I survived my first week as a published romance author on Kindle Vella. My worse fear – No one would read the book was blown out the water. Readers are reading. My goal for the week – 25 Reads/Thumbs up. Reads – 61 Thumbs Up – 41 Followers – 18 I was pleased with these numbers because as a new author, with no readership. These numbers were the result of my promotion of the book.