay.

    Turns out every novel that worth reading is locked behind a massive pay wall. I mean it takes like a couple of thousand dollars to read the entire novel series now if you want to go from chapter one to chapter 2,000. I mean if this was a hardback book cover series then at most it be maybe 200 but serious a 1,000 percentage mark up?

    No wonder there changing there name. How else can you be that shameless.
     
  9. LtBeefy

    LtBeefy Well-Known Member

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    They did that looooooong time ago.
     
  10. Raneday

    Raneday Not Rane

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    well business is more about profit yanno

    On the other hand you could find those other chapters that are paywalled if you just search enough in google
     
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  11. Westeller

    Westeller Smokin' Sexy Style!! Staff Member

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    Also known as "last Tuesday".
     
  12. LtBeefy

    LtBeefy Well-Known Member

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    Pretty sure it's been webnovel for months. Atleast the site is webnovel and in assumed it was here 2. Atleast didnt really pay attention.
     
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    Westeller Smokin' Sexy Style!! Staff Member

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    The question was when did NU change the name on our side. The answer is last Tuesday. I promise you, bro. I wouldn't deceive you.

    It's been Webnovel on their side for quite awhile, though, yeah.
     
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  14. Cosmic_

    Cosmic_ [Novel Addict] [Lazy Writer] [Meh Editor]

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    Yeah, you just need to know where to look. :blobshh:
     
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    Jarrow Well-Known Member

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    THIS.

    Now, according to my predictions a year ago, the next stage is to start suing everybody over anything - including NU. Remember, mangaupdates got sued for linking to 'illegal scanlations' as contributory infringement, and NU's tuchus is hanging out in the wind, just the same.
     
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    If summaries are okay to you, you can visit the spoiler tab. Hidden Marriage is finished over there.
     
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    Raneday Not Rane

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    :blobshh::blobshh::blobshh::blobshh:
     
  18. GDLiZy

    GDLiZy Wise Deepsea Mermaid

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    I don't think they would do that, the profit was not that great, the time and resource it consumed was just too enormous.
     
  19. Ai chan

    Ai chan Queen of Yuri, Devourer of Traps, Thrusted Witch

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    They would, eventually. The question is only when. It's not the profit that matter, it's the domination that matters and once they have dominance, profit will simply be acquired as a result of their dominance. Once they consider Novelupdates as no longer important or they can make do by killing off novelupdates influence on their readers, they will certainly start suing novelupdates for 'present copyright infringement'. In other words, anything under China Reading (Qidian is not the only one) linked by NU will be taken actions on and novelupdates as the links archiver will also face legal actions.

    Every predictions thrown at them have been proven true. There has been idiots in the past saying it will not happen and that those who said it would happen were stupid. But it happened, and people who made these predictions have been proven right time and time again, making those who called the 'prophets' stupid had to eat their words. This will not be any different.
     
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  20. MrSplashy

    MrSplashy Grey Knight

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    Pretty much this tbh. They could also bring down NovelUpdates if it comes to that but the PR disaster and the repercussions they'll get from it will be massive and will be a demerit for them in the long run. That's what almost happen to some websites(I think?)
     
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